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Does anyone know a website where you can find good songs in wav format for
the background music
 
Why WAV Format? Normally that file format is HUGE!!!!
Not really meant for the web... (Well maybe for a click or ring)
But a full song will be about 30 megs file size and even on real high speed
internet will take a long time to download.
Even mp3's are too large and they are about 1/10th the size of a wav file.
Have you thought about .mid files?
Google .mid files and you should find a few sites.

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John Malone
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Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather
information, it is your design, your vision, you work of art. The
addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall mood of the
web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might have when
visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.), it is
altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is said to the link that
the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many scientific
studies tell us that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing;
while I have no idea whether that is true or not, I think of the
examples of Ray Charles, Jose Feliciano, and Ludwig Von Beethoven, and
sense that the scientists may be right

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - opera,
Firefox, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application they want
to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So, instead of
sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web page
experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still have to
download the file, but will not hear the music. this will make you page
seem slow.

3) All to use are not set up to handle every file type, so you have to
stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you include
a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. John Malone has suggested that you used midi files. While midi
files are almost always the smallest file type that can play music on
your site, as he says,the actual sound of music that comes out of the
midi files is completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the
sound card of the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file was
sound different on different computers, and, depending on the
instruments used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound
of many music is generated from the chip on most people's $20.00 sound
card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding harsh and
cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used only as a
last resort.

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, in
believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her publishing
company may demand for the use of her musical your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links tosites that have free
music, but you could do a search on any search engine and find some
free music, offered just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases,
it is. A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and
hundreds of songs available for you to use. The songs are already well
compressed for you to use on the web, they are available in many
different file types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready
to go. They are offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done
an enormous amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing
them onto the web for you to download and use for free. If you use any
of his files, link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him
for his good work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather
information, it is your design, your vision, your work of art. The
addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall mood of the

web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might have when
visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.), it is
altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is said to the link that

the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many scientific
studies tell us that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing;

while I have no idea whether that is true or not, I think of the
examples of Ray Charles, Jose Feliciano, and Ludwig Von Beethoven, and
sense that the scientists may be right


The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:


1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application they want

to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So, instead of
sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web page
experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use.


2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still have to
download the file, but will not hear the music. this will make you page

seem slow.


3) All to use are not set up to handle every file type, so you have to
stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you include
a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file

type. John Malone has suggested that you used midi files. While midi
files are almost always the smallest file type that can play music on
your site, as he says,the actual sound of music that comes out of the
midi files is completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the
sound card of the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file was
sound different on different computers, and, depending on the
instruments used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound

of many music is generated from the chip on most people's $20.00 sound
card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding harsh and
cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used only as a
last resort.


4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, in
believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her publishing
company may demand for the use of her musical your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.


The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.


It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already

been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links tosites that have free
music, but you could do a search on any search engine and find some
free music, offered just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases,
it is. A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and
hundreds of songs available for you to use. The songs are already well
compressed for you to use on the web, they are available in many
different file types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready
to go. They are offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done
an enormous amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing
them onto the web for you to download and use for free. If you use any
of his files, link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him
for his good work. Here is the link:


http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html


Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.


Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather
information, it is your design, your vision, you work of art. The
addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall mood of the
web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might have when
visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.), it is
altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is sad to see that the
Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many scientific studies
tell us that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing; while I
have no idea whether that is true or not, I think of the examples of
Ray Charles, Jose Feliciano, and Ludwig Von Beethoven, and sense that
the scientists may be right

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application they want
to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So, instead of
sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web page
experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still have to
download the file, but will not hear the music. this will make you page
seem slow.

3) All to use are not set up to handle every file type, so you have to
stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you include
a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. John Malone has suggested that you used midi files. While midi
files are almost always the smallest file type that can play music on
your site, as he says, the actual sound of music that comes out of the
midi files is completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the
sound card of the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file was
sound different on different computers, and, depending on the
instruments used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound
of many music is generated from the chip on most people's $20.00 sound
card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding harsh and
cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used only as a
last resort.

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, in
the belief that you've satisfied all the requirements that her
publishing company may demand for the use of her music on your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from - other people's property is
other people's property.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links to sites that have free
music, but you could do a search on any search engine and find some
free music, offered just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases,
it is. A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and
hundreds of songs available for you to use. The songs are already well
compressed for you to use on the web, they are available in many
different file types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready
to go. They are offered by a guy named Don Edrington, bless his soul,
and he has done an enormous amount of work cleaning up all these files
and publishing them onto the web for you to download and use for free.
If you use any of his files, link back to him and/or shoot him an
e-mail to thank him for his good work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck, Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather
information, it is your design, your vision, you work of art. The
addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall mood of the
web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might have when
visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.), it is
altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is said to the link that
the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many scientific
studies tell us that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing;
while I have no idea whether that is true or not, I think of the
examples of Ray Charles, Jose Feliciano, and Ludwig Von Beethoven, and
sense that the scientists may be right

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - opera,
Firefox, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application they want
to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So, instead of
sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web page
experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still have to
download the file, but will not hear the music. this will make you page
seem slow.

