Music on a website
mbennett2 (425 pencils) | Mon, 2008-06-23 18:26I have a client who wants to have some mp3 music playing on their website. This website is one which I created a while back and has been up and live for quite a while.
Now, I have never added music to any websites I have created, for any number of reasons, but having done my due diligence (sp?), it appears as if I am about to enter this realm.
My question, quite simply, is what is the best, and easiest way to implement this into an existing website? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks...
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A site that has music playing on it has me immediately hit the mute button at best, or at worst just go elsewhere.
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I hear ya. Gotta do it, so I am looking for the least obnoxious method.
don't know any of the technical know how for making it happen, but i'll beg you to at least do this. make sure there's a "mute" button and it's easily found. i don't like music on a site, either (especially if it's something i might surf at work), but at least let me turn it off easily.
Use a tiny flash player and set the music to "off" by default. MOre here:
http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesign/backgroundmusic.shtml
I searched "add music to my website" and there are a ton more options listed.
Why does your client want to go backward in time? It's funny how music loading on a site can be so "backward" but in today's design world, as you know, it's quite hokey starting with music on a site.
If you use a midi file it loads fast but sounds like crap. MP3 takes longer to load but sounds better but then a poorly looped file can show it's clunkiness. And you can't use professionally published songs (copyright infringement) so you better choose a very old song or something from a free podcast music site. Search cb for this thread.
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Free music thread here:
http://creativebits.org/royalty_free_themed_music
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There are lots of ways to do it, but Flash has the most penetration among browsers. You can easily build a small player that has the look and feel of the existing site, add a volume control and a host of other features.
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Curious, mbennett...do you get to have a hand in the selection of lyrics? If so, what are you going to suggest for your client's website?
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
— Frank Zappa
"Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised." - James Thurber
is the best and easiest way for me.
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Nat and others, I have "strongly" discouraged my client from adding music to the site, but I am tired trying. I am just gonna do it and be done with it. It isn't something I would recommend by any stretch, but despite my best arguments, they want it and they are gonna get it.
Like I said, the task now is to find the most user friendly way to add one of the least user friendly features to a site. Flash will probably be the end result, I just didn't want to do it and then find out later that there was an easier. I simply don't have any experience adding music to a site, thank god.
3dog, I suppose the only appropriate music suggestion I could make for him would be "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis. To answer your question, I don't have any choice over the music that will be played, but I know it is in mp3 format. Legalities can be handled by his lawyer, should they arise. I just work here.....
Ha! That does seem like the perfect song choice for this project. Good luck with it.
Cheers.
3dog
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
— Frank Zappa
"Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised." - James Thurber
Sorry it didn't come through, but I understand this is not your choice.
As for music, get free music; Use popular songs at your own peril since you don't technically have rights to do so.
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