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What we offer:

  • Two membership plans: streaming or download.
  • Or you can buy individual album downloads or CDs.
  • Or you can license our music for commercial use.


    Streaming Membership
    Pay-what-you-want
    Starting at $5/month
    Unlimited Listening
    (online & commercial-free)

    Listen online all day, every day, wherever you are.

    Our online listening package gives you unlimited, commercial-free streaming of thousands of songs, 600+ unique albums, and fifty different two-hour podcasts exclusive to members.

    Directly support the artists who make the music you love: Magnatune musicians are paid 50% of your monthly membership, based on what songs you listen to.

    Try it risk-free: no charge if you cancel within 24 hours.

    You'll have access to members-only features such as favorites and iPod/iTunes syncing.

    FAQ: frequent streaming questions


    Download Membership
    Pay-what-you-want
    Starting at $10/month
    Unlimited album downloads
    (MP3s, CD-quality WAVs and full artwork)

    Want the all-you-can-eat buffet?

    This is ideal if you like to add new music to your collection without a second thought. Two clicks and any album at Magnatune is yours.

    Magnatune's downloads are CD-quality WAV and MP3 files, so you can burn them to disc, play them on your iPod, or listen offline in iTunes. You get access to all our audio formats and printable PDF artwork.

    Directly support the artists who make the music you love: Magnatune musicians are paid 50% of your monthly membership, based on what songs you listen to or download.

    The Download Membership also includes all of the benefits of the Streaming Membership, so you can listen to Magnatune online and commercial-free. After you've listened online, download the albums you really like.

    Try it risk-free: no charge if you cancel within 24 hours.

    You'll have access to members-only features such as favorites and iPod/iTunes syncing.

    FAQ: frequent download questions


    Album downloads
    $5 to $18
    (you decide)
    One album download
    (formats: MP3, WAV and more)

    Preview any album you like, then set the price you think is fair, from $5 to $18. The musician gets 50%, and you can download MP3s or CD-quality files to play anywhere. You also get album artwork as an easily printed PDF.

    Magnatune offers you more download file options than anyone else; get the big WAV file to play on your home system and the MP3 for your iPod, all for one price. We also offer other formats.


    CDs
    $11 to $24
    (you decide)
    A CD is postal mailed to you

    Want physical CDs delivered to your door?

    Found a Magnatune artist you just love, but don't want to burn your own copy of his or her album? We'll take care of it for you, and then ship the CD to you.

    First, you set a fair price for the album you want, from $5 to $18, of which the musician gets 50%. We'll then burn and ship the CD for an additional $5.69. Here is an example of the CD artwork.

    We also give you an online download copy in case you want to add the album to your iPod, or just can't wait for the mail to arrive to start listening to your new music. Found a Magnatune artist you just love, but don't want to burn your own copy of his or her album?

    We'll take care of it for you, and then ship it to you.

    You get to choose how much you want to pay for the music (the musician gets 50%), plus $5.69 to make and ship the CD. We also give you an online download copy in case you want to add the music to your iPod or don't want to wait for the mail to arrive to begin listening to your album.

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