How do radio stations get their song? for free?
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radio stations traditionally had a hard copy (record, tape, cd) of the songs, and they belong to AASCAP (- the association that makes sure artists get paid for their work being played, etc - it costs money to be a member of this group, and legally, to play music on the radio, or at your place of work you must join ). but, the artists want their music to be played, so they tend to give the copies to the stations for free.\n\nthese days, it wouldnt surprise me if there was a computerized format for a lot of their music.\n\nadded -\n\ni work at a music store, have played in bands, and been around music and had things copyrighted before. i bet they have a website, but when i did it, i had to fill out a form to join, and then fill out some forms to copyright the songs i had written. didnt make much money off it yet, but theres always hope. a friend of mine made a few thousand bucks one year though.
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pandora.com  I love it!  You can build the stations to play what you like.  And, it is free!
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Set up your own Launchcast radio station!\nhttp://uk.launch.yahoo.com/\nEnter a few of your favourite artists, and you'll be offered not only music by those artists, but by artists selected by other launchcasters who also selected your artists - so there's a good chance it will be music you favour.  If you don't like it, skip the track...
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either call up the station or pay for it on\nhttp://radio-locator.com
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you can do a search on programs you can download.  Usually they give you a free trial period or you can convert a certain number of songs.
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Either they buy the rights (usually from the record label) or the song is public domain.  There's no other legal way.
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Frostwire j/k.  you can go to itunes, sony connect, napster, mp3.com. All those sites a song will cost you a dollar. For free music your only choice is to use a p2p program (limewire, frostwire etc.) or do a google search and cross your fingers.
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If u want to listen to music for free you can go to \nwww.radioblogclub.com\n\nThat site allow you to listen to music for free and you chose!
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iTunes has a radio function on it- no tuner that you can scan, but it does just have a large list of ecclectic stations that you can choose from, and it is free.\n\nalso, a really cool service is www.pandora.com, where they create a radio station of songs for you based on artists you tell them you enjoy.  its amazing what they come up with
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If you don't have windows media player, D/load it and you can get all sorts of radio stations. (but not all).\n\nHope this helps.\n\nGood Luck.
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There is plenty of free and legal music on the net. You do not need the music that is forced down your throat by the payola radio stations. Read this, to get you started \nhttp://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsounds/howto
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Hey To get music for free you have to download a sofware called limewire http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml you can then download the music it is easy. there are other ways to do it but thats how i do it \nBye 4 now
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Plenty of free and legal music can be found, if you read this text.\nhttp://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsounds/howto\nEnjoy the world of free and legal music, instead of the music that is forced down your throat by the radio stations.
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You'll have to be more specific. It depends on the site. Chances are, if it's something that costs a lot of money, or music of anykind, but is offered for free. Probably not legal...
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Often new bands let you download their music for free to get themselves heard.  Check out myspace and garageband.com.  As a bonus you can say you heard them first and stay one step ahead of the mainstream crowds! :)\n\nAnd its legal.
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It's still illegal, isn't it? You're getting music for free and the artists aren't getting paid.
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If you need it free go on starware search free radio for my website\n\n Go on pandora.com