20/8/08 - from the Lifehacker site, click YouTube Hacks to access.
Simply put, this guide assists you in:
1. Downloading YouTube videos
2. Watching YouTube videos on a TV screen
3. Creating podcasts using YouTube RSS update feeds
4. Recording audio from videos
5. [best of all] pasting videos together to create your own compilation
Great stuff!
29/6/08 - Music and sound effects for World War 2, China, Greece, Africa, Judaism, Sea Shanties, Tudors, Churches, Seaside, India, Victorians, Mexico, Space, Egypt, London, plus more to be added shortly.
25/2/08 - 'free' music available from the National Education Network (via WMNet) - only accessible via school networks - over 6000 recordings from known and unknown artists.
Seems as if it's all acoustic but it's great quality mood music for classroom learning / background music and to enhance multimedia presentations. Also useful for providing examples of different genres.
26/8/07 - "Scran is a learning resource base and toolset with 336,500 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media." Subscription site.
18/4/08 - Amateurs and enthusiasts have contributed to this huge database of music in a wide range of genres. Useful for ICT - podcasting or videos / multimedia. Most of this is free to use but you do need to check.
Search for FREE and legitimate music - samples/ give-aways etc. Impressive engine if you're looking for MP3 quality music from Rock, Pop or Classical (I haven't tested it with anything else but imagine it would do a decent job).
4/12/07 - Dozens of Christmas weblinks - searchable for activities, games, colouring, non-fiction, planning, resources, clipart, music, video and fun stuff.
"Full copyright applies to most stuff on the web. But this search helps you find photos, music, text, and other works whose authors want you to re-use it for some uses -- without having to pay or ask permission".
Very cheap and legal (according to the BBC) MP3 download site: entire albums available for just over 60p and indvidual tracks cost around 10p. As at 4th April 2006 there were 500,000 tracks listed.