Since selling music is a business then why do musicians and record companies offer free legal music downloads?
- It’s just like radio, a free sample that gets people liking the music so they buy the CD. It seems contrary to making money but the Grateful Dead for example always let people record and share their live shows and they are one of the biggest bands in history because of it.
- It exposes artists and styles of music that you would normally never listen, even on the radio. For instance maybe you have never heard electronic or much instrumental music but you can check out my techno music download or guitar instrumentals for free.
- It’s a way for artists to get exposure and publicity from music blogs, their own site and other online media like radio. Here are a few easy ways to get the word out for this technique to work.
- Free music leads to getting gigs like live performances, soundtrack/video work and attracting students.
Basically, there is allot of new free music online that really is ok to download, so don’t believe all the people that say you are doing something illegal.
Don’t worry about downloading free MP3 files as long as the Website clearly indicates that they have the right to distribute the song.
