Is sites like soundclick and myspace good for producers?
Websites like myspace allow you to upload your music, pictures, videos and other things for free. I see a lot of fellow producers using these site as the main website for they’re beats. Yes these sites allow you to do many things for free however these websites will never beat having your own site and I am going to tell you why. First off you have to think what these websites were designed for? They were not design for you to be successful. They were design to give people a play ground to play in so they can advertise to you. That’s it! They know they have to give you toys to play with in order to keep you coming back everyday so they can advertise to you. Is that a bad thing? No cause they have to get paid too. They can’t run a major site like that giving away everything for free. So they charge for advertising. Now these site such as social networks are good because you do meet people that otherwise would never had met. Now that’s what social networks and website like soundclick is good for. The first contact. Don’t try to cram pictures, videos, and music all on one page. Put a few things on there just enough to make them go to your real site. Get your own site! That might be scary for some people who don’t know coding but, there is templates at many website hosting sites so you don’t have to code. You might be thinking it must be expensive. What! I just went to soundclick.com and and saw you can upgrade to there VIP membership and is .95. I can show you how to get …
My next woodworking, or rather ‘Chainsaw Carving’ project: Making a log bench was next on my ‘to-do’ list. I had reserved two Oak logs for this project. Since I rarely get my hands on large logs I was forced to make the bench in pieces, bolting them together with stainless steel rods. An advantage is that the bench can be fully dismantled if you want to relocate it. The bad side is that you have A lot of individual pieces that you need to precise fit onto each other. The wood was still fairy green, so you had to take warping and shrinking into account as well. That took huge amounts of time (and frustration). Despite the troubles I am happy with the result. The color the Tung oil gives the wood is incredible and that moment made up for most of the frustrations. And to be fair, I again learned a lot of new techniques like burning lines with the angle grinder and steel cutting disks. Let me know what you think of it. This bench was made in Hortus Haren, Netherlands. Useful websites: www.saburr-tooth.com EU, UK, NL website for ordering Saburr-Tooth equipment: www.chainsawcarvingtools.eu Main Dutch Chainsaw Carving forum: www.carvingtoolshop.eu WoodCarving Illustrated message board: www.woodcarvingillustrated.com My WCI Gallery: tinyurl.com
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