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pw · Post by pw » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:28 am

Hi,

Does anyone here sell, or write, their own compositions for website sounds (songs, short loops, whatever)? I am interested in offering this service as well as the Enlgish copy editing I already do, but I have no idea whatsoever about whether there is really even a market, or what type of prices to charge, etc etc.
Anyone here have any pearls of wisdom?

pw · Post by pw » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:42 pm

bump.

marcouk · Post by **marcouk** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:03 pm

Its a waste of time. Approx 85% of website use is when people ar at work, and therefore, have no speakers, or in fact, any wish to let the whole office know that they are visitng "Sweaty Betty's online BJ parlour".

Really. Silence is the only sound needed on a website.

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:36 pm

I've made music for websites in the past. It seems to be popular with the roleplaying community. They like to commission original themes for their characters and put them up on their website.

rollasoc · Post by **rollasoc** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:07 am

Website music is really annoying. I'm either at work (no speakers) or trying to listen to music, it is so annoying when a site plays music. If there isn't a way to mute it on the site, I leave the site. Simple as that.

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:21 pm

rollasoc wrote:Website music is really annoying. I'm either at work (no speakers) or trying to listen to music, it is so annoying when a site plays music. If there isn't a way to mute it on the site, I leave the site. Simple as that.

I agree. Especially when it's MIDI.

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:51 pm

Any site starts playing music I just leave. Shows a severe lack of judgement. I also always complain to whoever answers if I'm put on hold and they play music through the telephone...

freeztar · Post by **freeztar** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:12 pm

I agree about the annoyance, but there are legit uses for music on websites. For example, someone who creates animated movies, or some other video work, might want music to go along with the video. Of course, in this case, the website visitor willingly presses a button to play the movie instead of sound just popping up immediatly.

TexasMusicForge · Post by **TexasMusicForge** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:00 pm

Y'all are missing the curve here, with all due respect. I'll agree there is no money to be had in website music, per se, but there is a burgeoning niche market in composing music for podcasting. If you don't think there's much business to be had in this podcasting stuff, please check out the big push Yahoo is making in hosting podcasts and the stories about it currently on the news wires - Yahoo is predicting that podcast listening will be as common as radio listening within 10 years. I personally don't think it will be quite that long, given the exponential growth rate in podcast consumers (and producers) in the last year.

Most of what podcast producers are looking for (and a few smart entrepreneurs are already selling) are intro, outro, donuts, beds and interstitial music bits from 5 to 30 seconds long to stitch their shows together with. If you've got a gift for catchy theme music, this, film and video game music are where the money is at these days. Be aware that there is a lot of competition for this market already, so bring your "A" game if you're going to leap into this.

If you're seriously interested, check out PodcastAlley and some of the other big sites like Podcast News and you'll spot ads from people selling music for these markets. Also, make sure you check out the Creative Commons sites like Auditorium to see what kind of music is available on a low or no cost basis so you can see what you're getting into.

Best regards,

Tio Ed
Austin, Texas
Land O' 10,000 Guitarists

Writing Music for Websites