It’s been a long, troubled road for Spiral Frog, but at long last, the ad-based, online music store has made it debut with more than 750,000 songs available for free download, along with 3,500 music videos.

As well as various independent record labels, music giant Universal Music Group is also in with Spiral Frog. When news of Spiral Frog was first anoucned last year, many saw a revolution coming in the online music world, but money problems left some questioning how successful Spiral Frog could be.

Unless some serious money is generated from ad sales, and fast, Spiral Frog could well spiral out of control.

Working in Spiral Frog’s favor is the teaming up with Universal, who own a quarter of the global music market.

Monthly memberships must be renewed by users every 30 days and songs can be downloaded to any hand-held device, such as an MP3 player.

According to Billboard, eight of the top 10 selling songs last week were available on Spiral Frog… for free.

Want to see what all the fuss is about? Check out Spiral Frog today. The service is only available in the US and Canada at this time.

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