Streaming your favorite tunes on the go sounds great but don’t you wish you had them downloaded? Don’t you want your awesome music collection, playlist, or mixtapes just sitting right there? Don’t you want to play music without using the internet?
If you answered yes to these questions then you can find below a list of the 7 legal and best of all, free sites for you to download your music from. Browse the list and try one of these sites today or use multiple sources together to make the perfect playlist for your ears.
1. Amazon music
The biggest online retailer has everything you need including the facility of free music download. You can browse through their wide collection of MP3 songs and download them from their website or their mobile app. They also have the songs categorized in genres like Rock, Blues, Country, Classical, Children’s music, Hard rock, Metal, etc.
2. Free music archive (FMA)
Don’t want to create an account to download songs? Try FMA today, it not only allows artists to upload their songs but labels and radio stations can curate playlists for the users. You can download for free and also contribute to the site by curating a playlist of your personal music or music that you have the right to.
3. SoundCloud
We know that SoundCloud is one of the largest music streaming depositories, but it also lets you download the songs for free. This way, you don’t always have to turn to the internet. You will find a whole community of artists and music lovers on the website and have a good experience but keep in mind, not all music has a download button beside the song unless the uploader has allowed download.
4. Jamendo
Do you sometimes look for a collection of Indie or cover songs performed by artists? Then Jamendo is the perfect free download service for you. The site will help you discover up and coming artists and as of January 2020, the site has over 600,000 songs for you to browse from. Fun fact – The site is available in 6 languages – English, French, Polish Spanish, Italian, and German.
5. Internet Archive
Open Internet archive and witness the biggest free archive collection from Software to Music available for download. You are guaranteed a vast playlist and high-quality music. What’s even better? You don’t only find audio files but a compilation of audiobooks podcasts, live music, etc. The site is not as categorized as one would like so you will have to search for your music and then you’re good to create some amazing mixtapes of your choice.
6. Noise Trade
Open the site to look through a social network for music fanatics and book lovers. Artists on the network can upload their songs for free and users can download the songs for free in an easy fashion. The site lacks variety, but it helps to increase connectivity by bringing together the artists and fans. You can even tip the artists if you love their work. So, get going and create for yourself a free fan account with Noise trade.
7. Last.fm
Last.fm holds a music recommendation system that collects information from a variety of different music streaming websites and media player and customizes individual profiles based on the user’s taste and listening habits. You just need to go on the site and find songs to download from their “Free music download” link at the bottom of the page. It might not be the biggest music collection to choose from, but it is definitely high-quality and categorized well.