Google Play Music, Apple Music, and Spotify are all great streaming sites if you have a stable Internet connection. But sometimes you may find yourself in need of downloading songs and tracks to your devices.

If you are wondering where to find sites that allow you to get music and, better yet, for free, read on to find out:

SoundCloud

SoundCloud is one of the most popular places to find a huge number of tracks and download them for free. All the songs are from well-known as well as independent artists, and all you have to do is to click on the Free Download button to save the songs to your devices. Some may have requirements that you must fulfill before you can save the track, such as liking a Facebook page.

Jamendo

Jamendo is a free and safe site for music. All the songs are under Creative Commons License. The site has over 500,000 free MP3 songs from 40,000 musicians from around the globe. The search engine allows you to find tracks based on their genres, popularity, and newness. The best part is all the songs are totally free to download.

SoundClick

As there are several artists who offer their work for free, SoundClick allows users to save the songs and tracks directly from these musicians’ websites. The site also offer licensed songs for those who are interested in buying them.

Some of SounClick’s most notable features are a forum for listeners to interact with each other, making custom radio stations, and sending personalized e-cards by mail to anyone.

Audio Archive

Audio Archive has a wide range of options to meet all kinds of needs, from live music, podcasts, audiobooks, to free downloadable music. Users can enjoy more than 2 million free audio files in the site audio library. Users have to choose to acquire these songs in OGG, MP3, and some other formats. You will find household names like Kendrick Lamar, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and John Mayer.

Free Music Archive

Free Music Archives is full of free and high-quality songs and tracks. You do not even need an account to download. You can also find curated melody lists alongside online tunes.

Audiomack

Audiomack has the edge in having a user-friendly and easy-to-use interface. Users can discover tunes by browsing through categories like Top Albums, Trending, and Top Songs. Under the tab Trending, you can find subcategories like Electronic, Reggae, and Hip Hop. All of the rankings are in real-time. So far, Audiomack is one of the most popular sites for downloading free music among the younger generation.

NoiseTrade

NoiseTrade features an impressive collection of albums from several artists all over the world and users can browse free music by the musicians they like. All of the songs and tracks on this site are legal to download for free. If you want to know what others like, the Top Downloads and Trending sections are there to help you.

However, to have full access, users have to provide their postal code and email address.

CCTrax

CCTrax’s association with Creative Commons means that it is safe and free to download music from the site. The interface of the site is simple so that users can easily search for songs by genre, label, artist, and license.

The songs on the site are classified into categories like Dub, Ambient, Electronica, and so on. Like Free Music Archive, you do not need an account to download.

Last.fm

Last.fm started as an Internet radio station in 2002, but now, after 17 years, it has become one of the best websites for free MP3 music. It has a system to analyze your music listening habit to recommend you the songs and tracks you may like.

The site also has its own community for people with the same interest to talk and share.

YouTube

YouTube is one of the most well-known sites for videos and music, but since most of them are illegal to download, it is not exactly the place to go if you are looking for free stuff.

If you want to save any song on YouTube to your device, remember to check if it has a CC license. Download from the site is a bit tricky, but there are some third-party tools for this purpose, like Gihosoft Free Video Converter.

QTRAX

QTRAX allows users to enjoy and save free music even with no subscription. All you have to do is to download QTRAX player, and you are set to go. You will be impressed with the quality of the songs. You can open the site on any device with Windows, and the developers are planning to launch the app for iOS and Android.

Amazon MP3

Amazon is not just a large virtual store for a wide range of products, but it is also a source of movies and music. Their library features over 46000 free songs and much more available for a fee.

The free site lacks the latest hits, but those who love the old classic will have no problem at all. There are categories to help users browse for songs, such as Broadway & Vocalist, Metal, New Age, Rock, Blues, and Pop.

Pure Volume

Users can listen, save, vote, and comment on the song they like on Pure Volume. Whether you can download the music for free or not depends on the permission of the artists. Upon uploading the songs, the artists may choose to make downloading or online streaming.

SoundOwl

The site has a large collection of free music, but its rules are strict too. Any violation will be dealt with seriously by the administrators. Users can download music for free on SoundOwl.

MP3.com

MP3.com is one of the oldest players on the market. While its popularity has degraded, the site is still a great place to listen to old tracks as well as some new ones. Users can not only listen and share the songs, but they can also encourage the new rising stars.