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Where iTunes is not king: Learn with FREE Japanese music & Chinese music

  • Written by Alex 4 Comments
    Posted:: March 24, 2009

    If you’re serious about learning to speak your new language then get ready to throw out all your old English music and replace it with that of your language of study. All free, all the time!

    Who would have thought it would be so easy? You don’t even have to spend a penny! I’ve never spent my money on iTunes or other similar services for music, and I honestly don’t feel bad for the music industry for withholding my money from them. Who can afford CDs!? As far as Chinese music goes, you have to remember that China is the pirated goods paradise. Free music is nothing new there. Go look for yourself at Baidu.com.

    My favorite place to get free Chinese and Japanese music is from www.getasianmusic.com. Just register once and get your Asian albums here. You can also get Korean and even Vietnamese music too.

    Another option is to find a good streaming music site. This is a good way to find new songs and artists that you like. I haven’t found a good site for Chinese music but for streaming Japanese music, I always use Armitage’s Dimension.

    Enjoy.

    If you have comments or questions, please post below and I’d be glad to answer.

  1. Hi Alex,
    Where have you been!? :D Nice to meet you! I’ve been looking for Chinese music forever but it’s hard to find. My biggest setback is that I can’t actually read Chinese yet. I can barely speak it. I have been able to find a few songs here and there though, and I already have a favorite artist, David Tao.

    I found your site about a week ago, and I appreciate the websites. It’s a great help when you’re learning but don’t really know where to look. Thanks.

    Rene

  2. Rene,
    Hi! Thanks for commenting! I’m glad it’s helping you out. I know how hard it is when you’re just getting started. Since you told me, I’ll put up an article soon about my favorite source for Chinese lessons.

  3. I personally like http://www.japanaradio.com

    Thanks for the post about Anki. I wasn’t aware of it and will start to use it.
    Chris

  4. Chris,
    I’ll check out japanradio.com too. I’m glad you liked the Anki post. Thanks.

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