Finding Ways to Share Rare Music

I used to write with a few other people over at a blog called The Music is the Message. Then we got an offer to start writing for a bigger website called Pajiba, which started with movie reviews. I only read TKs posts over there, because, quite honestly, 1) I don't do a lot of research when it comes to watching movies, because there's hardly any movie I won't watch, and 2) I like reading TK's stuff. I just relate to his style and his humor. I just don't understand why he can't keep from spilling shit on his shirt.

So the whole Pajiba thing started at least a month, if not two months ago, and the creative writing about music completely got blocked for me because I really wanted to write a blog about Mover's Original Recipe album. The only problem was, I couldn't find any cool Youtube videos of Mover to share, and it's not like they got snippets out there on Amazon or iTunes. So it really bummed me out. So much that I didn't feel like writing about music. Not to mention, the holidays were coming, we moved from one house to the other, and I travelled for a week there in November.

So Felicia, another writer for the site(s), asked if anyone had an idea on how to put songs out there. From my friend Tom, who writes Edit Before Posting, I learned that box.net had a widget you could use to post stuff in Blogger. What he has in his latest post is a bit different, I may have to ask for a tutorial.

Anyway, it's pretty easy to use. Here are the basics:

1) Get a box.net account.
2) Upload some files.
3) Go to the Open Box tab and select See All Services.
4) Choose the one for posting to your blog.
5) Go to your files. On the arrow pulldown button, select your blog service. It will ask for your username and password, and then the name of the post you want to slap the song into (it will make a new post, so call it whatever you want. You can copy the html into your actual blog, or start the blog with the file and write around it, like I am doing now).

So there you have it. Here's a sneak peak of a tune from the post that I'm hoping TK can use. If he can't put it on Pajiba, then I might as well throw it out there on TMITM. I'll keep you posted. The band is MOVER, and the song is "Choyce." Enjoy!