NoiseTrade, Great For Fans and Artists Alike

There’s such an overabundance of new music coming at us at every turn that we end up listening to our old favourites, simply because it all becomes so overwhelming. Sure, streaming services can be useful for playing the occasional new artist, but often you have listen to artists you don’t care for to get to them, tolerate adverts, and of course there’s the simple fact that not everyone uses streaming services. Songza is great for providing fun mixes for every mood, but it still doesn’t quite meet that particular need; when you’re just in the mood to seek out some new music that you can be fairly certain you’ll love. Enter NoiseTrade.
NoiseTrade is a music download site site which is entirely legal, artist supported, and also manages to work with charities as much as possible. New music is offered each day, and all material is free with the option to tip the artists if your budget allows.
The entire process is extremely simple, intuitive, and user friendly, and you can opt-in to get daily emails informing you of the new artists available.

How Is It Different From SoundCloud, BandCamp, et al?

A couple of things set NoiseTrade apart from some of its aural contemporaries. The first being all material on NoiseTrade is there because the artists/their label/management have put it there. Illegal fire sharing is an impossibility and artists have control of their music on the site at all times.
SoundCloud is a great tool but it’s not the most efficient way to browse around for new music. NoiseTrade breaks artists down by genre, give brief bios, song samples, and a offers a few similar artists for comparison. BandCamp is similar in some regards but NoiseTrade’s interface is far more intuitive, they offer a larger selection, and they offer many exclusives.

Exclusives?

While many artists use NoiseTrade to broaden their fan base (which is a brilliant move as NoiseTrade has a massive global following), many well established artists and record labels have partnered with NoiseTrade to offer fans exclusive content. The Civil Wars and Fun. released exclusive live albums, and Dawes, The Oh Hellos, and The Lumineers have also released exclusive content via NoiseTrade.

While there is certainly more music available to us than ever, it’s also difficult to sift through the cacophony. Give NoiseTrade a try and let them do the work for you. Additionally, if you’re an artist/musician, strongly consider putting your music on NoiseTrade. It’s really easy to do, you have constant access to your statistics, and it would be of great benefit to you.

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Enjoy some of my recent favourites from NoiseTrade