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If you’re looking for free audio, then you’ve come to the right place. Discover where you can grab the web’s best free music and audiobooks and save yourself a bundle.

The Best Free and Legal Music Websites

Checkout this essential top picks list for the best places to get your music for free.

Top 5 Streaming Music Sites

Streaming music sites offer you a huge library of music that you can listen to on-demand via your web browser. It's a great way to discover new music at zero cost while surfing the net.

The Best Legal BitTorrent Sites - Download Music The Safe Way

There are many file sharing (P2P) Web sites on the Internet that are extremely popular, but the vast majority of them provide links to copyrighted material. Read our article on legal P2P sites and download free music, videos, and other types of files in safety.

Use iTunes to Get Free Radio and TV Shows

This tutorial will show you how to download free Podcasts using iTunes, and how you can subscribe to your favorite shows so you never miss an episode.

MP3videoraptor - Legally Record Music and Videos From the Internet

MP3videoRaptor is an Internet media search tool that records the music and videos that you are interested in and saves it to your hard drive for later playback. The software allows you to encode to multiple audio and video formats, has a ringtone maker, and a CD burner that can back up all your favorite music and video files.

Listen to Thousands of Internet Radio Stations For Free Using iTunes

iTunes has a free streaming audio service that you can use to listen to over 2,800 radio stations. This tutorial will show you how to make an Internet radio playlist using the iTunes software to listen to free streaming music 24/7!

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