Launch Free Music Site

One of the most fantastic websites that I've discovered this month would have to be one called 'Launch' which has been bought to us by Yahoo - seemingly, out of nowhere came this excellent Internet site which allows you to pick from hundreds of music videos, MP3's and artist interviews all completely free of charge and for a change this is available completely legally.

As I really don't know where to start with this site, we'll begin by looking at the music videos section which immediately presents you with a long list of artists or allows you to search and quickly find the artist you're looking for. Once you've found you're desired artist, the site will list all music videos that it has in its comprehensive database for you to view at your pleasure completely free of charge. To fully take advantage of this area of the site it would be advisable to have broadband installed as on such a connection each video takes around 4 seconds to load up then plays at high quality and completely stutter free to the end; something you wouldn't achieve with a 56k modem.

If however you don't have anything specific you want to watch and just have an urge to sit on your posterior and listen to some good music while you get on with the rest of your day why not take advantage of launch for some background music? LaunchCast in an online radio station that is another key feature of the site ' just choose the kind of music you want to listen to and Yahoo makes you a custom radio station that then lurks in the background playing your chosen style music while you carry on with your day.

By specifying genres of music that appeal to you, the station can ensure that you don't have to endure 30 minutes worth of Gareth Gates' 'Spirit in the Sky' per day that a certain local station would impose on you. I think we all know which station I'm talking about.

On the whole, the songs are fresh, varied and the interruptions for adverts are few and far between and even at this point in writing the article I've already heard three songs today that I've never heard before and that were absolutely fantastic - It really is a great way to discover new music. If a track does come on that I really can't stand then just click on 'next' and the station will skip it and to avoid having to do this too often you are asked to rate each track accordingly so that the radio station can get a feel for what music appeals to you and what doesn't.

Also available on the website are musician profiles that have photos, interviews and news in addition to the facility of being able to download select tracks so you can listen to them at your leisure even when you're not online. Whilst Launch mostly features well known musicians it constantly supports emerging talent by choosing a lesser known artist to be showcased each month to show off their music videos, hear their singles and take a look at their career and their influences.

In conclusion, it is rare that I get so excited by a website and I would urge anyone reading this to head over to Launch now especially if you already have broadband. Even though parts of the website will be fine on a normal connection, waiting for things to buff fully can be rather time consuming. In a similar way to how that the superiority of Sky has persuaded the majority of consumers to get digital television, if quality content like this continues to be released online then I believe most people will be upgrading to Broadband to take advantage.