Thursday, June 12, 2014

Browsing the Wealth of Freegal Offerings

Hello music blog readers!  Just a short dispatch this week to let y'all know about the Freegal browse feature if you are not already aware.  I was poking around Freegal, and as opposed to searching directly for an artist as I normally do, I hit the "Browse A-Z" button so as I could peruse the catalog.  Lo and behold, it was a wealth of information!  Please read on to learn about the browse feature.

My first piece of advice when browsing Freegal is to go ahead and log in.  This means you will be able to listen to snippets of any songs you come across to assess whether or not you would like to, in fact, download that song.  Then, click the "Browse A-Z" button and get at it!  There is a plethora of genres (though many have no actual bands associated with them).  Pick your genre and the "artist" column populates with artists that you can scroll through and sample from.  One nice thing about this is that it is a good way to stumble across some great compilation albums, which you do not seem to have any direct way to access through Freegal search, and which I enjoy.  There are some problems with the back button and with navigating in general, but the "Browse A-Z" is always available at the top of the screen.

Of course, where you look depends on your tastes, but some genres have an amazing number of artists.  I am a fan of world music, and the African, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Native American sections are stacked.  Want Trip-Hop? Plenty of that. How about Death Metal?  Freegal has you covered. Ans as if Freegal knows just what I want, there is a "New Orleans" genre.  Not sure what "Dansband/Schlager" is?  Me neither, but you can browse through a few offerings there too. There is even a "Samba/Carnaval" genre that has several options.

Follow this link over to Freegal and get Browsing!

Cheers, Brian

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