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How to get free music on iTunes Music Store.
Tired of paying for music?
You can find a bunch of free songs to hide from the iTunes Music Store.
I get it: You want some tunes free, but you do not want to be sued by the RIAA or by copyright trolls. Just enough. Unfortunately, the music is completely free rare nowadays - uh, the music totally free and legal, that is.
But you can find the free music, and you can enter directly from the
music player, you're probably already using: iTunes.
Yes,
iTunes can be awkward, slow, and boring, but it is not all bad - especially once you know how to dig free, legal music directly from the iTunes Music Store.
Free on iTunes
Guess what?
iTunes has a whole page devoted to free downloads.
For free access to iTunes, first open iTunes and click iTunes Store on the item on the left side panel.
Once you are in the iTunes Store home page, look for a heading Quick Links on the right side.
Under this heading will be free on the iTunes link.
Click on the link, and voila! This page presents all sorts of free content, including music, videos, TV shows, applications, and even "new and notable" podcasts.
Free on
iTunes
To download an item free, just click the small gray button free.
You will need an iTunes account to download anything from the iTunes Store.
No cheap items in the iTunes section are generally available free on for about a week, so keep checking the page for updates.
You can also follow the iTunes Downloads free blog, which updates every time a new item appears.
Music Podcasts
If you do not mind listening to chatter between songs, see music-oriented podcasts available for free on iTunes.
Podcasts are like radio prerecorded they typically include air and comments.
(Some have no comment - MP3 AOLMedia the Day Podcast, for example, offers a full a free song in each episode.)
Podcasts Free Music on iTunes
To browse podcasts, go to the iTunes Store and click the Podcasts link (on the top bar).
Here you will see any new podcasts and sports science and technology podcasts, and they are all free.
To find music-oriented podcasts, go to the column on the right that says "Quick Links Podcast" and click the drop-down menu. Choose music and you will see hundreds of music podcasts.
To subscribe to a podcast, just click on the Subscribe button next to the title. Once you do, the current episode of the podcast is downloaded, and future episodes will be downloaded automatically as they become available.
You can also download the latest episodes by clicking the button next to Free an individual episode on the home page of the podcast.
Here are some podcasts to check, depending on your musical tastes.
Pop / Rock: Celebrity Playlist, IndieFeed: Indie Pop Music, Rock n Roll Old Time Rock of Ages, Absolute Radio:
Classic Rock
Indie / Alternative: They Might Be Giants,
IndieFeed: Alternative / Modern Rock, Indie Spotlight, NPR: All Songs Considered
Rap / Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop Lounge, Mixtape Show Hip-Hop, Hierocast, Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow
Electronica: Club Life by Tiësto Tiësto, The John Digweed Podcast by John Digweed, Release Yourself by Roger Sanchez, Corsten Countdown by Ferry Corsten, a trance Official Podcast by Armin van Buuren.
Starbucks "Pick of the Week"
Starbucks Choice WeekTaking advantage of this freebie is almost as easy as opening the Free on iTunes page.
Every Tuesday, Starbucks offers a free download, iTunes, also known as the Starbucks "Pick of the Week".
To pick the "pick", all you need to do is head down to your local Starbucks and grab one of the small cards with rounded corners (near the sugar, cream, and straws).
Starbucks usually has two peaks this week and last week of the display.
Of course, you have to hold the public Starbucks:
You will not find a hip-hop or Top 40 tunes here. Instead, most of the peaks featuring independent artists, acoustic guitars, and smooth jazz - standard coffee shop fare.
A peak was recently Daniel Isaiah "Twilight High."
The front of each card is the name of the song and artist, and a photo of the artist.
On the back is a download code.
To download a song, open iTunes and use the code from the iTunes Store, Quick Links, redeem.
You can also download the "Pick of the Week" by accessing the digital network from Starbucks inside a Starbucks.
To do this, you will need to take your computer in and connect to the Starbucks store Wi-Fi.
Once you are logged in, go to the Entertainment section of the page and download the "Pick of the Week" on-site Starbucks.
Starbucks has recently expanded its "Pick of the Week" selection to include free downloads of paid iOS apps.
ITunes Radio
Although Apple no longer promotes the Internet radio feature in iTunes, it's still there - and worth checking out, especially if you do not need to take your music with you. iTunes radio is similar to other radio stations, you can listen to music, for free, as long as you want, but advertising will stop every so often.
To access the radio iTunes, open iTunes and look at the column on the left. In all the usual options under Library, click on the radio link, you'll see a huge list of genres (everything from "Adult Contemporary" to "eclectic" for '70 's Retro').
Click the arrow next to a category to open a list of hundreds of Internet radio stations streaming. Finally, just double-click on a station to connect to the stream.
You can also add your own Internet radio streams in iTunes.
To do this, go to Advanced, Open stream ... and enter your feed URL you want in the Open Audio Stream.
Free music may be legal, as
These options are roughly the legal limit when it comes to obtaining free music on iTunes.
