This week, I decided to review a website I have commonly used in the past, specifically for projects in high school. Jamendo.com is a site to search for legal music downloads. Many times people are in need of a song or soundtrack for a project, but run into the issue of copyright when they find a song on Youtube, or somewhere else similar on the internet. Jamendo serves as a source for completely legal and free music. Pretty neat, right?
So what makes this website so strong. First off, the website has a very organized layout. When you first arrive at the site, the large banner initially catches your eye. In a very simple manner, one is able to find out just what the purpose of this website is. Jamendo -- fast and easy legal music for anyone! There is no head scratching or searching for what this site does, but instead it is perfectly clear to the viewer. Next: the menu bar is very helpful. Above the large banner stating what Jamendo is about, a simple menu bar displays the various links you can click on to further explore the site. There are not hundreds of tabs on the menu bar either, so it is not too overwhelming on the eye. In addition, at the end of the menu bar is a search option. Search options are extremely useful, especially with a site like Jamendo where people will be looking for particular songs.
The third and final thing I find extremely well done by Jamendo is their sorting of music. As you scroll down the page, three columns come into view. Each column is listed: Most popular music, most popular artists, and Jamendo radio channels. I find this very helpful for a more efficient search of music. These three categories help to narrow down the vast amount of music on Jamendo into more succinct sections. Very, very helpful when looking for a song. Well done Jamendo. The site also has links at the bottom of the page to Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, making it easy to connect to separate social networks. Music is commonly being shared on sites such as these, so this addition is quite insightful.
I would absolutely recommend others to go to Jamendo.com. Not only is it a very well designed and organized website, but it is extremely useful for finding legal music downloads. I do not think many people know about this site, but if word could be spread, I am sure it would become a huge hit. The audience members that go there now are most likely predominately students. Due to the fact that academia requires us to obtain our resources in a legal manner, Jamendo is therefore highly used by people in school. If it was not so easy to rip songs off of Youtube, I think more people would use Jamendo. It is 100% user friendly, 100% free and 100% legal. What else can you ask for?
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
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