Discover New Music on the Web in 2008

Top 7 Sites
A List of Where to Listen to Music for Free

Pandora
PureVolume
Last.fm
MySpace Music
finetune
Ruckus
SeeqPod

Another noteworthy site I have come across is 3hive. Actually, my first experience with 3hive was, yesterday, when I was voting for the 2008 Weblog Awards. They were nominated for best weblog about music. It looks like an excellent site for alternative, lesser known music.

Nearly a year ago, TechCrunch posted an article titled "Social Music Overview". From this list, I thought iJigg seemed worthy of mention (in addition to the ones I already mentioned above). They give accurate descriptions of each site. Check it out.

Lastly, The Hype Machine published a Music Blog Zeitgeist for 2007, which includes the 50 best songs, the 50 best albums, and the 50 best bands.

Amazon.com's DRM Free Music Store Rocks!

If you didn't know, Amazon.com now has an MP3 store. All music sold in Amazon.com's MP3 store is DRM free and, as you might have guessed, in MP3 format. Thus, it can be played by any music program and on any MP3 player. The following is a more detailed overview as quoted from Amazon.com's website:

Amazon MP3 offers over 2 million songs — all in MP3 format, which means they can play on any digital media player, including the iPod.

Most songs are between $0.89 and $0.99, and most albums are between $5.99 and $9.99. Browse by price or genre; shop Top Downloads or New & Future Releases; and search for songs, albums or artists using the search box at the top of any Amazon MP3 storefront page.

Listen to 30-second samples of songs by clicking the `play´ button next to a song title, or hear all samples from a song list by clicking the `Preview All´ button.

I use their service and have been very impressed, thus far. The sole reason they have won my loyalty is due to their anti-DRM policy. So, if you want to purchase MP3s for your music collection, I highly reccomend Amazon.com's MP3 store.

Personal Finance Tips

The Consumerist lists six reasons for why you should keep more than one credit card.

Also, check out this article, if you want to know of "two money mistakes that could cost you $1,000,000".

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