Music Links - A Very Big List
I've been exploring my music bookmark over the past couple of weeks, getting lost and finding more bookmarks. So I decided to put everything together and share them with you. I know some of these have been mentioned in other threads but I wanted to put them all in one place. Hopefully, you will have more to add.
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General listening and downloading sites
Yamelo brings back the memories of your musical timeline. Choose a year and month and listen to the music of that particular time. The timeline goes back to 1965.
http://www.yamelo.com/
Songza, a Chicago-based music startup, launched a new music search engine and jukebox player to search, play and share music online. With one button click you can play, share, watch video, rate or add to playlist.
http://songza.com/
Online music has always been popular, and now social networks, peer recommendations and
personalized radio stations are helping fans find bands faster than ever before. Here are more than 90 sites for musicians, fans, and everyone who enjoys music.
http://mashable.com/2007/07/06/online-music/
Playa Cofi Jukebox-The top 100 songs from the golden years of popular music - plus more of our musical heritage. Just select a playlist and go back to work. It will play in the background.
http://www.tropicalglen.com/
Ultimate List of Free & Legal mp3 Music Downloads
http://liquidparallax.com/2007/07/11/ultimate-list-of-free-legal-mp3-music-downloads/
Live-Radio.net - Listen to the World
http://www.live-radio.net/info.shtml
At Free Albums Galore you are bound to find a gem or two.
http://freealbums.blogsome.com/
20,000 Music Videos
http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/videos/index.php
Anywhere.FM wants to be 'iTunes for the Web'. It lets users upload songs from their iTunes or desktop collections to a Web-based account, so they can access their music from anywhere.
http://www.anywhere.fm/player/
Pandora is a customizeable radio station utilizing the results of the Music Genome Project.
http://www.pandora.com/
Mp3Dimension.com - MP3 Downloads, Full Albums, Latest Hits, MP3 Search
http://www.mp3dimension.com/
The premier source for free music.
http://music.download.com/?tag=MDL_head_home
MetaFilter Music is a site for members to upload their own songs for others to enjoy and share. Logged-in members can enjoy downloads, playlists, favorites, and podcasts of tags, playlists, and specific users.
http://music.metafilter.com/
iBluegrass - Redefining internet bluegrass.
http://www.ibluegrass.com/bg_bands.cfm
AUDIO & VIDEO curiosities, UNUSUAL music, RETRO futurism & B-MOVIES, FOUND materials, all kinds of WEIRD artists, all kinds of GEMS from the FORGOTTEN planet.
http://doyouspeakenglishradio.blogspot.com/
Kiddie Records Weekly-Classics from the golden age
http://www.kiddierecords.com/
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else - Music you possibly, maybe, will not hear anyplace else, though there's always the chance that you might. MP3s are only up for a limited time.
http://musicyouwont.blogspot.com/
Muriel's Treasure: Calypso Artifacts
http://murielstreasure.blogspot.com/
Invisible Record Archive(Formerly Palestinian Light Orchestra) A blog devoted to the invisible, the downtrodden, the neglected, and the flat-out annoying records of the 20th century.
http://invisiblerecordarchive.blogspot.com/
Honey, Where You Been So Long - Pre-War Blues
http://prewarblues.org/
DWRAYGER DUNGEON PRESENTS: Monster Movie Music 1950-1969
http://www.monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Both kinds of music: Country and Western. A little trash, a little junk, a little grease, a little truckin'.
http://therealbigrockcandymountain.blogspot.com/
Barstool Mountain (I Don't Drink Anymore...I Freeze It And Eat It Like A Popsicle) - All songs about booze.
http://www.barstoolmountain.blogspot.com/
Setting The Woods On Fire - Old country, rock, bluegrass, folk, western swing, classic jazz, and some new releases too.
http://www.settingthewoodsonfire.com/
Surfkraft instrumental surf blog - instrumental Surf, Hot Rod, Twang, Garage und …
http://www.surfkraft.de/
Informative, fun, funny and sometimes bazaar music related links:
This Day In Music is the online record of 10,000 musical facts.
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/index.php
Yodeling is fun, unique, and quite silly. Take this yodel course, divided over 10 levels, and soon you'll be able to annoy your neighbours.
Upon your completion of the available lessons you'll receive an official Certificate of
Yodelology.
http://www.yodelcourse.com/level1/level1.html
WatZatSong is a community website that allows you to name a song that you have stuck in your head but of which you know neither the artist nor the title, or help other people when they are looking for a song name.
