Originally Posted by: RGX312lHi schmange, I really don't know what went wrong that you could not listen to the stuff. I tried it a few times after I post to make sure it could link directly to it. I am sorry that you have to experience this. I also feel fustrated with "no-where links".
Anyway, I really can;t help much as I am very bad at computer/ IT stuff.
I have tried the address and it still works. Perhaps somone in GT can give some directions?
But I just need to say that I upload my recordings to share with everyone and hopefully get some critics to improve.
I appreciate your comments and I will be doing more than I am doing now the next tiem I put up any link.
RGX312L :)
Sorry dude.
I sound like I had a really bad day and a couple of beers when I made that comment.
When I think of it now, it may not be your fault that the link didn't work.
Web programmers.. especially those who use Flash, aren't taking into consideration, that those of us still using older Macs may not be able to get links working.
eBay is the latest site for instance, that will no longer work unless you use OSX or Windows.
Whenever somebody posts links to SoundClick, I'm left out of the loop unless I go across town and use my Windows PC.
Basically, call it frustration on my part. The person who designed the site you posted your songs on, didn't bother to make his page available to all users.
On the other hand, I'd like to make a valid point about professionalism and using your own server.
If you really want people to take your music seriously, you can't keep using these free sites that are out there like Soundclick, to ask people to listen to your music. All it tells me, even before I've listened to your music, is that you are probably an amateur musician who isn't worth listening to.
(not that I'm saying I'm any great shakes either, but hey...)
If you really want to be taken seriously as a musician, you have to get your own server space. Basically, I'm talking maybe $5 a month at a place like
this
Then you use an FTP program to simply drag and drop your MP3's onto their server. If you want somebody to listen to one of your songs, you can then put a direct link to it like this:
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Rocksplosion.mp3
You also get your own web domain name. ie, www.mydomain.com, instead of a generic link that looks like www.soundclick.com/user4948488/boring/otherstuff
By posting a direct link to your MP3, anybody on the internet, including those using smaller PDF's and older computers, can access your music.
And you look like a pro worth listening to.