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patfraley
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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:44 am Post subject: Cool Tips On Internet Demoing |
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Recently I was asked advise on tips with posting demos on the internet. I was so impressed with them; I'm sharing (this is what happens when you get old).
1. Have your name recorded (slated) at the top of each demo. Have somebody of the opposite sex do the slating. Personally, I like a Brit Chick to do it. I have no idea why. Perhaps it lends me the little class I never achieved.
2. When you title your mp3s to be posted, have your name in the title. When casting agents download demos, they often are downloading several. Your name needs to be there. For example, fraleychar.mp3
Cool, huh? PF |
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Deirdre
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Very Cool!
I also make sure that my name and phone number are in the MP3 Title info.
That's the little bit of text that shows up when the MP3 is playing--different from the filename.
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patfraley
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: RE: Cool Tips-As long as-- |
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DB WROTE:
Very Cool!
I also make sure that my name and phone number are in the MP3 Title info.
That's the little bit of text that shows up when the MP3 is playing--different from the filename.
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You're so way more hip on this than I am. One more tip from a Luddite: Don't have the filename too long. If so, the extention can be lost. Then you will need a paddle to get back from "Up Creek." PF |
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DaveChristi
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Cool Tips On Internet Demoing |
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| patfraley wrote: | 1. Have your name recorded (slated) at the top of each demo. [snip]
2. When you title your mp3s to be posted, have your name in the title. [snip] |
If I could add a 3rd (from a tech geek)...
3. No spaces in the filename. This may be a bit of archaic way of thinking since most web server platforms support filenames WITH spaces, but there are a few platforms that still hiccup a bit or will add a lovely “%20” to the filename. Dashes (-) and underscores (_) are still ok.
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Deirdre
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: Re: Cool Tips On Internet Demoing |
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| DaveChristi wrote: | | No spaces in the filename. |
AMEN MY BROTHER.
I coudn't agree more.
Spaces make a colossal mess for some browsers.
Compact the words, eliminate the spaces, keep the filename short!
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anthonyVO
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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I have to keep a separate file naming for English submissions (especially urban) through a 3rd party because the "Mendez" already has them hearing things that aren't really there. So I put Anthony M.
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Deirdre
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Like the the Greek tailor?
Euripides Imenides?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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ROFLMAO
Or like the spanish guy Oscar P. Colón who went in for a gastroscopy but on the chart it said "Colon Oscar P."
oops!
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| anthonyVO wrote: | | Or like the spanish guy Oscar P. Colón who went in for a gastroscopy but on the chart it said "Colon Oscar P." |
Let's hope the doctor can tell one end from the other!
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