Hello all!

Sorry for not checking back on your replies, I kind of heard nothing for a bit and thought it was a dead thread...

...but it's not!

Thanks again Kenny. Checked out your site too, it's pretty good considering you handcoded it! I did mine in Frontpage as well *using* software called Xara WebStyle 4 that does all the graphics for you. You just 'rename' the navbars and buttons and menus and make 'one page' that you 'Save As' different pages until you've got all the pages you need. You should check it out. Cost $69 and you get a CD.

A link is provided on my site on the very last line of each page (sorry to drag you there but you can follow the link to my Audio page). It's easier than pasting a link that'll get cut up anyway and I signed up for the affiliate thingie with them, I'll be honest! Want to see how that works...

I've checked out 'I Got Your Genre Right Here', Bruce Goldfish, really enjoyed it. We should swap CDs or something, my stuff is a bit more rhythmic but it's a similar polyphonic_guitar_passages_in_unusual_harmonic_phrases thing to what you've got going. And, oh yeah, I sing over the top...

I understand your concern about Weed, RodHughey, you can't be too careful with downloads and tracking software, make sure you've got a decent firewall installed... However, Weed files are just Windows Media (WMAs) that are 'locked' after the 3rd listen so you have to buy the song to hear it (and own it). I actually think with mp3s you could get *anything* downloaded onto your computer but at least with Weed you can ask the people who run WeedShare if you're worried about the content of any files - they have a reputation to safeguard.

If you go as far as buying a Weed song it means you really like it [Linked Image] and so you are given the right to share it with whoever you'd like to. In whatever way you like to as well...by p2p, making CDs of Weed songs, making them available from your web site etc etc. Anything goes...

The neat bit is that you get a percentage any time someone buys it from you, 20% (of 99 cents typically) for the first person, 10% for the person that buys it off that person and 5% for the third person in the chain (that’s the second generation listener).

Check out http://www.weedshare.com for more info about getting your songs Weedified. Why I'm really into is that you get the commission for sharing other people's songs as well! Doesn't even have to be one of your own... I've set up my own Weed page at http://www.thisischichi.com/weed.htm

Every time someone downloads and buys a song from there, I get a percentage and the artist (that I’ve come to love anyway) gets 50%. When that person shares it the same thing happens to them... It's the future of indie music.

It's been really nice reading the heartfelt opinions of such a wide variety of artists on this Forum. I joined JPF whilst at uni but got a lot busier during my last two years and never did much aside from reading Brian's emails. I think I posted once to say I was a new member from the UK!

I learnt so much from those emails though so my Weed posts are a way of saying thank you now I've got something to share...I recently got some cents for someone downloading my songs of the Internet. It's an amazing feeling.

JustPlainFolks, on the other hand, is a *wonderful thing*.

::Chi-chi::

rock acoustica "a heady mix of guitar virtuosity and acoustic soul that demands a listen"

Listen at http://www.thisischichi.com/audio.htm

WeedShare.com...get rewarded for sharing new music.