Coffee and Cotton » music http://coffeeandcotton.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:57:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stop the Music! http://coffeeandcotton.com/stop-the-music/ http://coffeeandcotton.com/stop-the-music/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:10 +0000 Robyn - Coffee & Cotton http://coffeeandcotton.com/?p=333 I need to rant. I will probably tick some readers off but I’ma gonna say it anyhoo… Unless you are a band or music promotion site, Please, P_L_E_A_S_E PuhLeeeeeze stop putting music or playlists that automatically start the moment someone visits your website/Blog. Please. I am not anti-music. Heh…I AM a musician…I majored in music [...]]]>

I need to rant. I will probably tick some readers off but I’ma gonna say it anyhoo…
Unless you are a band or music promotion site, Please, P_L_E_A_S_E PuhLeeeeeze stop putting music or playlists that automatically start the moment someone visits your website/Blog. Please. I am not anti-music. Heh…I AM a musician…I majored in music in college. I LOVE all styles of music and you would be hard pressed to find someone with more eclectic tastes than I. You should see my iTunes library!
As a web designer I can give you all kinds of reasons why it is unprofessional {and many times ILLEGAL}, but some of you are personal bloggers and really don’t care about presenting a professional web presence. Allow me to give you a few reasons why you still should care.

    Why I Come

  • I visit your site for inspiration and information. I am not coming there to listen to your daily tunes

    • Tastes May Vary

  • Even though I am a lover of many types of music I am not normal the norm. Not everyone likes Strauss, Streisand, Sinatra, the Stones or Slayer.

    • Get Some Web Stickiness

  • Some of your visitors will hear your tunes and click and run away from your site before even reading what you have to say. Come on! You are good enough without a song aren’t ya?

    • Martha Says to Multitask

  • I, as many others, are listening to their OWN music while surfing, searching or working. We want our music not yours

    • The Sounds of Silence

  • Since I have my speakers or headphones on it scares the bejeezus out of me when I am deep in silent thought and your music pops up. Seriously! You should see the coffee spill stains on my desk…not to mention how long it takes to scroll around for that damn pause button!

    • Tab Turmoil

  • Again, I get my Martha on and visit many sites at once. I often have way too many several browser tabs open and if several pages have music then Whoa! What a train wreck that becomes! It’s enough to cause any musician to De-Compose! Get it? de-COMPOSE???

    • Bandwidth

  • No, I’m not talking about a Chubby trumpet player. Adding music s-l-o-w-s your site down and requires a longer time for your page to load. There goes your visitor again. Gone in one click

    • Support Your Local Lawyer

  • Unless you wrote the song yourself or have permission of the copyright holder of the work to play it, then you could be running from the copyright cops. The only music you’ll end up with is that nice harmonica playing from your jail cell.
    • I know, I know… you say it’s YOUR site and you can do what you want. Yes, it is your decision, but think about it. Is it a rude and self-serving one? If you still feel that you just have to put music on your site then give your readers the choice to play it or not to play it. In fact, I love seeing others playlists and music interest.
    End. Of. Rant.

    ]]> http://coffeeandcotton.com/stop-the-music/feed/ 0 Fanatical http://coffeeandcotton.com/fanatical/ http://coffeeandcotton.com/fanatical/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:47:43 +0000 Robyn - Coffee & Cotton http://coffeeandcotton.com/?p=133 u21I think I am seriously fanatical about U2. They played Letterman tonight…and will ALL week!!! AAAAaaaahhhhhhhhh! Their new album, No Line On The Horizon goes on sale March3! SQUEEL!! And you know a tour is coming. I have warned my first born that he is tour ticket tradeable.]]>

    u21I think I am seriously fanatical about U2. They played Letterman tonight…and will ALL week!!! AAAAaaaahhhhhhhhh! Their new album, No Line On The Horizon
    goes on sale March3! SQUEEL!! And you know a tour is coming. I have warned my first born that he is tour ticket tradeable.

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