Sing or hum a tune in your microphone or, if you already have a sample of the song in a file, upload it. As soon as your recording is confirmed, it becomes available for listening on WatZatSong. Anyone can then guess at the title and artist.
http://www.watzatsong.com/EN/
Song Search by Tapping - Search for music by tapping the rhythm of the song's melody.
http://www.songtapper.com/s/tappingmain.bin
Jake Mandell developed a quick online way to screen for tonedeafness. It's a pretty good test to check for overall pitch perception ability. The test is purposefully made very hard, so excellent musicians rarely score above 80% correct.
http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/
The 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever! You don't have to be crazy to be a rock star. But let's just say the world would be a far less colorful place without these 50 drug-addled, tantrum-throwing, Thorazine-gulping and/or just plain mad music maestros.
http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2511
HiddenSongs.com - a comprehensive listing of hidden and unlisted tracks from albums by all types of artists (formerly known as The Hidden Song Archive). A hidden song (also known as a "ghost track" or "easter egg") is a song on an album which is not listed on the album sleeve or jacket. On a CD, usually the song is accessed by playing the final track through then going through a brief moment of silence. An unlisted track is different because the hidden song has its own track and can be directly
accessed without having to go through the previous song, it's just not listed with the other songs on the album on the back of the sleeve.
http://www.hiddensongs.com/
The 111 Wussiest Songs of All Time.
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-111-102?ncid=AOLMUS00050000000033
100 Great Christmas Bummers
Tired of traditional holiday cheer? Try Prince's ''Another Lonely Christmas,'' Joni Mitchell's ''River,'' or William S. Burroughs', ''A Junky's Christmas'' on for size.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20163256,00.html
Many of us own music that we didn't pay for. We don't feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicians themselves? Here's how it works: Pick a musician, write them a letter, scan or photograph the letter and send it to 'Dear Rockers,' mail off the letter along with $5, and enjoy your new, guilt-free life.
http://www.dearrockers.org/
Space Age Pop is a general and loosely based term for a music genre associated with certain American composers and songwriters in the Space Age of the 1950s and 1960s, from the dawn of hi-fi to the arrival of the Beatles. The music is not limited to a single style, and it is not always easily categorized. There are several styles that can be recognized as an influence; classical composers like Ravel and Debussy; the big bands of the 40's, and different exotic styles, such as samba, latin, and calypso jazz. Some of the music in this genre is also known as lounge music or exotica.
http://www.spaceagepop.com/index.htm
The Highway Speed-to-BPM Calculator will determine what speed you should drive to match a song's rhythm with the approaching stripes on a highway. The federal standard for interstate highways is 40 feet between the front of two stripes. This varies by area, but is generally around that distance. For example, if the beat per minute for a song is 140, you should drive 63.64mph to match the rhythm of Linkin Park's 'Bleed It Out.'
http://www.azuremyst.com/highwaybpm.php
LyricsMode is a comprehensive online music resource which is providing text lyrics for music compositions. At the moment LyricsMode has more than 550,000 lyrics from more than 20,000 artists and this amount grows day-by-day.
http://www.lyricsmode.com/
Oddmusic is home to unique, odd, ethnic, experimental and unusual musical instruments and resources. Tour the Gallery, see in-depth sections featuring artisans who blazed new trails or are on the cutting edge of new and previously unheard musical instruments. Look, listen, and explore music and musical instruments that aren't part of the mainstream. Showcasing unusual musical creations and sounds of unique artists and artisans from around the globe. From gourd music to electronic odysseys, harp guitars to industrial insects, from beautiful, to bizarre, to just plain wacky. New, unique innovations, along with heavily modified hybrids of instruments once formally known as guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, wind and stringed instruments. Musical stalagmites, bowed telegraph wires, twisted electrons, Circuit Bending, Waterphones, Hang drums, ethnic instruments, Stamenphones, Theremins, Serpents, Light Harps, and much more. Give your eyes and ears a treat. Feed your imagination at Oddmusic.
http://www.oddmusic.com/index.php
Since the advent of electronic instruments and the need by composers to produce unique and new sounds, many unusual instruments have been invented or restored to life. This is a list of the ten most bizarre instruments.
http://listverse.com/music/top-10-bizarre-musical-instruments/
Find out who is listening to what and where. The popularity map shows snapshots of current top artists and album charts by geographical location.
http://www.gracenote.com/map/
SwitchPlanet is a free dynamic social network where members can connect with each other to discuss their favorite or least favorite DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Books…and through these connections even pass on the experience, good or bad, by sharing these same items across the network.
http://www.switchplanet.com/Main
Top 529 eternal questions in popular music.
