Music - Missing my iTunes

So before we started the "initiative" we had purchased tickets to two concerts - the Killers and Coldplay. Went to both shows a few weeks ago and haven't stopped listening to either band since. A good thing and a bad thing. I'm getting totally sick of these bands, but I'm also trying to curb my iTunes download habit in light of the initiative, so for that, it has been a good thing. Just yesterday as I was driving home, I was asking myself how many more times I could listen to the Viva la Vida Coldplay album. After seeing the concert, I love it so much more than I did prior to, but I don't want to wear it out. This morning, I remembered a recent email, from my friend Pete, about free tunes. I just checked it out and it is legit and a great little secret to get some new music free. Here's the info...

Hey- thought you might be interested in this. Vanity Fair started offering free mp3 on their site each month. One is that Ting Tings song Great DJ (which I know you have), but there a few from The Virgins who I've heard are supposed to be pretty good, and a few others.Enjoy! http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/hot-tracks/

This month they're offering 7 free songs from artists Adele, the Virgins, the Ting Tings, Tift Merritt, and Max and the Marginalized. My favorites after a quick listen are ‘Rich Girls’ by the Virgins and 'Private Affair' by the Virgins.

To save a copy of any of the songs as mp3s, right click the song link and choose 'save as.’ It’ll save into your music folder (or at least it did on my computer). If you go into the music folder and click on it, it’ll open it up in iTunes.

Give a listen, you might find something you like. These songs were posted the first week of August, so check back in early September to see if they’ve posted more.

New music – free. Saved = $7. Thanks Pete (and Vanity Fair, I guess).