Apparently, Multiply.com doesn't let you download other people's tracks anymore, it's just streaming.
Looks like i'm gonna have to find another free MP3 hosting site.
Any Ideas?
Youtube is easy. Just hold the album cover as your video. I get a lot of music the same way.
Quote from: LMNO on January 15, 2008, 08:01:26 PM
Apparently, Multiply.com doesn't let you download other people's tracks anymore, it's just streaming.
Looks like i'm gonna have to find another free MP3 hosting site.
Any Ideas?
yeah, let's introduce Multiply to HIMEOBS.
http://playble.com/ might be ready, sometime in the near future, and allow the same basic service as Multiply (actually better, if you read it). However, I don't know exactly when the site will be launched.
You could also use http://www.jamendo.com/en/ which is a kopyleft torrent site.
However, some ISPs automatically block torrents (LIKE MY OWN) and make downloading them a reason for cutting people off their intertube access. Still, it could be a good place to promote things, like POEEcasts or your own music, especially while waiting for playable.com to get up and running.
http://last.fm though it seems to be quite particular about specifics of the audio files. For example when I tried to load some of my stuff on there it was saying something about the frequency not being right. But you are more adept at these things so you probably won't have any issues with it.
And that Multiply thing is weak. I need to find a new site too.
I was going to put my POEEcasts up there (when I got around to making some), but now I think I will no longer bother. Last.fm sounds like a possibility, but since the people behind Pirate Bay are behind Playable.com, I wanna see what they come up with too.
Can you download tracks on last.fm? I can't spread my amazing music through streaming alone.
http://musicmanager.last.fm/help/faq/ (http://musicmanager.last.fm/help/faq/)
From reading the FAQ it appears you have the option to make your tracks available for free download. Or you can have them available as 30 second clips. But it's pretty cool in that if your tracks are tagged in certain ways, they can show up in users recommendations. I'm always getting new recommendations based on the tags I use. And it looks like there are options to be more direct with marketing your music as well.
I have to download a client, don't I?
I don't think I can do that at work.
Ehh, I don't know. I haven't got that far yet.
Filefront.
Was ist das "filefront"?
IIRC, its like mihd, only you sign up with an account and get permament hosting. For anything, not just music. The downside being, its highly unlikely anyone will just browse and happen to see your music there.
What I think its really needed is a music download site with social networking aspects (a la Myspace, only with downloads) to increase the chance of random people finding your stuff or being referred to you.
So I just uploaded a track to last.fm From what I can tell there is no client to download to the computer. You just upload the tracks and manage them from the website. There isn't much you can do to promote yourself without investing money, other than word of mouth and giving people the urls. Which is basically the same idea as Multiply. One thing you can do is to add the names of similar artists. So, if you say you sound like The Pixies, then people who are listening to the Pixies might get your music as a recommendation. Also, if people listen to your tracks and "tag" them, then people who like to listen to music with those same "tags" might get your music recommended to them.
The caveats, the music file HAS to be at 128kbps and at a sample rate of 44.1, otherwise they won't load.
Quote from: Cain on January 18, 2008, 05:32:28 PM
IIRC, its like mihd, only you sign up with an account and get permament hosting. For anything, not just music. The downside being, its highly unlikely anyone will just browse and happen to see your music there.
What I think its really needed is a music download site with social networking aspects (a la Myspace, only with downloads) to increase the chance of random people finding your stuff or being referred to you.
Yeah, that's how it works. And if you want that, there's acidplanet.com. Reviews, filehosting (have to put up a WMA for streaming though, but mp3s can be downloaded), charts, pretty big forums, and a chance at some pretty cool remix comps every now and then. But everyone there sucks and gives 10/10 reviews because they're massive whores, and is therefore useless for anything constructive.
Oh well. Still, I'm sure we can do critical reviews here, and it sounds like a good place to get some coverage, even if they are huge whores.
Ugh....
So, can't use Multiply anymore. fuck fuck fuck.
What was that furry site Kai'enne was using? Because, srsly, I'd do it, to get my music online.
I know what it is, but I'm not telling you.
Why?
Because its a Furry site, and while it may get your stuff online, it will also ensure anyone with any sense of taste or decency will not be listening to it.
from Xooxe, via BMW:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
this site seems to do what multiply did, only it looks prettyer and seems to load faster.
also it allows you to make cashmoneys if you got a paypal acct.
eta: It's no longer a torrent-only site, also supports direct download.
I mentioned it on the previous page, but didn't know it was non-torrent now.
Time to go on a downloading spree!
also
http://www.soundclick.com
and it would appear that MP3.com is back up and taking submissions again.
Well, it looks like when I finally finish this album, I've got more than a few options...