Online Audio

• The Anti-Elitist Audio Zine proves that "Rock is not dead, it's buried underground" by exhuming the hearty beat of independent music. The zine is designed in some a manner so as to allow you to listen to the RealPlayer clips while reading reviews and details regarding each featured band.
• Billboard Radio has begun beaming its weekly top 40 countdown over the Net. Understandably, its service has been greeted with enthusiasm - so much so that Alexa lists the site as one of the top 100 most trafficked sites on the Net at present. (RealPlayer format)
• Broadcast.com, the Web's most prolific streaming content distributor, has devised a radio center featuring real-time broadcasts of a wide variety of content, from late-breaking news and popular talk radio programs to popular music streams, and everything in between. (RealPlayer format)
• CNN Audioselect features both on-demand real-time audio news highlights and, most interestingly, a live streaming version of their news service. You can now be in the know while browsing the Web.
• Create A Song allows you to send brief (30-60 second) musical pieces, along with a message, via email to whomever you choose...for free!
• GruntLand is, for a limited time, providing a selection of MP3 downloads from 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, featuring lead vocals by the one-and-only Russell Crowe.
• i-DISC.com allows you to listen to your favorite songs for free, while surfing the Net. Their DJ'ed version streams automatically (in VivoActive format), while their OD version puts the control in your hands, presenting you with the opportunity to choose your own music from a wide range of albums.
• Imagine Radio presents music lovers with a dynamic, customizable service. Not only do they provide a diverse range of quality audio channels, but they allow their visitors to program their own stations, shaped to suit the individual. This is the way all media should be.
• Lycos Radio Network streams five channels of music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their selection includes 'Adult Contemporary', 'Alternative', 'Country', 'Smooth Jazz' and 'Hip Hop/R&B'.
• Moodsetters! are a retro-styled band from Long Island who claim that their all-improvised avante-garde album was inspired by bad science fiction movies and re-runs of 1050s and 60s television serials. Now, you can taste their award-winning experimentation by listening to their entire album online in RealAudio format, for free!
• MP3.com has shaken up both the music and web industries of late by allowing unsigned artists tyhe opportunity of distributing their music in a near-CD-quality compression format. MP3.com's range is all totally legal, as all artists listed on the site have provided distribution rights to MP3.com, so you don't have to worry about deleting them after 24 hours as most (illegal) MP3 sites recommend. MP3.com's range includes some great alternative and experimental artists, allowing you to search out a real treasure.
• mp3archive.com contains, as you might expect, an extensive archive of direct MP3 downloads and links to quality free MP3 resources. The archive is divided according to day, and updated every single day.
• NetRadio Network houses one of the biggest and best range of streaming audio channels available. From Pop Hits to Cafe Jazz, plus a broadband service for users connected to the Web via cable, NetRadio has it all. But the best thing about NetRadio's service is in their commerce scheme. Offering visitors the opportunity to purchase the each single on CD provides the listener with smooth, commercial-free listening and text-based information revealing each song title and artist. A pop-up control window allows the user to listen to the NetRadio service while surfing other Websites.
• No Label.com provides a forum through which unsigned bands can have their music and video clips experienced by thousands of people the world over. For those looking for something fresh, something unique, and something that doesn't always play by the rules, this Indie camp is for you. (RealPlayer, with and links to official, legal MP3 clips)
• Nordic Records is another legal distributor of the ever-popular MP3 music format. As a record company, they are cleverly allowing surfers to download a few select songs from each of their artists' albums, just as we used to sample the goods for free via radio. Their collection also includes the work of a number of independent &/or unsigned groups and artists.
• Quality Hits lists 40 of the most popular free MP3 sources in its ranked collection of links, which is updated daily in order to ensure that only the freshest sites reach the top.
• RadioMoi.Com offers an incredibly user-centered entertainment experience. Surfers can choose from a regular, streaming RealAudio, radio-type program for background listening enjoyment, or can search the RadioMoi library for specific songs to add to one's I'm the DJ custom cast.
• RadioWave.com has developed its own player that must be downloaded in order to experience the benefits of their service. RadioWave offer connection to a variety of online radio content. Their player displays interactive details about each song and artist as you listen.
• Ruff Kut Reggae streams a range of RealPlayer radio stations that celebrate the soulful rhyhtm of the reggae tradition. Featuring stations devoted to Dancehall, Soca, Roots, Lovers' Rock and Classics, Ruff Kut will have you dreaming of Jamaica.
• Spank Radio presents an exploration into the sonic underground of radio. Indie, fusion, surf and punk rock are just a few of the many avante garde flavors ready to be sampled in RealPlayer format.
• Spinner.com claims to have been the first online radio service. Now they are, without doubt, one of the Web's fastest growing and most dynamic streaming audio centers. Spinner now Webcasts more than 150,000 songs throughout their 100+ channels, with the help of their browser plugin or optional (and free) Spinner Plus downloadable application.
• VH1 atWork represents VH1's much celebrated recent entry into the netcasting realm. Their atWork feature exists in a pop-up window that notes details regarding each track as it plays. Their programming, as you may expect, is also revolutionary - featuring a combination of recorded hits, interviews and special live events, such as Divas 99.
• World Radio Network beams nation and subject-specific audio, featuring news, views and music, on demand to all parts of the world. Their content can be decoded using either the RealPlayer or via NetShow.
• WorldWideBands offer indie artists the opportunity to spread their message, and their music, to interested parties the world over. Through free MP3 downloads and RealAudio streams, you can be the fortunate recipient of these innovative rhythms.
• Yawho.com is yet another distributor of legal MP3 music files, endorsed by indie bands and unsigned artists. Check out their listing of Top 20 MP3 Sites for links to more legal MP3 sources.

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