I have decided to put some of my band's music up, just in case anybody might notice it in a search and give it a listen...but I want to be sure the information about it is included on the downloads...

I can't get my instructions pdf to open--so I am resorting to bugging you guys....

Can anybody help?

Thanks,
Paula

Should be easy, right? You have to save each track produced by your band as an MP3 — the level of quality is up to you. Once you have created a file, click on the tag at the base of the icon. It should then permit you to amend the title. Remember to keep the entry short otherwise the end of the message will not be visible to those who hit your file on a search.

However, there is a slightly less easy problem to overcome. People searching will not be aware of your band's name nor the titles of each track. To get some hits, you'll have to include a music classification in the tag. You'll have to decide whether you're "alternative" or "inde" or whatever you think people might use to search on a generic basis. Then, with luck, those people will download some of your tracks out of curiosity and you'll get some buzz.

Best of luck

David

Hello!

Do this:

Create mp3 files and put them in LW's shared directory usually a folder named Shared but you can choose a different location if you want from LW's preferences.

Then open up LW and your files will get hashed which could take a while!

After the hashing proccess is finished then click the Library tab and then highlight each file individually and click the Annotate button and here you can add all the meta tag information that you want to be added to your file and that will help people find your files.

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<img src="http://www.jordysworld.de/emoticons/blob16.gif">Sincerely Joakim Agren!

Joakim is on my case because I assumed you would know you had to put all the new files into the Shared folder or nominate another folder for Sharing these particular files. Sorry, I failed on that one JA — thanks for picking it up. However, once you put the files into a "Shared" folder, the hashing process is entirely automatic (that creates the html header that gets transmitted round Gnutella plains, guiding those files to their new homes with the unerring instincts of Messenger Pigeons).

Great news that you're selling more CDs. More power to your elbows (one for writing, one for playing and the other for marketing) and leave the length of my hair out of it. I comb it once a month, I swear, so no-one should ever get tangled.

All the best

David

Thanks, kiddo!
Paula
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Keep selling those CDs

David

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