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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Is There such a Thing as Free Music Downloads

By Scott McKenzie

Allowing the younger generation of listeners another method instead of pirating music is interesting, especially because the digital music business is so fragmented. Many sites exist and are offering free music downloads and many analysts think it will cause the music industry to thrive in the longer term.

While the music industry has for years thought of offering free music downloads, rampant online piracy has created the need to experiment with new digital business models to ensure that music does not get pirated.

Few service providers are currently in a position to provide the large audiences the variety that all the music lovers would like to see, but with music downloads becoming more common, this is set to change.

After more than a decade of neither publicly affirming nor denying, music buffs have finally gone online and are engaged in downloading movies, songs, etc, and it was indeed a very memorable moment for true music lovers when different companies finally decided to offer downloadable music over the internet.

With the massive growth of the online music market any artist can and should have an online presence, and be able promote to an audience of millions, and this is a trend that is catching on fast and many new artists now realise the power of the internet and offering their consumers and fans the ability to instantly download their music.

Since the internet has been popular, many thousands of music enthusiasts are taking advantage of the ease, speed and great access of this service by updating their music collection as well as finding relevant and useful information on a specific artist or band. As we progress toward the future and internet use becomes greater music lovers should find their collection expanding and knowledge of an artist becoming greater.

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