What I like about freekidsmusic.com is that there's so much DIY stuff there. Everything in fact. Nobody's making any money off the downloads, so while the quality is generally good, you won't find a single Big Name Artist there.
In fact, a fair percentage of the artists are kids themselves. Free. My favorite word. And easy to download. My only beef is that there isn't an easy way to do short previews of a large number of tunes quickly...but that's a very minor beef.
I think it's a great place to turn computer-aged kids loose to put together their own music collection.
And if you or your kid is feeling really creative, you can submit your own original work. Everything is reviewed by the site, and no cover tunes. All originals all the time.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Free New York Music
On the plane back from Pittsburgh I got stuck in a middle seat next to a big bear-type guy who was totally prepared for the flight. Three newspapers, personal DVD player, book, food, iPod. About the only thing he didn't have (at least I didn't see it) was one of those inflatable neck pillow deals.
I didn't have squat. Except for my iBook. And my battery's about shot, so I was really trying to make the most of the one hour of battery life I can still squeeze out of it.
He was reading the New York Post, a paper I haven't seen in a long time, but I immediately found it intriguing, in a trashy way. Like a National Enquirer, but with real news. That paper kept him busy all the way to Atlanta where we changed planes. Fortunately, he left it behind and I snagged it.
So...big discovery. BD. The New York Post has free music downloads! Just go to nypost.com, then music, then MPfrees.
I love free stuff. They have five or six tunes every week. The level of eclecticity (ecletibility? eclection? eclecapacity?) is off the charts. When I was flying, for instance, you could download Innerpartysystem, The Sammies—and Pete Seeger.
Pete Seeger. Yes—the 400-year old Pete Seeger. He literally wrote "We Shall Overcome"—I shit you not. And "If I had a Hammer." He was already a legend when Bob Dylan was getting squeezed out of his mommy.
Now, true, if I had a hammer I'd probably beat the shit out of anyone who was singing either one of those songs—but come on. The guy's got a new album out. It's called, without a trace of irony, At 89. And he's smiling. Hell, he's fully mobile. He looks good, even, in a skinny Santa sort of way. He's been married for 65 years. And his life's goal—seriously—is to get people to sing around the dinner table.
I love you, Pete Seeger. I didn't used to love you. But I love you now.
I didn't have squat. Except for my iBook. And my battery's about shot, so I was really trying to make the most of the one hour of battery life I can still squeeze out of it.
He was reading the New York Post, a paper I haven't seen in a long time, but I immediately found it intriguing, in a trashy way. Like a National Enquirer, but with real news. That paper kept him busy all the way to Atlanta where we changed planes. Fortunately, he left it behind and I snagged it.
So...big discovery. BD. The New York Post has free music downloads! Just go to nypost.com, then music, then MPfrees.
I love free stuff. They have five or six tunes every week. The level of eclecticity (ecletibility? eclection? eclecapacity?) is off the charts. When I was flying, for instance, you could download Innerpartysystem, The Sammies—and Pete Seeger.
Pete Seeger. Yes—the 400-year old Pete Seeger. He literally wrote "We Shall Overcome"—I shit you not. And "If I had a Hammer." He was already a legend when Bob Dylan was getting squeezed out of his mommy.
Now, true, if I had a hammer I'd probably beat the shit out of anyone who was singing either one of those songs—but come on. The guy's got a new album out. It's called, without a trace of irony, At 89. And he's smiling. Hell, he's fully mobile. He looks good, even, in a skinny Santa sort of way. He's been married for 65 years. And his life's goal—seriously—is to get people to sing around the dinner table.
I love you, Pete Seeger. I didn't used to love you. But I love you now.
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