3) All to use are not set up to handle every file type, so you have to
stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you include
a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. John Malone has suggested that you used midi files. While midi
files are almost always the smallest file type that can play music on
your site, as he says,the actual sound of music that comes out of the
midi files is completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the
sound card of the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file was
sound different on different computers, and, depending on the
instruments used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound
of many music is generated from the chip on most people's $20.00 sound
card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding harsh and
cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used only as a
last resort.

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, in
believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her publishing
company may demand for the use of her musical your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links tosites that have free
music, but you could do a search on any search engine and find some
free music, offered just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases,
it is. A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and
hundreds of songs available for you to use. The songs are already well
compressed for you to use on the web, they are available in many
different file types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready
to go. They are offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done
an enormous amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing
them onto the web for you to download and use for free. If you use any
of his files, link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him
for his good work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather static
data and raw information, it is your design, your vision, your work of
art. The addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall
mood of the web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might
have when visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.),
it is altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is sad to think
that the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many have said
that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing; while I have no
idea whether that is true or not, I think of the examples of Ray
Charles, Jose Feliciano, and Ludwig Von Beethoven, and understand why
hearing may be the most important sense.

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, Safari, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application
they want to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So,
instead of sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web
page experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use. This confuses some
visitors, and is therefore undesirable.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still download
the file, but will not hear the music. This will make you page seem
slow even though it is not.

3) All computerse are not set up to handle every file type, so you have
to stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you
include a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. John Malone has suggested that you used midi files. Um...OK,
look. While midi files are almost always the smallest file type that
can play music on your site, as he correctly points out, the actual
sound of music that comes out of the midi files is usually completely
dependent on the kind of chip that is in the sound card of the
visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file will sound different
on different computers, and, depending on the instruments used in the
midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound of midi music is almost
always generated directly from the 5¢ chip on most people's $12 sound
card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding harsh and
cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used only as a
last resort on web pages.

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. Now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, and
honestly believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her
publishing company demands for the use of her music on your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links to sites that have free
music, but you could use any search engine and find free music, offered
just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases, it is.

A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and hundreds of
songs available for you to use. The songs are already well compressed
for you to use on the web, they are available in many different file
types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready to go. They are
offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done an enormous
amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing them onto the
web for you to download and use for free. If you use any of his files,
link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him for his good
work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather static
data and raw information, it is your design, your vision, your work of
art. The addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall
mood of the web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might
have when visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.),
it is altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is sad to think
that for the vast majority of its' pages, the Internet has largely
become a silent medium. Many have said that it is better to lose your
sight than your hearing; while I have no idea whether that is true or
not, I think of the examples of Ray Charles, Jose Feliciano, Ludwig Von
Beethoven, etc., and understand why hearing may be the most important
sense. You can hear a flaw in a sound far easier than you can see a
flaw in a picture.

The problem with using background sounds is that almost nobody likes
having sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of
your visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit
the stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be
making a mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other
issues that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among
them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, Safari, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application
they want to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So,
instead of sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web
page experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use. This confuses some
visitors, and is therefore undesirable.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do not get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still
download the file, but will not hear the music. This will make you page
seem slow even though it is not.

3) All computers are not set up to handle every file type, so you have
to stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. Like all
webpage design, being usable means writing for the lowest common
denominator. When you include a file on your web page, you, in effect,
are forcing the client computer to open up the corresponding handler
application for that file type. (John Malone has suggested that you
used midi files. Um...OK, look. While midi files are almost always the
smallest file type that can play music on your site, as he correctly
points out, the actual sound of music that comes out of the midi files
is usually completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the
sound card of the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file will
sound different on different computers, and, depending on the
instruments used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound
of midi music is almost always generated directly from the 5¢ chip on
most people's $12 sound card, the resulting music usually comes out
sounding harsh and cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be
used only as a last resort on web pages.)

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. Now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, and
honestly believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her
publishing company demands for the use of her music on your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links to sites that have free
music, but you could use any search engine and find free music, offered
just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases, it is.

A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and hundreds of
songs available for you to use. The songs are already well compressed
for you to use on the web, they are available in many different file
types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready to go. They are
offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done an enormous
amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing them onto the
web for you to download and use for free. If you use any of his files,
link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him for his good
work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Instead of using background sounds on your pages, consider using links
to the sound files on your pages - a little more clumsy, but far more
polite. Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather static
data and raw information, it is your design, your vision, your work of
art. The addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall
mood of the web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might
have when visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.),
it is altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is sad to think
that the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many have said
that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing; while I have no
idea whether that is true or not, I think of the examples of Ray
Charles, Jose Feliciano, Ludwig Von Beethoven, etc., and understand why
hearing may be the most important sense. You can hear a flaw in a sound
far easier than you can see one in a picture.

