CHAPTER 20 Web Audio and Online Collaboration

 

 

You’ve recorded a new song and you can’t wait for people to hear it. You might want to distribute it on the Web, in addition to (or instead of) CDs.

Why put your music online? Web excerpts of your songs can entice listeners to buy your CDs. Making songs available on the Web costs less than duplicating CDs and selling them in stores. Also, distributing online can be done much more quickly than distributing CDs. Keep in mind, though, that it’s hard to get your songs noticed among the millions of other titles that are online. Many books and Web sites offer suggestions on marketing your music.

STREAMING VERSUS DOWNLOADING

There are two basic ways to transmit music on the Internet: streaming files ...

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