I was going through my music collection recently and I noticed that a rather considerable percentage was from Jamendo, a community dedicated to Creative Commons licensed music.

To be honest, it wasn't really a surprise to me as it simply confirmed what I already assumed. I figured I would take a moment and send some more traffic their way again because I have found that I spend more time downloading albums from Jamendo and listening to them than the albums that I have purchased in stores over the years.

I have been a happy member since I found the site in May. Jamendo currently has 4878 albums available and I definitely recommend checking them out if you have not done so already. A few of my favorite artists are NeXuS (Trance-Club), JT Bruce (Progressive Rock), and Rob Costlow (Solo Piano).

You can also check out my profile for other artists or visit the convenient Ogg Vorbis front-end to the week's most popular albums.

I recently came across Jamendo, a site dedicated to Creative Commons licensed music.

I have been listening to various musical genres on the site for about a day now and everything I have listened to thus far has been excellent. I was actually surprised at the rather large selection of music.

Aside from the great music, three things made me decide to write about this site.

1. You have the ability to make direct donations to the artists.
2. All of the music is encoded in Ogg Vorbis.
3. Full albums are available via BitTorrent.

It is definitely worth checking out and if you know of any similar websites please let me know.

Creative Commons recently announced the availability of their new 3.0 license.
The following changes to the license are as follows:

• Separating the "generic" from the US license
• Harmonizing the treatment of moral rights & collecting society royalties
• No Endorsement Language
• BY-SA — Compatibility Structure Now Included
• Clarifications Negotiated With Debian & MIT