The 5 Best Spotify Apps Built By Record Labels
Spotify recently added a new selection of apps to its platform. We have already looked at five of the best, including Classify and Tweetvine, but here are another five worth exploring in order to get the most out of the music streaming service from Sweden. What the following five Spotify apps all have in common is that they're run by and for specific record labels. Which is a notable change in strategy.
10 Free MP3 Albums: Chilled Out Jazzy Hip Hop Edition [Sound Sunday]
Sound Sunday is a weekly feature promoting free album downloads. Every edition invites you to explore various genres and artists from around the world. This edition has a focus on jazz and hip hop, a genre you know well from laid back chill out lounges and futuristic cocktail bars. The genre must be immensely popular on Bandcamp, as indicated by the many external download links.
6 Fantastic Ways To Discover Cool Music You've Never Heard Before
If you’re a music lover, you’re familiar with the constant need to discover new music. You already know lots of good music you like, but the thirst for more is unstoppable. There’s lots of good music out there most of us never even heard of - Indie artists and small bands that haven’t yet made their way to the big websites or labels. But this doesn’t mean they’re not worth listening to.
Making 8bit Music: An Introduction to Free Chiptune Music Trackers
Here are all the tools you need to create your own chiptune music.
Music Lovers: Why Aren't You Using SoundCloud?
Discovering a new artist, album or record label that corresponds with your tastes and expectations can be a rewarding experience. These golden discoveries can be few and far between and that’s where I turn to using a few extra tools to help hone in on the music I love. We first featured SoundCloud on MakeUseOf initially back in 2008, and while the core service largely remains the same; much has changed.
5 Independent Netlabels Where You Can Download Free Music Albums
Netlabels are online record labels that distribute music primarily in digital audio formats, such as MP3, Ogg Forbis, or WAV. Typically, netlabels offer a great share of their releases for free, often under a Creative Commons license. The netlabels presented in this article cover a wide range of genres, including electronic, punk, metal, hip hop, and classical.
5 Resources Used To Find Free MP3 Albums For Sound Sunday
This is a special edition of Sound Sunday, in that it's not published on a Sunday and it doesn't contain any free albums. However, if you have ever wondered how I have been able to track down 10 free and legal album downloads for Sound Sunday every single week since May 2010, read on! I will share my strategies with you.