[LAU] Explorations in instrumental pop/folk music

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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:23:32 +0200
John Anderson <ardour at semiosix.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 02:44 +0000, arisstotle.54695488 at bloglines.com
> wrote:
> > Here are several pieces I've been able to polish up nicely. There are no lyrics,
> > but it's fun anyway. Thoughts, compliments and critiques welcome.
> > 
> > www.myspace.com/waxyearrecordings
> 
> When I click on "Download" the site says "you must be logged in". I
> don't have or want a myspace login.
> 
> bye
> John

I agree entirely. This is becoming a common problem :(

There are a number of places I go to hear new music. The best ones
never want you to register just to download/stream stuff, but somehow
people keep using crap, jump-though-hoops sites that want half your
life history before you can do anything :((

I can quite understand sites wanting some form of registration for
*uploading* stuff for spam protection etc. but that is a different issue
altogether.

Here are a few site suggestions.

http://www.box.net - definitely the easiest for one-offs. extremely user
friendly.

http://www.kara-moon.com/ - has a file size limit of 8mB. Nice
community based site

http://www.muzic.com/ - only mp3 format but lets you build up a
detailed song card. Very active site

http://www.archive.org - allows you to set up full album archives. Not
so easy to use and can be confusing for web newbies to download from.

http://lam.fugal.net/ - good for linux based music with space for some
text details, but only stores YOUR url

http://www.musicip.com/ - again only stores your url, patchy
turn-around.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=14 - the 'music cafe'.
Quite high profile *very* fast turnround. only stores your url.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk