Bargain Moose

I saw this downloadable freebie over on BoingBoing, a blog which I read every day. One of the authors there has a little project, in which they got 36 performers to record one song from The Clash’s Sandinista.

• Click here to download The Sandinista Project @ Guterman.com

The result is a rather interesting, eclectic album, which you can now download for free. Here are the artists taken from a press release:

Features The Smithereens, Camper Van Beethoven, Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Amy Rigby, Katrina Leskanich (Waves), Wreckless Eric, Willie Nile, Matthew Ryan, Stew, Sex Clark Five, Sid Griffin & Coal Porters and many more.

I’ve just downloaded it and I’m giving it a listen. It’s a very strange mix!

Ends Sunday 14th March 2010.

Get two new Smashing Pumpkin songs free!

• Click here for your free Smashing Pumpkin songs

All you have to do is click “Download now” to get two new Smashing Pumpkin songs.

Tracks include:

• Widow wake my mind
• A song for a son

For any Smashing Pumpkin fans or music fans in general, here are two free songs, no strings attached. Getting music on the mp3 player is becoming much more of a hassle and more expensive. It’s great to have bands appreciate fans enough to give us free songs.

The songs are good, but my favourite Smashing Pumpkin song is still “Today.”

Subway and The Biggest Loser have teamed up to compile some great tunes for a workout mix. The 130 MB mp3 download is available online, all you have to do is submit your email address, and voila! Free music.

• Click here to get your free The Biggest Loser and Subway Workout Mix

Tracks include:

• Bleeding Love — Leona Lewis
• American Boy — Estelle
• Umbrella — Rihanna
• Stronger — Kanye West
• 4 Minutes — Madonna
• Love Story –Taylor Swift
• No Surprise — Chris Daughtry
• Sugar — Flo Rida
• Paparazzi — Lady GaGa
• When I Grow Up — The Pussycat Dolls
• Second Chance — Shinedown
• Damaged — Danity Kane

The empowering rhythm of Kanye’s Stronger always pumps up my adreneline to push me through my last reps!

Decks the hills with brows of folly… ok, so I’m not quite sure of the words on that one, so maybe I need to download this free album from itunes Canada!

• Click here to download the Christmas album at itunes

They are giving away a full album, loaded with 20 classic Christmas tunes, such as Silent Night, 12 Days of Christmas, Baby It’s Cold Outside… UPDATE: apparently we can only get the 7 song sampler in Canada. Thanks for the comments guys!

From the songs in the list, I don’t know all of them, I know about half of them. Plus, I didn’t know Greensleeves was a Christmas tune!

This is a freebie for those of us Bargainmoosers who use Facebook. If you become a fan of the iTunes Canada group, they will send you a coupon code to claim 20 free songs, in their Fall Sampler!

• Click here to join the Facebook group

• Click here to go to the iTunes store

The 20 free tunes include artists such as Rancid, New Found Glory, Neko Case, Booker T, NASA, Swell Season and more (thanks Beagle). I haven’t heard of many of those artists, apart from Booker T and New Found Glory.

I actually don’t use iTunes so I won’t be claiming this freebie. If you do get it, it would be great to hear your opinions in the comments below.

Happy listening!

There’s a Napster coupon code which gets you a free Napster 30 day trial, instead of the regular 7 day evaluation period! That’s more than quadruple the freebie! You can download and listen to as much music as you want in the 30 day period.

Click here for your free 30 day Napster trial

• Coupon Code: NTGCRECA07
• Discount: Free 30 day trial

Now, apparently this coupon code only works on Napster.ca, not on any of the other domains. When you click through to Napster.ca, you’ll see a little image on the right hand side which says “Napster cards & promo codes,” and you click the “redeem” button. This automatically starts the Napster download and you can enter the promo code on the first page of registration.

Just a point to note: if you decide not to continue on with the subscription after your 30 day Napster trial is over, you do not get to keep the music.

