13 GB of Free mp3

[VirusType2]

The South by Southwest (SXSW) ( http://sxsw.com/ ) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the fifth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of songs totaling many GB, which can all be downloaded for free, thanks to BitTorrent.

SXSW Showcasing Music Torrents

Since all of the mp3s are available for download on the festival’s site, it only takes one person to get a torrent up and running. Last year it was Greg Hewgill who took the time and effort to put all the MP3s into one big torrent, and for the 2009 edition Ben Stolt did the same.

Using torrents makes it much easier than laboriously downloading every MP3 separately. In addition, using BitTorrent instead of the server based system saves SXSW money in bandwidth costs. The good news is that, for once, the RIAA isn’t watching over your shoulder when downloading music.

There are three torrents for the 23rd SXSW edition which contain a record breaking amount of MP3s of both upcoming, as well as established artists who will appear at this year’s festival. Needless to say there should be something to suit everyone’s tastes, and all in all it’s a great way to expand your horizons and discover new and upcoming artists, all for free.

This year’s SXSW music festival takes place from March 18-22 in Austin Texas. All the tracks released for the previous editions are also still available for those people who want to fill up their mp3 players without having to invest thousands of dollars.

Get the Torrents Here:

http://hewgill.com/sxsw/


-by the way, I've already downloaded all of them.

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[Reginald]

This is... good?

I am suspicious about the amount of free music being posted about today.

Is there a full list of the songs available here?

 

[dfc05]

http://sxsw.com/music/shows/schedule?a=alpha&s=a&e=e
Everyone with a music note next to their name has a song up.

I don't really see what the big deal is. Amazon has always had free songs for download, and a heck of a lot of artists upload music onto their own websites for download. I guess the only thing these mass downloads are good for is if you want to listen to a lot of bands you've never heard of. Anyhow, I prefer the Live Music Archive because I like listening to live recordings.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Hey Virus!

Oh hey, free stuff.

 

[Dog--]

Or you could just pirate it...?

Or have I been doing it wrong?

 

[Sheepo]

Or you could just pirate it...?

Or have I been doing it wrong?

Yeah dude, it's all about Vikings now.