"The Naked Violin" Free Music Download From Tasmin Little

From Tasmin Little's own website: "Tasmin invites you to download or listen to works by J.S.Bach, Paul Patterson and Eugène Ysaÿe. All downloads are offered - FREE of CHARGE - and you are welcome to burn them to CD for your private use. At the bottom of this page you may download and print CD Sleeve inserts for front and back."

Tasmin Little is one of Britain's most distinguished violinists. The free download offer of her works entitled "The Naked Violin" consists of her recording of solo works by Bach, Ysaÿe and Patterson. The downloads are available in M4A format for Real Player and 320kbps MP3 format. There's also a 192kbps MP3 format with smaller file sizes.

Prince was the first major artist to explore the concept of giving away music for free. He distributed free copies of his "Planet Earth CD" while on tour. Radiohead was next to follow and offered their album "In Rainbows" for free download. According to ComScore nearly 40% of those who downloaded Radiohead's album contributed something in their digital donation box.

Like Radiohead, Tasmin is asking for voluntary contributions from listeners. Rather than ask listeners to pay directly, she encourages them to take the three step challenge. After listening to the free download, in step 3 she is asking the listener to go out to a concert or simply buy a CD.