Re: (idm) @ places to put MP3 files??

From Andrew Hime
Sent Sun, Apr 25th 1999, 21:27

> >hi all,
> >
> >i was wondering what people reccomend as far as web space
> >for putting up mp3's.  my isp only allows 10 or so MB and i wanted
> >to put up some of my own tracks.  i know that there are heaps
> >of free space providers so ideally i would like the space to be free
> >with the least amount of banners and crap and the most amount of
> >free space.  any tips from the list would be totally cool!!
> 
> http://www.mp3.com, Still the best. And best of all it's free. They'll
> generate a site for you & give you access to all of this crazy chart
> information & top 100 lists & such. All you need to do is fill out a
> questionaire. There's all of this mess about DAM CD's & such but you can
> forego all of that & just use them to host your tracks. It's a bit
> corporate-whorish, but it's a great place to put like 100 megs of mp3's &
> such (you can even link direct to the mp3's themselves from your own
> site...). I always put my unreleased or embarrassing tracks up there (check
> out http://www.mp3.com/hrvatski and http://www.mp3.com/gaijin) for a bit of
> scrutiny. -Våt

Saw a few postings on Slashdot a while back about mp3.com trying to get
certain artists to sign contracts, something to the effect of mp3.com
owning the songs or something like that.

However, I will have to start plumbing the site for your stuffs. ;)