With eMusic you can download up to 50 MP3s over 14 days free of charge.

eMusic is a leading web site for independent music, with a library of over 1,000,000 MP3s from more than 90,000 albums.

eMusic offers MP3s free from copy protection which means that eMusic customers truly own the music they download.

eMusic MP3s play on any portable music player (including the iPod), can be downloaded to unlimited computers and allow for unlimited CD burning.

Collectors’ Choice Music sells vintage and classic music online. In addition, Collectors’ Choice Music releases over 60 exclusive music titles a year on their own label.

As part of their print catalog, Collectors’ Choice Music carries releases not available at retail stores, with thousands of CDs and cassettes you won’t find on any other full-service music website.

Txttunes gives music fans the ability to discover and purchase digital music downloads for their computer using their cell phones. Txttunes has a database of over 2 million music tracks from over 15,000 independent labels and artists from around the world.

All songs on Txttunes are standard MP3 files free of any form of digital rights management (DRM).

EZTracks allows users to download and listen to music absolutely free. EZTracks is easy to use and completely legal. With EZTracks, you can browse over 30,000 free MP3s including popular independent artists as well as rare songs.

Take a moment to create your EZTracks account and you will instantly gain access to thousands of full songs across a wide array of genres.

iTunes is now allowing users to download and own the performances from their favorite American Idol contestants each week.

Immediately following each FOX broadcast, iTunes users will be able to pre-order their favorite performances and they will receive an email as soon as those performances are available for download. American Idol music performances will be available for $0.99 per song starting with the Top 24 semi-finalists, and full video performances of the Top 12 Finalists will be available for $1.99 starting March 11th.

Paltalk has recently launched PalTalk MusicScene, a live weekly online program that features live musical performances and live question and answer video sessions with audience members. The host of the Los Angeles based programs is Meiyee Apple Tam, who was previously on air at XM Satellite Radio and was a music reviewer for tripwire.com. New York shows will be hosted by Julie Powell, formerly of Canada’s MuchMusic channel. You try Paltalk for free and view the PalTalk MusicScene by clicking here

MP3 Musicgrams a free music promotion site featuring free MP3 music uploads and Musicgrams, is offering a new Holiday promotion to encourage music fans to send music cards online. Music fans can choose an MP3 of any artist, band or label and select a new Holiday graphic or upload a Christmas or Holiday photo of their own, add it to the MP3 audio file and send it out to 10 friends at once. This new user friendly musicgram ecard  makes music sharing the ideal holiday greeting and gift .   

If you are a musician or a band looking to get your music heard, TuneCore may be the perfect service for you. TuneCore works with digital music retailers like iTunes and Rhapsody to place artists’ music in their online stores and subscription services. Best of all, you keep the money your music earns.

Thousands of artists and labels have already used Tunecore to put their music up for digital sale quickly and easily. Visit the Tunecore web site and start getting your music heard today.

Yahoo users will soon get the green light to upload videos and music clips containing content belonging to Sony BMG Music Entertainment. In exchange, Sony will receive a portion of advertising revenue generated.

This is the first such deal for Yahoo Video, while Google already has distribution deals with all four major labels, including Sony. Although YouTube (owned by Google) remains the largest video sharing site, Yahoo Video is now second, and looking to make deals to compete with YouTube.

What the competition means for music fans is still up for debate; but so far it looks like it will mean more access to more music while the portals pay the bills.

AllCoolMusic is an online music service that allows you to download unlimited MP3s online. AllCoolMusic has over 12 million MP3 music files to choose from and they make finding any song quick and easy. With AllCoolMusic, you can bBurn your own collection of Music CDs  including popular as well as hard to find music MP3s.