Free Music Friday: This year, make a New Year’s resolution to check out more new music.

A great place to start is with some of the excellent free net releases of 2009. We try to highlight great free music downloads regularly, but something else you don’t want to miss is ambient artist Daniel Davis’s lookback at the best net releases of 2009.

Here’s what Davis has to say about the state of net label music in 2009:

2009 is the first year in which I listened to more music released for free than music released commercially. As a matter of fact, there is so much quality music being released for free that I am not purchasing any commercially available music in 2010 – perhaps even longer.

The biggest problem with this music is that there is too much being released – it takes a lot of time to evaluate all of the releases.

Check out Davis’s site for 7 great net releases to get you started for the New Year.

If you’ve got other suggestions for great free releases, leave a link in the comments!