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, Safari, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application
they want to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So,
instead of sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web
page experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use. This confuses some
visitors, and is therefore undesirable.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do not get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still
download the file, but will not hear the music. This will make your
page seem slow even though it is not.

3) All computers are not set up to handle every file type, so you have
to stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you
include a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. (John Malone has suggested in this thread that you use midi
files. Um...OK, look. While midi files are almost always the smallest
file type that can play music on your site - as he correctly points out
- the actual sound of music that comes out of the midi files is usually
completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the sound card of
the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file will sound
different on different computers, and, depending on the instruments
used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound of midi
music is almost always generated directly from the 5¢ chip on most
people's $12 sound card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding
harsh and cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used
only as a last resort on web pages.)

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. Now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, and
honestly believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her
publishing company demands for the use of her music on your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links to sites that have free
music, but you could use any search engine and find free music, offered
just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases, it is.

A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and hundreds of
songs available for you to use. The songs are already well compressed
for you to use on the web, they are available in many different file
types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready to go. They are
offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done an enormous
amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing them onto the
web for you to download and use for free. If you use any of his files,
link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him for his good
work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
Dear Brianne,

Your website is more than just a place where people can gather static
data and raw information, it is your design, your vision, your work of
art. The addition of sound to your page can help you set the overall
mood of the web site. Though sound is half of the experience one might
have when visiting your website (the other being graphics/text etc.),
it is altogether underused, and underappreciated. It is sad to think
that the Internet has largely become a silent medium. Many have said
that it is better to lose your sight than your hearing; while I have no
idea whether that is true or not, I think of the examples of Ray
Charles, Jose Feliciano, Ludwig Von Beethoven, etc., and understand why
hearing may be the most important sense. You can hear a flaw in a sound
far easier than you can see one in a picture.

The problem with using background sounds is that nobody likes having
sound foisted upon them without their prior knowledge. Few of your
visitors know that to turn off background sounds you have to hit the
stop button on your browser, so many of your visitors will be making a
mad dash for their speakers volume knob. There are a few other issues
that you should be aware of when using background sounds, among them:

1) Different browsers handle downloaded content differently - Opera,
Firefox, Safari, etc., may prompt the user to choose what application
they want to use to open the file (your background sound) with. So,
instead of sharing a pretty song with your visitors to enhance your web
page experience, people using different browsers might get a prompt box
asking whether they want to save or open the file, and if they want to
open it, what application would be like to use. This confuses some
visitors, and is therefore undesirable.

2) Some people have their speakers turned off or turned down even if
they do not get the prompt box. In these cases, they will still
download the file, but will not hear the music. This will make your
page seem slow even though it is not.

3) All computers are not set up to handle every file type, so you have
to stick to the file types that almost everyone can use. When you
include a file on your web page, you, in effect, are forcing the client
computer to open up the corresponding handler application for that file
type. (John Malone has suggested in this thread that you use midi
files. Um...OK, look. While midi files are almost always the smallest
file type that can play music on your site - as he correctly points out
- the actual sound of music that comes out of the midi files is usually
completely dependent on the kind of chip that is in the sound card of
the visitor's computer. That is, the exact same file will sound
different on different computers, and, depending on the instruments
used in the midi file, may not play at all. Since the sound of midi
music is almost always generated directly from the 5¢ chip on most
people's $12 sound card, the resulting music usually comes out sounding
harsh and cacophonous. In my own opinion, midi files are to be used
only as a last resort on web pages.)

4) If you use a song on your website, it was probably written by
someone else. Now you have to start to deal with issues of permission
and attribution; just mentioning the author's name may not be enough.
You cannot take Madonna's latest song off her CD and put it up as
background music on your website, just give her credit and a link, and
honestly believe that you've satisfied all the requirements that her
publishing company demands for the use of her music on your website.
Unauthorized use of other people's music on your website may result in
litigation. Nobody likes to be stolen from.

The list of issues with background sounds goes on and on - the point
is, Brianne, use background sounds sparingly.

It is hard to find web pages that offer you free music that has already
been compressed in such a way that it is suitable to use on the web. I
could include a list here of 50 or 100 links to sites that have free
music, but you could use any search engine and find free music, offered
just as if it was clip art, which, in some cases, it is.

A long time ago, I found this site that has hundreds and hundreds of
songs available for you to use. The songs are already well compressed
for you to use on the web, they are available in many different file
types, and, except for the copyright issues, are ready to go. They are
offered by a guy named Don Edrington, and he has done an enormous
amount of work cleaning up all these files and publishing them onto the
web for you to download and use for free. If you use any of his files,
link back to him and/or shoot him an e-mail to thank him for his good
work. Here is the link:

http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

Look all around his site; he has pages and pages and pages of music.
Good luck Brianne, I expect great things from you.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 
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