38 free/cheap music sites — Welcome to the fray, Qbox!
Ever since Napster brought free MP3s mainstream — and subsequently garnered the wrath of the Recording Industry Association of America — the music industry has been reeling.
No single strategy for listening to music online has come to dominate the market, as record labels, managers, artists, fans, Apple’s music offering, Internet radio and recommendation companies all jockey for position. But one thing is clear above all the din: Fans will not be denied their music —… Continue Reading
Slacker, the real iPod killer?
Slacker is an ambitious new music service created by some industry veterans that takes aim at the iPod.
Slacker is a music player device, but it is also a music delivery service. It is path-breaking because it wants to let you take it anywhere: It will be the first service to use satellite to deliver music constantly to your device.
Slacker’s service is essentially a personalized Internet radio station, similar to popular services Last.fm and Pandora.
On… Continue Reading