Post by spidervodka on Mar 16, 2009 1:40:50 GMT -5
If you've never heard of this festival (quoted from the following site).........
This is the third year Austin TX's SXSW festival site has offered free song downloads* from many of the bands & musicians - from all over the world - that play there. It took me some searching to find the page this year, but finally found it:
Artist bio pages & download links
Rock, pop, folk, electronica, reggae, metal, hip-hop, DJ, experimental and more.......
Not all artists offer a track, but if they do their name will have a musical note next to their name. You can listen to the entire track before downloading.
To make it easier to find music you like, clicking on the green genre link will produce a list made up of just that genre.
Many tracks I've downloaded so far are 192kbps files, with a few 320kbps files in there too, so they can sound good to nearly-CD quality.
FYI: the festival also features film and interactive-related activites.
Enjoy!
FYI here's the lists for:
2008's Showcasing Artists
2007's Showcasing Artists
* here's my cover-my-butt disclaimer: unlike the previous years' lists, I couldn't find a description page for this list that mentioned the tracks being free, but since the download link for the 2009 list works without a "choose your payment method here" box, I am assuming the tracks are free!
"SXSW Music is four hyperactive days of making connections for musicians, recording companies and every other business touching on music, from concert bookers to copyright lawyers, publishers to Web geeks." New York Times, 3/19/07
This is the third year Austin TX's SXSW festival site has offered free song downloads* from many of the bands & musicians - from all over the world - that play there. It took me some searching to find the page this year, but finally found it:
Artist bio pages & download links
Rock, pop, folk, electronica, reggae, metal, hip-hop, DJ, experimental and more.......
Not all artists offer a track, but if they do their name will have a musical note next to their name. You can listen to the entire track before downloading.
To make it easier to find music you like, clicking on the green genre link will produce a list made up of just that genre.
Many tracks I've downloaded so far are 192kbps files, with a few 320kbps files in there too, so they can sound good to nearly-CD quality.
FYI: the festival also features film and interactive-related activites.
Enjoy!
FYI here's the lists for:
2008's Showcasing Artists
2007's Showcasing Artists
* here's my cover-my-butt disclaimer: unlike the previous years' lists, I couldn't find a description page for this list that mentioned the tracks being free, but since the download link for the 2009 list works without a "choose your payment method here" box, I am assuming the tracks are free!
