30 Great Graduation Songs for 2013

April almost comes to an end. May, June and July are usually the graduation seasons for most students. Of course, I've heard that students from Japan and Philippines graduate a little earlier. For graduates of senior school and university, it’s bittersweet for them to think about their futures, say goodbye to their teachers and classmates.

Today I’ve collected some great graduation music for students. If you want to make a graduation slideshow or burn it to graduation DVD to memorize your school life, these songs can also be used as background music. 

A list of great graduation songs 2013

01. Amazing Life - Britt Nicole
02. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel
03. Don't stop believin' – Journey
04. Firework - Katy Perry
05. Good Life - One Republic
06. Good Riddance - Green Day
07. Graduation (Friends Forever) - Vitamin C
08. Here's To The Night - Eve 6
09. I Go Back - Kenny Chesney
10. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
11. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
12. I Was Here - Beyonce
13. Invincible - Hedley
14. It's Your Life - Francesca Battistelli
15. Livin on a prayer - Bon Jovi
16. My Wish - Rascal Flatts
17. Not Afraid – Eminem
18. One Day - Charice
19. Photograph – Nickelback
20. Say Goodbye - Skillet
21. The Climb - Miley Cyrus
22. The show goes on - Lupe Fiasco
23. The Story Of Your Life - Matthew West
24. These are Days - 10,000 Maniacs
25. Today My Life Begins – Bruno Mars
26. True colors - Cyndi Lauper
27. Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
28. We've Only Just Begun - Run Kid Run
29. When we were friends - Adam Fecht
30. Whenever You Remember- Carrie Underwood

Dear friends, if you have any other great graduation songs for recommendation, please feel free to leave me a comment and share with everyone!


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Top 10 St. Patrick's Day Songs for St. Patrick's Day PowerPoint

As an Asian, I'm extremely interested in other cultures. Saint Patrick's Day, a cultural and religious holiday, will be celebrated on every 17 March. As a saying goes, "everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's day". Perhaps we' not real Irish, but we can also enjoy the happiness of holiday. We can send home-made St. Patrick's Day eCards to our Irish friends, learn to sing an Irish folk song or make a St. Patrick's Day PowerPoint slideshow and share it with friends.

Today I've found 10 St. Patrick's Day songs from YouTube. It's free to rip them off and set them as PowerPoint background music. You can simply embed these St. Patrick's Day music video to your slideshow, too. Enjoy the songs as well as the green holiday!

1. Danny Boy

2. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

3. Seven Drunken Nights

4. The Irish Rover

5. The Fields of Athenry

6. Black Velvet Band

7. Fiddlers Green

8. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover

9. Peg o' My Heart

10. Galway Bay

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Top 10 Free Music Download Websites

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Music lovers, are you looking for free download music on the Internet? Today I've collected some websites which provides free and legal music for your downloading. You can listen to music on your computer or mobile devices. Of course, using some of these music as PowerPoint background music is also available.


No.1 Jamendo

Jamendo is a multilingual site accessible to global users. The music available is free and legal to download. Over 32,000 albums are available to download. The site incorporates tags and reviews to help users find music.

No.2 Free Music Archive

The Free Music Archive is called the library of high-quality music downloads. All the tracks have been pre-cleared by the rights holders and are free for listening and educational use. Music can be browsed by curator or genre.

No.3 MP3.com

MP3.com allows artists to upload music and fans to download free music. The site has an easy search function which helps users seamlessly browse through music by genre or time period.


No.4 ccMixter

CCMixter is a community music site that promotes remix culture and makes samples, remixes, and a cappella tracks licensed under Creative Commons available for download and re-use in creative works. The site contains over 10,000 samples from a wide range of recording artists.

No.5 Last.fm

Last.fm is a music recommendation service where you can discover new music, track your listening habits and download free MP3s.

No.6 Pure Volume

PureVolume is a website for the discovery and promotion of new music and emerging artists. Fans can find music downloads as well as the latest on independent festivals and new artists here. Search for music to download by checking out featured artists, top songs, top downloads and past features.

No.7 Stereogum

Stereogum was one of the first MP3 blogs and remains the leading online community for independent and alternative music news, downloads, and videos. Many songs on the site are directly from artists, giving them an air of exclusivity.

No.8 NoiseTrade

Noise Trade is a music-sharing site where artists can upload and share music. Music fans can download songs for no charge or tip. They can also browse through top downloads or check out the most recent shares.

No.9 Bandcamp

Bandcamp is an online music store. Similar to Stereogum, this site is also a platform for independent artist promotion. Artists on the site have a customizable micro-site with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the site and some artists offer free music downloads.

No.10 Dogmazic

Created in 2004, Dogmazic is a French-based free music download website. It maintains a database of work by roughly 2000 artists.


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