New search engine. Difficulty finding songs has been the top complaint about Freegal; the new search engine makes it much easier to find what you’re looking for.
· Twice as much content. They will be adding 50,000 to 100,000 songs daily through the end of the year. Soon Freegal will have over 7 million songs from 30,000 labels in nearly 100 countries. By the end of August they will have the complete Sony catalog. Their collection is seeing a huge boost in Latin and other world music, as well as classical and jazz.
· Freegal is now a public site. Meaning users can browse the library’s collection without having to log in first. Only once you’re ready to download will you be asked to log in.
· Wishlist. If you are signed in, you can add a song to your wishlist to download later.
· Music videos. 12,000 videos are now available to download, with more on the way. Videos will count as two of your weekly downloads. Downloaded videos are yours to keep, just like the songs. Videos are currently only available through the web, but will be available through the app by September 15.
· App improvements. You can now back up to iTunes and delete songs from the app.
Direct links. You can now send or post direct links to songs, so please share! For example, if I were to suggest that you download as much of The Skatalites as you can (which, in fact, I do highly recommend), I could direct you... directly to this album.
In other news... Charles Bradley will be performing this Thursday at The Rialto Theater. Charles Bradley is a soul singer now on the Daptone label out of Brooklyn. Daptone is also the home of Sharon Jones, who has been dubbed "the female James Brown," and Charles Bradley is "the male Sharon Jones," so you do the math... The folks down at the theater are so sure that you will enjoy this $15 show that they are offering a money back gaurantee. Also, 80's hit-makers Howard Jones and Men Without Hats ("The Safety Dance") are performing at Hotel Congress Fest, "HoCo Fest" on Thursday, August 29. The wonderful Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta is playing at Congress the following evening, Friday, August 30.
After you have downloaded your allotted weekly songs from Freegal, get out there and enjoy some live music!
Cheers, Brian
Direct links. You can now send or post direct links to songs, so please share! For example, if I were to suggest that you download as much of The Skatalites as you can (which, in fact, I do highly recommend), I could direct you... directly to this album.
In other news... Charles Bradley will be performing this Thursday at The Rialto Theater. Charles Bradley is a soul singer now on the Daptone label out of Brooklyn. Daptone is also the home of Sharon Jones, who has been dubbed "the female James Brown," and Charles Bradley is "the male Sharon Jones," so you do the math... The folks down at the theater are so sure that you will enjoy this $15 show that they are offering a money back gaurantee. Also, 80's hit-makers Howard Jones and Men Without Hats ("The Safety Dance") are performing at Hotel Congress Fest, "HoCo Fest" on Thursday, August 29. The wonderful Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta is playing at Congress the following evening, Friday, August 30.
After you have downloaded your allotted weekly songs from Freegal, get out there and enjoy some live music!
Cheers, Brian
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