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25,173 albums classified by 500 tags. You can find something to listen to. This post was written under the influence of:
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Think you can find many somethings you want to listen to in that collection?
Now, having found that I wondered about other Creative Commons licensed music sources on the web. A quick Google dig found:
- ccMixter source tracks, remixes and smash ups
- Creative Commons wiki music podcast page
- Lots of people privately distributing their music
- Musopen for classical music
As the (now defunct) Joe’s Ad used to say, Too Much Good Stuff.
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