Back to the beginning of the MTV era in the 1980s, music videos have held a special fascination with music lovers around the world. These short films produced to showcase new songs and new talents looking for publicity have evolved into tools for directors to showcase their new singers, for bands to advertise their style, and for music to spread throughout the planet. Much faster and much more visible than audio alone, music videos aren’t just on TV anymore. People download videos from the Internet every day, and there are a number of legal and easy ways to do so.

Just about everybody knows you can get music videos by paying a small fee to iTunes, but just about nobody really wants to pay money for something they used to watch for free on VH1 or MTV. Since the advent of reality TV, the odds of finding any free downloads from the so-called music stations are just about zero, but there is no shortage of websites that provide you the resources to get the videos you want.

The entertainment networks, Fuse, MTV, and Yahoo!, for example, list videos you can watch for free any time. They change their selections as producers seek to promote new artists. You typically get to watch any video that promoters want you to rate without paying a fee, and often the site will list links to give you new bandwidth options or listen to new artists or new songs by the same artist.

Not to be overlooked is YouTube, which posts tens of thousands of music videos. Some labels will pull videos from YouTube almost as quickly as they are put up claiming posting on YouTube violates copyright, but most labels are OK with YouTube because they value free publicity.

Where you find the link to download a free music video will depend on the artist you want to hear. Often, official band websites will feature free downloads along with b-sides, rare tracks, and new streaming tracks from upcoming releases. You can find hubs where generous bands and new artists list videos for free, but these hubs tend to have fewer major artists and more new artists. And there are ways to download software that allows you record from streaming video, such as YouTube or your favorite artist’s site.

Whatever you ultimately decide to do, it is totally possible to locate and listen free music downloads on the net. In spite of less exposure on TV, hundreds of millions of fans around the earth can still watch their videos and the recording studios will stay in business. Finding and downloading the video you want is still 100% possible for music fans like you.

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