the Informer

A raw collection of recorded material, the mission of the Daytrotter Sessions, recorded at The Horseshack Studio in Rockland, Ill., is to harvest new artists’ music and offer it for free download.

Featuring one band a day, everyday, the sessions yield 28 new songs per week offering four free songs from up and coming independent artists. Rolling into the sessions in between tour dates recording on borrowed instruments, the final products mirror the original recording with no over dubs or mixing done to the tapes.
The spirit of Daytrotter is not to credit the website with noticing the next big thing first or to promote one specific artist, instead the purpose is to make available a slew of great music all in one convenient place.

With so many sources compiling many of the same songs and new artists scattering music all over the Internet, Daytrotter’s synthesis and simplification process helps to weed out the artificial leaving only real, pure music.

My current obsession, this music collection is the perfect place to discover new bands and get turned on to great music. With artists such as Ingrid Michaelson, Josh Ritter, Andrew Bird, Spoon and Of Montreal already finding a home at Daytrotter, the list of new sessions is growing by the day. Given the opportunity to go back and search the archives for any artist who has recorded a session in the past, this feature allows the luxury of going back to day one.

The creators want the users experience to be as pleasant as possible as they become engulfed in the amount of material available for download. All that is required is an e-mail address and the expansive amount of music becomes available at no charge.

The creators remind Daytrotter users that: “These songs are them as they are on that particular day, on that particular tour – dirty and alive. We want you to make this your new home as it is ours. We promise that you will love it here.”

One of my favorite websites that never seems to disappoint my musical needs, I recommend checking out Daytrotter for some free tunes.