About Our Audio Files

You will find three types of links to audio files on our pages.


• The RealAudio link should play on most systems with at least a 28.8 K modem and 200MHz processor. The audio quality of RealAudio files is not very "hi fi" but is pretty good considering that a RealAudio file may be only 1/88 the size of the actual recording. It is this file size compression that makes streaming over the Internet possible.
• The PlayMP3 may not work for users with telephone modems. This is a streaming MP3 format for high end users, typically music industry professionals. Hopefully, in the future, everyone will have sufficient bandwidth to be able to hear the better quality of the streaming MP3.
• The GetMP3 link will download the MP3 to your system. You should download to the folder where you store your MP3s. With a slow connection, this may take 15 minutes. If the file downloads to a Temp folder, you should move the file to your MP3 folder. After you have downloaded the song, you will need an MP3 player to play it. Double-clicking on the song should bring up your default player if you have one installed. You can also run your MP3 player and open the song file to play it.
• Note: The streaming audio files can be played with RealPlayer. The standard MP3 (GetMP3) can be played with RealJukebox. There are free versions of both available at Real Networks. Don't let yourself be steered to a paid version if you don't need it. The links to the free versions are not very prominently displayed on their site.

  About Submitting Materials

  We can accept any audio format but much prefer CD / CDR / CDRW. Tape is the worst for quality and DAT (and probably Minidisc) are obsolete. Yes OBSOLETE. I am not any happier than you, about having spent thousands on a DAT a few years ago. DAT was made obsolete when CD-RW became available. You can get a good CD burner for under $200 (I assume you have a computer) and blanks for $40 / 100. If you want to make your own fancy labels, you will spend about $40 for a kit. This is even less expensive to use than audio cassette, and CDs don't have to be rewound, nor do they break or jam the way tapes do. Currently in the industry, a few people send unsolicited demos on DAT to record companies, probably thinking that they will impress someone. These people don't know that those DATs get tossed without even being played. The person who sends DATs is no longer considered to be very saavy. A CD promo package with attractive graphics and lots of bio and photo content can be put together for less cost and will have a better chance for success.
  Please send ANY materials for your webpage that already are computer files to me by EMAIL: webmaster