If you’d like to add some more free songs to your ever growing music collection, you can actually get 25 free tunes courtesy of iTunes Canada and their facebook group.

• Click here to join the group on Facebook

You should see the banner on their group page, they call this the “back to school sampler” promotion. It’s actually a facebook app called “free on itunes” and you have to allow it access to your facebook profile.

The songs are preset, you don’t get to choose them. There are bands like Great Lake Swimmers, Dragonette, Inward Eye, The Dudes and Thrice.

This kind of Canadian freebie is great in that it introduces you to lots of little bands that you may never have heard of otherwise, and gives you a chance to broaden your audio horizons!

After you get your free songs, you don’t have to keep on being a fan of the facebook group if you don’t want to, just unfan them (or whatever that process is called)!

Dose.ca is offering an exclusive playlist which you can download from iTunes.

• Click here to go to Dose.ca for your free songs

You must enter your email address, you are emailed the itunes code, and then you can download the free songs.

There are songs from 22 different bands, many of whom I have not heard of though. But I have heard of Dragonette - they are actually one of my favorite bands at the minute. One of their best songs is take it like a man – see it here on youtube.

Have you heard of any of the other bands in the list? What are they like?

Thanks flattop341!

iTunes has partnered with Starbucks to bring us a “Single of the Week” every Tuesday. Just drop into Starbucks, and pick up your free itunes download card (They are located where you usually pick up your beverage).

• Download Code: See back of card (each code is unique, can be used once)
• Discount: 1 Free Song, chosen by iTunes
• Conditions: Have an iTunes Account
• Expiry: Two Months from date of issue

You do not need to purchase anything from Starbucks in order to get your free song.

New cards are put out every Tuesday morning, and are left on the counter until they are all gone. There have been occasions where I went to Starbucks on a Thursday and they were still there, but other times when I went on a Tuesday night and they were all gone, so be quick!!!

This may not be a fantastic deal for those who download ALL of their songs for free, but for the few of us who purchase all of our music, it’s a nice treat!

I know we are on Bargainmoose, and we’re all about saving money, but is there anyone out there that still buys their music??? Leave a comment below!

This deal has been around for quite a while, but I’m not sure everyone is aware of it. If you join emusic online, you can instantly download 25 free tunes. It’s free music, and it’s not illegally downloaded! There are over 5 million songs to choose from. Whether you like David Bowie or David Gray, there’s probably something for everyone.

• Click here to check out the free trial @ Emusic Canada.

The free emusic trial lasts for a week, but you can cancel it at any time. You get to keep the 25 mp3s too.

If you do decide to continue with a subscription after your trial is complete, the songs are still priced pretty reasonably (from 30c). Even after you buy songs, you can keep the tunes you have downloaded. There is no DRM here.

One drawback is that you do have to enter your credit card details before you can join, so I’d make a note that you remember to cancel the service within a week, if you wish to do so.

Remember, you can also get free cashback – $3.90us from Dealguild! Can’t say no to free money! As of today’s exchange rate, that is $4.56 for free just for trying the emusic service! Free tunes and free cash – I’m a happy bunny!

I’m giving you advance warning of this freebie, so I can bump it up nearer to the date in question. ColdPlay are giving away a full album for free, which you will be able to download from their site on the 15^th of May 2009. The album is called LeftRightLeftRightLeft and will feature 9 tracks of live recordings of their songs, which were recorded on their Viva La Vida tour.

• Click here for more info on this free download offer from ColdPlay.
• DOWNLOAD LefRightLeftRight now!
  

Here is the full track listing:

1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends

Some good songs in there!

I’ve been a ColdPlay fan since their album, Parachutes. I think the first song I ever heard was “Yellow.” I’ve you’ve never really listened to ColdPlay, give that a try and see if you like it enough to download the new free album.

So write the date in your diary, set a reminder on your phone, or subscribe to my email alerts, and make sure you get the free music on the 15th!

I was quite surprised to see that Dell Canada is expanding into the downloadable music industry! Dell is selling various music bundles, and you can buy credits for downloading tunes. You can download mp3s or WMA files.

