IndieByChoice is an excellent web service that lets people stream and upload music. You can create an account on the site and then proceed to discover music and create playlists that can be shared with friends on other social networks. You can mark the bands you like as favorites and stay up to date with their news using the site. Bands can upload songs, videos, and add news about themselves to update their fans; moreover the changes made to your band will be instantly promoted by the site on MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

In addition to all these features, the music on IndieByChoice is downloadable. You will find a Download link next to each song; simply click on the link and download the song in MP3 file format.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you stream and upload music.
• Catering independent artists.
• Instantly promotes your music.
• Lets visitors create music playlists and download songs.
• Similar tools: TuneCrank, StumbleAudio and FreeMusicArchive.

Check out IndieByChoice @ www.indiebychoice.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

OpenFilm is all about getting film makers exposure, so every week the platform picks a few films and features them to their Tivo, HCC TV, Miniweb and Boxee networks. This can mean free exposure for your films to millions of viewers. You can also view a calendar of upcoming film festivals and submit your film.

Features:

• Watch free independent films online.
• Allows users to watch and share independent films.
• Upload your own independent film for free.
• Participate in contests and film festivals.
• If selected, your film may be shows to millions of users through partner networks.
• Similar tools: Fandor, FreeDocumentaryTV, Sprdword, Documentary Heaven and TopDocumentaryFilms.
• You can also check out The Best Places To Watch Documentary Movies Online.

Visit OpenFilm @ www.openfilm.com

Music can be sorted by ranking, recency or popularity. Anybody can upload music to TuneCrank. A list of artists is also displayed in the sidebar for easier browsing. The collection, to be honest, is not that huge right now but that doesn’t seem to be a surprise given the fact that focus is on quality and not quantity.

Features:

• Find and listen to best & popular independent music online.
• Sort music by rank, popularity or date added.
• Listen to music, rank it or share it with friends.
• Upload your own music.
• No registration required.
• Similar sites: StumbleAudio and FreeMusicArchive.

Visit TuneCrank @ www.tunecrank.com

Openfilm offers a variety of independent videos, from the usual genres like action, comedy, horror, drama, to the unorthodox features such as experimental, film festival, how-to, and video art. The website contains the standard features of video-sharing sites: users can register and subscribe to the videos of other users, comment on videos, rate videos, create playlists, bookmark videos and many more.

However, what sets Openfilm from other video-sharing sites is that it is designed to help and promote film startups. For instance, the website helps you brand your content by providing custom images and banners, lets you earn revenues through ads placement, allows you to collect donations from your viewers through Paypal, and permits you to sell a downloadable mobile versions of your films.

In addition, the site also collaborates with film festivals and film schools to provide more exposure for independent filmmakers. This makes OpenFilm one of the best online resources for quality independent film-making.

Features:

• Watch independent films online.
• High quality playback.
• Share videos to other sites.
• Create video playlists.
• Provides promotional help to filmmakers.
• Earn revenues through ads.
• Collect donations from your viewers.
• Sell downloadable mobile version of your film.
• The site is available in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French.
• Similar Tools: FilmNet or read the The Best Places to Watch Documentary Movies Online.

Check out Openfilm @ www.openfilm.com

You can search and browse songs by Curator and genre (country, hip-hop, rock etc.), and view each artist’s page including discography and scheduled live performances. Users may stream songs online one by one, add songs to playlist or download and save tracks on their computers.

Features:

• Download more than 5500 legal MP3′s online. New ones added daily.
• Browse songs by genre, curator or use the search engine.
• Stream songs online or download them to your computer without signing up.
• Learn more about the artist you enjoyed by going to their pages.
• (Optional) Purchase favorite albums and donate money to the artist.
• Register to leave comments, become a fan, message other users etc.

Check out Free Music Archive @ www.freemusicarchive.org

The ideas behind StumbleAudio is to help listeners find the indie music they are likely to enjoy. Listeners are first asked to name one of their favorite artists or bands. Then it creates a new indie radio station comprising of similar indie artists.

There is good chance that everything you hear here will be new to you. So if you’re tired of hearing the same songs over and over again then give it a try.

To further tune your radio stations vote on the playing songs using “˜thumbs up’ or “˜thumbs down’ options. There is also a “Stumble” option which takes you to the next song. There are no limitations on that, skip as many songs as you want.

Another really great feature is the option to play an artist’s entire album. Clicking on the arrows on the album cover art will take you to the next song in the album.

Check out StumbleAudio @ www.stumbleaudio.com

Features:

• Download undiscovered songs for free OR buy popular ones
• Earn credit on AmieStreet by recommending songs to friends (the more popular it becomes the more you can earn-upto 98 cents)
• Upload original tunes and earn money based on its popularity
• iPod freindly: AmieStreet tracks are DRM free
• Update: The service has been purchased by Amazon.

Visit: Amiestreet

Jamendo is a wonderful web service that lets you browse all types of free music. The site is basically a community for musicians who want to share their music with their fans for free. The licenses with the music on the site are royalty free so you can use the songs on the site in your projects. On each artist page on Jamendo you find a collection of songs and a description; artists can clearly express themselves as the site supports multiple languages.

Music that you listen to on the site is opened up in a small new browser window that offers standard playback controls along with sharing the songs you streams with your friends.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets you listen to music online for free.
• Lets musicians easily share their music with fans.
• Lets artists have their own webpages that detail them.
• Lets you comment, vote, and share songs.
• Similar tools: Outloud, SongSprite, SimplifyMedia and Nowlistn.
• Also read related articles:

  5 Ways To Share Music, Docs, Files & More On Twitter
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Check out Jamendo @ www.jamendo.com/en (by MOin from Urban Savior)