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Music is nice but free music is even better. Due to recent Copyright Royalty Board rulings that increase fees and ask for licensing guarantees, one of the best online music streaming service - Pandora is no longer available in countries other than the United States. Fortunately, other than Pandora, there are many alternative free online music streaming service that practically having the same features as Pandora and some are even better in term of features. Most of the online music streaming service will start playing as soon as you type in what you want to hear. You can customize your stations further by adding more artists and rating songs. Below is a list of 11 free online music streaming service that are available for your listening pleasure outside of the USA.

1. Last.fm

Recent few major announcements from Last.fm has established that Last.fm is currently has the largest library of free streaming music on the web. Now you can listen to practically any song you like, even full albums for free (limited to users from USA, UK and Germany).  Last.fm which is a CBS-owned music discovery/online radio service has signed deals with all the major record labels, and also has a system in place to pay independent musicians as well. Another great feature of last.fm is scrobbling - a process where you can send the songs that you are listening to last.fm and add them to your music profile.

2. Jango

Jango has the similar features of Pandora. It is a mixture of online music streaming service and social networking. You can create your own custom radio stations and share them with friends and others who like what you like. More about Jango from my previous post.

3. social.fm

Social·fm enables social music discovery and recommendations through connections with your friends, family and Social·fm users with similar musical preferences. Formerly known as Mercora, Social fm has a wide range of products where you can enjoy your music through your desktop, web, widgets and mobile devices.

4. Finetune

Finetune is similar to other online music services e.g. Pandora and Last.fm. Finetune is led by survivors of the original Napster, Gigabeat, Listen.com. With Finetune, you can listen to playlist of your preferred artists or related artists. You also can explore the finetune community - browse, listen, create a profile, tag, connect with other users.

There is also a Nintendo Wii version of Finetune where you can enjoy your music using your Opera browser in Wii.

5. imeem

imeem is an online community where artists, fans & friends can promote their content, share their tastes, and discover new blogs, photos, music and video. Recently imeem has reached a deal with Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI to legally offer their music to users. In exchange for allowing Imeem users to stream Sony BMG music on the site and in their widgets,

6. Deezer

Deezer is based in France and it is a portal entirely dedicated to music. With SONY BMG as the partner, deezer is poised to be another leading music discovery that is able to serve the community in Europe and the rest of the world.

7. Meemix

MeeMix is a place where you don’t have to work to listen to the music you love. It’s a place where you can sit back and enjoy the music and share your personal station with others. All you need to do is choose one of your favorite songs or artists and a playlist based on this input will be automatically built for you. Your song preference is categorized into several categories - “song parameters”. Meemix match and apply song parameters, the information you provide about yourself, and your song ratings in MeeMix to the smart and unique algorithm we’ve created.

8. Songza

Songza is the brainchild of 23-year-old Aza Raskin — the president of Chicago-based software company Humanized, Inc., and the son of Apple Macintosh founder Jef Raskin. The site launched on November 8, 2007 and instantly generated significant buzz around the world. Songza’s primary purpose is to illustrate how to provide content using a “humane interface”. Songza presents this concept through its clean, clutter-free design and transparent remote control.

9. Musicovery

Musicovery is a visual music discovery application that allows users to listen to full music songs according to their mood (e.g. dark vs. energetic, positive vs. calm), time period or style. The songs are visually connected in a graph and when you select a song, the view centers on the current song. Musicovery doesn’t have a huge database, but it’s a good option if you miss a dark song from the 90s or you just want to hear a relaxing song.

10. anywhere.fm

Basically anywhere.fm allows you to perform three tasks:

• Upload your entire music collection
• Play it anywhere on the best web music player
• Discover new music through Friend Radio

11. Project Playlist

Project Playlist is a search engine that is devoted entirely to the world of music. With Project Playlist search engine, you can find and enjoy music legally throughout the web. Once you find music tracks that you like through our music search engine (or on another user’s playlist), you can add them to your personal playlist and then share your playlist with others. You can post your playlist on your social networking webpage or any other website, subject to the terms of use of those sites, or you can email your playlist to friends.

Enjoy your free music today!.