Tunes.com
Tunes.com, part of the EMusic network that includes rollingstone.com and Downbeat.com, highlights downloads; Webcasts; a radio player; station guide; boards; and a mytunes personalization feature.

CDNOW
CDNOW does more than let users buy CDs, DVDs and other merchandise. It delivers a ton of music-related content like audio and video interviews of your favorite bands, preview clips of most CD tracks, and CDNOW Internet Radio.

VideoSeeker
An NBC-centric view of the sports, news and entertainment worlds packed with live trailers, interviews and music.
 

MP3.com
MP3.com features a large library of MP3 files, as well as goodies like MyMP3.com, a personal MP3 storage and management site; RadioActive, which streams MP3s by genre; and the capability to share your favorite MP3s through MP3.com's station. There also are e-zines, concert updates, and for-sale CDs.

CD Universe
Another e-commerce site that sells music, movies, DVDs and games. Beyond that on this difficult-to-navigate site, there's not much more than audio clip previews, screen-saver downloads, and broken links.

eMusic
EMusic.com claims the Internet's largest catalog of downloadable, for-sale MP3 music. It offers an expanding collection of more than 75,000 tracks that be previewed and/or purchased. Individual tracks run 99 cents; entire, downloadable albums cost $8.99.

Launch.com
Launch.com is one of the Web's most comprehensive music sites. Registered users have access to music downloads; more than 4,800 music videos; Launchcast-personalized Internet Radio; e-e-mail concert alerts; celebrity chat sessions; and more.

Songs.com
More than a music catalog, songs.com is the ultimate guide to the best independent music on the Web. Among the highlights: online audio samples; interviews and features; live events; and digital downloads from an extensive MP3 library.

Listen.com
Through partnerships with sites like Launch.com, emusic.com and CDNOW.com, Listen.com lets you search for and sample music clips of your favorite artists; watch videos; and buy your favorite music online.

Spun.com
Buy and sell used CDs, but you'll have to go somewhere else to hear samples of the tunes.

Incanta
Incanta is a free downloadable multimedia player that lets you create your own favorites profile, as well as rank songs in the order you'd like to hear them. Incanta software tracks the responses and customizes the experience. Other additions to the software include streaming video and games.

Find and download MP3s:

AudioFind
A great source for downloading MP3s … and no extra software needed! With thousands of titles and the capability to search by artist, song title, date, album or file name, AudioFind makes MP3 downloading quite easy.

Free-MP3-Files
There may be a nice collection of MP3s on this site - if you can get past all of the annoying pop-up windows that greet you after every mouse click.
 

Napster
Download the Napster software, and then search, download and share MP3 files with other users. There's also chat functionality; a built-in audio player; and the capability to create a hot list of other users' libraries for easy searching.

Live concert broadcasts:

Live Concerts
This site does just that: broadcasts live show featuring artists across all genres from all over the world. Check the "Lobby" page for upcoming cybercasts. A note: You'll need RealPlayer.

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