Flashing back to April of this year, I had posted on Google talks with record labels to allow for FREE music downloads in the PRC.

Now, here I be with the follow-up! I guess now one of the, some can say, “perks” of living in the PRC is Google Music. As mentioned before, free music is available in China on various websites, soooooo Google has gotten into the game in order to compete!… launching their version of free music downloads within the PRC borders. Google Music has a catalog of over 1 million songs of artists from China and abroad. The site is all in Chinese, but all you have to do is type in what you’re looking for in the search bar and the results pop up in English. You can make a playlist right there on your computer and it’ll save and play from the web whenever you open it…. Great because Pandora doesn’t offer service outside of the US. (Boooo Pandora.) Or, if you wanna just keep the tune… Next to each song is an arrow pointing down(load). Click on the arrow if you’re feelin’ the song and that’s it. The MP3 is on your computer 10 seconds later. Easier than Geico.So if you’re coming over to China, clear up some space on your hard drive and get ready to gorge on free MP3’s… but I gotta tell ya… the catalog isn’t as awesomely full as I’d like for it to be, but it’ll do for now… Here’s a few snapshots of how it works:

Step 1: Google Music in China Homepage – Type in Artist/Song in Search box.

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Step 2: Artist Catalog Page – Press Play or Free Download!

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Step 3: Playlist – Press Play or Free Download! (again)

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. . don’t burn the day. .