Here’s a terrific new site for you music lovers out there: Kerchoonz. It’s a social network website built by musicians and music lovers, and you can listen and download the music for free. Amazingly, the music artists are paid for their music, while Kerchoonz offers the free srvice for music listeners. They basically share the advertising revenue generated from the site. This is a GREAT place to mingle if you are a musician, too– you can get your music to the masses. You can also make friends, watch videos, post messages on forums, chat, create playlists and do all the things that social network sites do. Very nice! The website is in Beta right now but it looks fantastic.
Kerchoonz also has these little “kwidgets” that you can put up on your own website, to inform your readers of new music and music you like. There’s a lot to see and do here– make a profile, build your own customized kwidgets, listen to and download music (and it’s all legal), and earn “points” to get stuff like upgrades and goodies. It’s all very nice and open, and the place seems to have a very active community. 
The creators of Kerchoonz are refreshingly friendly and open. The conversation at the site is very friendly and helpful, with some humor and fun. You have got to check out this site if you like music (and who doesn’t?) and social networking. It’s very impressive. This is an example of a kwidget, promoting one of Kerchooz’s featured artists:
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