Here’s the deal:

• 10 songs for $7.99 (79c each)
• 20 songs for $13.99 (70c each)
• 30 songs for $19.99 (67c each)

I think it’s a pretty good idea. Say you want to buy a few single songs, but not a whole album.

It would even be good for downloading whole albums – U2s new album “No line on the Horizon” is $13.99 @ Amazon Canada. It contains 11 songs. Say you had purchase the 30 credit bundle, then the album would only cost you $7.37 from Dell. Let’s try another example. The Killers “Day & Age” is $12.99 on Amazon, containing 10 songs. Use your cheap credits, and download it for only $6.70.

It doesn’t sound too complicated either. You buy your bundle, and they email you a PIN code. Then you go through checkout with your chosen songs in your cart, and redeem the PIN there.

And as far as I know, you should be able to get 1.5% cashback too.

I have quite a nice little mp3 collection. At one point, I ripped all my CDs to mp3, and put them all away in storage. Even when people buy me new CDs nowadays, I just save them as mp3 and listen to them in that way. The last album I received was Katy Perry, One Of The Boys. It’s been blasting from my speakers for a week or two now.

This seems to be a joint promotion with emusic and pizza hut! It’s a sampler of some new artists. You can listen to the free tunes online, or you can download them from the special landing page on the emusic website here.

• Morning Is My Destination by Tift Merritt
• Scene of the Crime by Hot Little Hands
• Keep It Playa Feat. Ray J by Slim Thug Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz
• Let U Know by Plastilina Mosh
• Love Hangover ft. Estelle (clean) by Kidz In The Hall
• Goodnight by Zox
• Alias by In Flames
• The Grand Exposure by Return To Sender
• Don’t Be Late by The M’s
• Lullaby/Buttons by Sia
• Dear Honey by Dusty Rhodes And The River Band
• Till You’re Gone by The Gabe Dixon Band
• Dog Park by The Saturday Knights
• Lovers Prayers by Ida
• Bridge To Better Days by Joe Bonamassa
• Glue Girls by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• Cherry Tulips by Headlights
• S.E.X.Y.R.O.B.O.T. by The Pinker Tones
• Go All Out (No Doubt!!!) ft. Carlitta Durand (Clean) by 9th Wonder and Buckshot
• Don’t Let Go by Pacha Massive
• Body Buzz by Aloha
• Pizza You by Shades Of Al Davis
• Lo Mejor Del Mundo by Señor Flavio
• Our Darkest Days and Nights by Love is Chemicals

I think they’re all new artists, I haven’t really heard of many of them. I may have heard of Estelle, and the Pinker Tones too. I listened to the first few bars of Scene of the Crime, it was very good, that’s my kind of music. Give them a listen, what do you think?

Thanks _dai_.

Over the next 48 hours, you can download these 8 Christmas songs for free, from the Oprah website. Here are the Christmas mp3 tunes:

• Faith Hill, “Joy to the World”
• Tony Bennett, “I’ll be Home for Christmas”
• Il Divo, “O Holy Night”
• Josh Groban, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
• Brian McKnight, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
• Amy Grant, “O Come All Ye Faithful”
• Harry Connick Jr., “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
• Aretha Franklin, “Silent Night”

Who can say no to free Christmas music!!

You can also download the CD cover and CD label, if you want to burn these onto CD and make your own disc for it.

You really know the Christmas season is coming when you’re walking round the stores in early November, and you hear the warbles of Cliff Richard in “Mistletoe And Wine” or the wails of Paul McCartney in “Wonderful Christmas Time.”

I must admit I do like some Christmas songs… they’re fun, and catchy and do help to put me in the Christmas spirit. For example, The Supremes’ “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” never fails to get me jumping!

Although these ones from Oprah seem to be more of the religious bent… even so, still nice for free!!

Thanks for the pic jerkytourniquet.

UPDATE – available again for 48 hours – 18th December 2008.