Music Streaming applications are beginning to garner the attention they deserve.  What makes them such great options is the not only the price and portability, but the functionality these applications provide. Most music service iPhone applications are affordable and many are free. In just a few days, I’ll be canceling my XM Sirius Satellite Radio, which just charged another $300+ for the year. Of course, this doesn’t include cost for the hardware, which I bought for around $80 or so.

The replacement for my XM Sirius Radio will come via a combination of iPod Touch Streaming Radio Applications and Streaming Radio Android Applications. I have both the iPod Touch and Motorola Droid, which have plenty of great apps to ensure I don’t miss my XM Sirius Radio or the fat bill. I can’t bash the content XM Radio provides, but it’s the first unnecessary cost I plan to cut out.

Pandora is amazing, but how about applications that stream your very own music collection? The applications below will give you the ability to stream music directly from your home music library located on your Mac or PC, then play these music files on your iPhone or iPod Touch without having to download them to your phone. Here are three of the best applications I found to accomplish this task.

StreamToMe ($2.99)

Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to play video and music files, in many different formats, streamed directly over Wifi from your Mac. “StreamToMe requires an Intel Mac running ServeToMe to provide it with movie files in MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, MPG, MKV or WMV formats. ServeToMe is a Mac OS X 10.5 program that StreamToMe users can download for free from http://projectswithlove.com/streamtome.”

“Files do not need to be pre-converted to an iPhone/iPod size or format — the ServeToMe application converts the files to an iPhone-friendly format on-the-fly, so a single touch will start playback in as little as 5 seconds. You can pause and seek through the file as though it were actually on your phone.”

“The Apple iPhone/iPodTouch TV out cables are supported so you can connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your TV to use your Mac as a wireless streaming media center for your TV.”

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Airfoil Speakers Touch (FREE)

“With Airfoil Speakers Touch, you can send any audio from your Mac or PC, straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch! Just connect your device to your local Wifi network, then open up Airfoil on your Mac or Windows machine, and start transmitting. You’ll be able to send audio from iTunes, RealPlayer, and even web-based sources like Pandora and Last.fm. Now, if your Mac or Windows machine can play it, you can hear it on your iPhone or iPod Touch!”

Get Airfoil for Mac or Airfoil for Windows at http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/.

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MusicServer ($0.99)

“Transform your iPod touch or iPhone into a music server that you can control from your computer. Just start the application on your iPod touch or iPhone, type the address indicated at the top of the application into your web browser. You can now browse and control all your iPod touch or iPhone music.

In your web browser you can:
> Search songs in your library (by song title, album name, artist name and genre).
> Sort results with multiple criterias.

> Remotely manage the playback.”

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Did I miss any iPhone or iPod Touch App that deserves  a mention? How do you listen to your music collection while on the go? If you’ve tried any of these Apps or can recommend others, share the love. I’d love to get another point of view for these apps, which I love.

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Getting free stuff such as music, movies, tv shows and even software is kinda my thing. When there is an opportunity to save money and grab onto free ones, I usually find it and take advantage of the opportunity. Whether it’s via music mashups, freeware, streaming free movies, etc, I’m a big fan of free.  Many wrongly associate free with illegal. This isn’t always the case as free legal stuff is always available somewhere, it’s just knowing where to find it.

The iTunes Store regularly features free music, videos, featurettes, tv shows, movies and more.  Today’s post is meant to bring all the current free stuff at iTunes to your attention. If you ever wanted to fill up your iPod, without spending money or breaking the rules, this is a great place to start.

Movies

Truth in Motion: The US Ski Team’s Road to Vancouver – Documentary (43:44)

TV Shows

First Love, Second Chance, Season 1 – Chris & Pam (40:14)

The Real Housewives of New York – Top 25 The Early Years (44:03)

Rules of Engagement, Season 4 – Flirting (21:22)itunes Free iTunes Roundup   LOST, Rules of Engagement, Trinity & More

Parenthood, Season 1 – Pilot (49:59)

Trinity, Season 1 – Episode 1 (47:32)

LOST, Season 6 – Final Chapter (44:07)

Video Clips

SouthPark: Uncensored, Season 14 – SouthPark Featurette (2:08)

Top 5 Athletes to Watch in Vancouver (7:35)

Figure Skating Video Glossary (4:09)

Shaun White Profile (4:16)

Lindsey Vonn, Profile of a Champion (4:24)

Ski Cross: Buckle-up (2:03)

Beyond a Need for Speed (1:42)

Music

Kidz in the Hall – Jukebox Single (Single of the Week)

Iration – Falling (Discovery Download)

Music Video

Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me

Podcasts

Boondock Saints II

Armored Featurette: Crash Course – Stunts

Planet 51 – Life on Planet 51

Did You Hear About the Morgans Featurette

2012 Featurette: The End of the World – The Actor

Clint Eastwood: Warner Brothers. Celebrates 35 Years

Zombieland – “In Search of Zombieland”

District 9 Featurette: The Alien Agenda: A Filmmak

Inglourious Basterds

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A new month and a new set of free music MP3 mashups to download. I always enjoy getting my hands on new mashups. With the majority of music sounding the same these days, mashups come to my rescue.

Bootie always comes through with 10 of the best mashups from around the world. This month, Bootie Top 10 features 12 fun and creative mashed tracks. To get even more great music mashups to fill up your iPod, visit Bootie and enjoy all the best free music mashups.

To download the tracks below, simply right click and download away.

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DOUBLE SHOT: Kate Bush
Apollo Zero – I’m Ready & Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush vs. Kano) – New Orleans
Dan Black – Get Into Cloudbusting (Kate Bush vs. Dan Black covering Madonna) – UK

Bassnectar – Where Is My Mind? (Bassnectar Remix) (The Pixies vs. Bassnectar) – San Francisco

DJ BC – Could You Be Love Gamed? (Bob Marley vs. Lady Gaga) – Boston BOOTIE EXCLUSIVE!

Copycat – I Was Made For A Heavy Cross (Kiss vs. The Gossip) – Sweden

The Face Melters – Ice Ice Tik Tok (Vanilla Ice vs. Ke$ha) - San Francisco BOOTIE EXCLUSIVE!

DOUBLE SHOT: The Hood Internet
ABX of The Hood Internet – Ignition (Keep It Remixing Louder) (R. Kelly vs. Major Lazer) - Chicago
STV SLV of The Hood Internet – I Ain’t That Earthquake (Wallpaper. vs. Little Boots) – Chicago

The Kleptones – Welcome Back (Guns N’ Roses vs. Chemical Brothers vs. LFO vs. Basement Jaxx vs. Missy Elliott) - Brighton, UK

MadMixMustang – Take Me On The Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne vs. a-ha) – The Netherlands

DJ Tripp – How Low In The House (Ludacris vs. Steve Aoki) – Santa Cruz, CA BOOTIE EXCLUSIVE!

The White Panda – Fireflies Goin’ Down (Yung Joc vs. Owl City) – Chicago/Los Angeles

What do you think of this month’s top 10 music mashups? Any favorites?

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