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?action=showall&boardid=41&threadid=59014#msg1
A list of incredible recordings like Alessandro Moreschi, the only recorded true castrato, Mado Robin, a French singer who recorded the highest note ever sung, the last 30 minutes of Jonestown, and the first recording of human voices by Frank Lambert.
http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-incredible-recordings/
Wing Han Tsang, popularly known simply as Wing, is a New Zealand singer of Hong Kong origin. Having taken up singing as a hobby after emigrating to New Zealand, Wing gained an audience by entertaining patients at nursing homes and hospitals in and around Auckland. Wing also guest starred on South Park in an episode named for her.
Various times Wing has been advised to stop singing, but she continues to perform and record.
Should she give up singing? You decide for yourself when you hear Wing perform the Beatles' 'I wanna hold your hand' - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec1_1186635463&p=1
Wing's website: http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/
Songs for Ice Cream Trucks.
http://www.songsforicecreamtrucks.com/
CHARITY SONGS OF THE 80s/90s. In 1984, Bob Geldof threw together a bunch of England's finest performers and recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas". The success spawned at least 9 different other celebrity benefit singles that serve as bizarre all-star teams of their respective music genres of the time, like some sort of musical version of The Justice League.
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archive2007/charity/index.html
The Pop Translator has six clips tranlated. If nothing else, check out the Ozzy clip.
http://www.poptranslator.com/
The Most Hilarious Musical Crossover Attempts By Athletes. Over the years, several athletes have ventured into the world of music. Some, like former White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell or former New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams, have been praised for their attempts. Others, not so much.
http://www.shoutmouth.com/index.php/news/24939
retroCRUSH has a great article about the worst cover songs ever. Some of these covers were sincere attempts to make good songs, others are so inexplicably awful that you don't know what they were thinking. Others are clearly meant to be jokes, but it doesn't make them sound any better.
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archive2007/badcovers/index.html
25 Cover Songs That Are Better Than the Originals.
http://www.shoutmouth.com/index.php/news/25_Cover_Songs_That_Are_Better_Than_the_Originals
Here is an alphabetical list of the most popular music stars real names.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/realname.html
The Strangest Music Videos Of All Time.
http://www.grupthink.com/topic/4576/Strangest_Music_Videos_Of_All_Time
The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever
http://www.spinner.com/2007/03/27/the-worst-lyrics-ever-no-20/
Telephone Songs
http://www.jlc.net/~useless/telsongs.html
Touchtone Telephone Songs
http://www.michaelv.org/projects/telephone/
Where Are They Now -Rock Groupies of the '70s.
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/01/where_are_they_28.html
Rock Band Name Origins
http://library.thinkquest.org/4626/rock.htm
Crop of the Pops
http://www.scenta.co.uk/music/crop_of_the_pops.cfm
Make your own Bob Dylan “Subterranean Homesick Blues”signs.
http://www.dylanmessaging.com/messages/51KZ-3501-H371-3RLW-DQPR?commentor-name=GeekAlerts&commentor-email=smidigt%40gmail.com
The Let Them Sing It For You website will sing whatever you type using sound clips from actual, popular songs!
http://www.sr.se/p1/src/sing/#
Something Old, Something New is a blog with downloads to mostly indie/alternative music.
http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/
Vinyl Mine - From the blog: "All the crappy and not so crappy and sometimes forgotten and sometimes acknowledged masterpieces of vinyl I acquired during my extended childhood in the 80's plus new stuff as I discover it... presented in craptastic MP3 format or not..."
http://vinyljourney.blogspot.com/
Boot Sale Sounds - A music blog , mainly featuring records and tapes found at boot sales, charity shops and flea markets. Mainly comedy, novelty and odd items that are hard to catagorise.
http://bootsalesounds.blogspot.com/
Music Related Games:
Solve the picture clues to identify the artists, albums and songs from the 1980s, 1990s and 200s.
http://www.themusicube.com/
Name that Hair-Metal Band.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20016362__20016359_2,00.html
Name the band from the band members' first names pop quiz.
http://www.monkeon.co.uk/popfirstnames/index.html
