Many blog owners are experimenting with multimedia, as part of their blogs.
People who have 5 channel audio / 3D video systems, and various sources of content for each, look at their blogs and decide that the next frontier, for decorating their blog, has to be music. Any blog with a visual theme surely deserves an audible theme, also.
Unfortunately, many blog readers like to surf the net, while listening to their favourite tunes. People who are listening to new age music won't appreciate surfing to a blog that makes their computer suddenly start to play grunge rock. Nor will classical music fans appreciate the latest rhythm and blues, or urban beat, hit tune.
Unexpected music can create both a bandwidth annoyance, and an audible distraction. People surfing blogs in a shared environment - for instance a public library - won't appreciate any audio content, in any blog.
If you want to decorate your blog with your favourite playlist, to complement the mood of the blog, that's OK - as long as you make the music optional.
Put a player, with a "Start" button, at top center of the blog page. Services like MixPod and PlayList provide free embeddable players, and have a nice library of tunes.
Adding either a MixPod or PlayList player to your blog isn't difficult.
People who have 5 channel audio / 3D video systems, and various sources of content for each, look at their blogs and decide that the next frontier, for decorating their blog, has to be music. Any blog with a visual theme surely deserves an audible theme, also.
Unfortunately, many blog readers like to surf the net, while listening to their favourite tunes. People who are listening to new age music won't appreciate surfing to a blog that makes their computer suddenly start to play grunge rock. Nor will classical music fans appreciate the latest rhythm and blues, or urban beat, hit tune.
Unexpected music can create both a bandwidth annoyance, and an audible distraction. People surfing blogs in a shared environment - for instance a public library - won't appreciate any audio content, in any blog.
If you want to decorate your blog with your favourite playlist, to complement the mood of the blog, that's OK - as long as you make the music optional.
Put a player, with a "Start" button, at top center of the blog page. Services like MixPod and PlayList provide free embeddable players, and have a nice library of tunes.
Adding either a MixPod or PlayList player to your blog isn't difficult.
- Build your own playlist - or find an existing one that you like.
- Get the Embed code for your player. Remember to select "Do not play immediately", when setting up your player, where that is an option.
- Now, add the code to the blog. Here, you have 2 choices.
- Add the player as a new HTML gadget.
- Add a new HTML / JavaScript gadget, to your blog.
- Paste the player code, into the new gadget.
- Save the gadget.
- Position the new player, where it's convenient and visible to your readers.
- Alternately, paste the player code, into any post, along with any accompanying text - maybe lyrics.
- Add the player as a new HTML gadget.
- You're done - test your blog, now. And wait for your readers to check out your musical taste. You can check out my tests, if you wish.
Comments
I am both an avid blog reader and have a few of my own blogs.
It's a real tick off when blogs have playlists embedded which start playing immediately. Sometimes the music is too loud, so it makes you jump, or it's something you simply don't like.
Worst thing is that, most blog owners tend to put these playlists at the very bottom of their blog, so it's so hard to find them and turn them off.
There are some blogs which I simply don't visit because of the annoying music.
This should be required reading.
What I was trying to tell them though was how not to loose readers. I for one stop reading a blog that forces me to listen to something I haven't chosen.
I do hope over time some of these blog owners realize their mistake and give the option to their readers to listen to the blog music or not.