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Here are a number of resources for getting music and sounds for your podcasts.
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- Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects and Loops
Soundsnap is a free online sound library and community for sound designers and producers. People can upload sounds and share them with the world.
- Freeplay Music, Broadcast Production Music Library, Free and Mp3 Music Downloads, See Usage Terms.
Freeplay's first product, the Freeplay Music Library, is a comprehensive collection of High End Broadcast production music spanning all the popular musical genres, available for download either on-line or via our Portable Hard Drive. Freeplay's unique tec
- ccMixter
A music remix site that tracks samples across different artists, all available under sampling licenses so that you too can join in the mix.
- you're about to enter 12rec.net
a German CDR and netlabel with Creative Commons licensed free music. They have an interesting selection of bands in a variety of musical styles.
- 15 Megs of Fame | Artists and Fans unite!
a community where artists and bands post mp3 files of their music. Listeners can leave comments and rate the music which is free to share under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License.
- ccMixter
a community music sharing site featuring songs licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
- Common Content
an open catalog of Creative Commons licensed content. The site has topic categories and a search engine for finding content.
- Audio | Creative Commons
features artists, tools, netlabels, and works supporting CC music.
- PodSafe Audio - Podsafe Music for Your Podcast
This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net...
- Free Sound Effects, Download Royalty Free Sound Effects
These free sound effects are generally available on the web but are not owned by Partners In Rhyme.