Jamendo is a free, legal and unlimited music download platform that has a huge catalog of music under Creative Commons licenses.
The Creative Commons license allows the owner of the music to retain some rights, while giving users the ability to download and listen to the music freely. Commercial rights are also available on a case-by-case basis, which can be handled through the Jamendo site.
This implies that any of the music published on the Jamendo site can be used free for personal use.
Jamendo Features
For artists, it’s an easy and efficient way to publish, share and promote their music, and also to make money, through ad revenue sharing and commercial partnerships.
On Jamendo you can search for music by keyword, or by browsing by Artist or Album. The site features a group of Selections, which includes “The 100 Most Listened To”, Radio Stations and Play lists. The site also features social networking aspects such as Profiles, Friends, Forums and Messaging.
There is a very active user base at Jamendo. All of the music on the site is rated by the users using a star system of 1 to 5 stars.
Downloading Music from Jamendo
Downloading music from jamendo is easy! You can download from an artist, album or playlist page, or even straight from player. Direct downloads will be in mp3, but you can also go through BitTorrent servers, where you’ll find both mp3 and ogg formats of all jamendo music.
Jamendo Available in Seven Languages
Jamendo Available in Seven Languages while the website was primarily in French at first, there are now complete, official versions in English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian available as well.
Company Insight
Luxembourg based Jamendo.com was launched in 2005 by Laurent Kratz, Sylvain Zimmer and Pierre Gerard. Laurent Kratz currently serves as CEO, Sylvain Zimmer as CTO and Pierre Gerard as CFO.
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