Synopses & Reviews
You've recently found the Stratocaster you had for your garage band in high school. Uncle Jed's banjo and strumming talent have been passed down to you. Puberty has ended, and your once-shrill voice has turned into an angelic, swooning lullaby-maker that you want the world to hear. Or maybe you've just been unsuccessful at getting your tape heard by recording executives who can't even tap along with chopsticks. Get even. Get heard. Get electronic. Get The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3: Music on the Internet. This light-hearted guide not only shows you the best way to listen to countless artists and their tunes on the Internet, but also reveals the best ways to get your own opus on the market.
About the Author
Rod Underhill has been appointed legal representative of MP3.com, the public face of this music revolution. He is a recording artist himself as well as a music publisher.Nat Gertler is a seasoned Complete Idiot's Guide® author and seasoned computer books author for Macmillan USA. His titles include The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2000, Easy PCs, Computers Illustrated, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Sex on the Net, and dozens more.
Table of Contents
Compressed music: what it is and why you want it -- MP3: a compressed history -- Installing and using MP3 player software -- Where to get 'em and how to download 'em -- Portable MP3 devices and other hardware -- Rippin' good music -- Digitizing -- Sound squishing -- Spreading your sound around: distributing your MP3s -- Band of gold -- Making money from MP3s when you aren't a musician -- Pirates, legal troubles, and big business -- Permission for distribution -- Compressed successes.