Basically, once you pick that username, it’s yours to keep. If you want a different one, you’ll have to sign up again However, you don’t have to be stuck with giving out a MySpace URL you don’t like. Get your own domain for eight bucks a year through our friends at KRDomains.com (we don’t get [...]
Stay safe on the Web!
June 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Preparing your Flash website for IE7
May 11, 2006 By 3 Comments
(This post contains more web-geekery; if you’re unfamiliar with things like HTML and JavaScript, you’ll want to get your webmaster or a web-savvy friend to help you out.) I was messing around with my website a few days ago when I noticed something strange about the Flash audio player I was using. Specifically I had [...]
More on Flash players and visitors without Flash
May 9, 2006 By 1 Comment
(Warning: this post gets a bit geeky, so make sure you involve your webmaster if you’re unclear or uncomfortable making changes to your music website.) Yesterday I mentioned that if you’re using a Flash music player on your music website, you should always offer your visitors a way to download the free Flash plug-in. This [...]
Free Flash music players
May 8, 2006 By 4 Comments
For embedding streaming audio into webpages, I prefer to use a Flash music player. The main reason for this is compatibility; I don’t have to worry that the listener doesn’t have a particular audio player installed, and the Flash plug-in is installed in approximately 98% of browsers out there. I’m not a Flash programming guru, [...]
Tip for better MySpace searching
May 6, 2006 By 1 Comment
Bob Baker has produced an e-book on using MySpace as a music marketing tool. Lots of interesting ideas, from how to set up a MySpace profile to tips from musicians in the trenches. (Disclaimer: I’m one of them, and quoted in the book. Yay me!) In the past I’ve written about my own MySpace experiences [...]
Fool me once…
April 10, 2006 By 4 Comments
It’s worth noting that Sandi Thom, whose webcast concerts from her basement caught the attention of RCA/SonyBMG last week, had a publicity company working the press angle. That’s not to say her story isn’t legit or success is undeserved, but it kinda takes the wind out of the sails of those “made it big on [...]
Global gigging via the Internet
March 7, 2006 By 2 Comments
iTunes finds success in online market
March 1, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Created in 2003 to prevent the music industry from losing money on illegal downloading, iTunes has since sold one billion songs on its online music store. It offers individual songs for 99 cents, and, curiously, after paying off its partners, like the music labels, Apple just about breaks even. (The real big bucks come through [...]
