Technical Details

My apologies for the length of this post, but I had a few quick technically related thoughts.

Formatting
To make sure that your mixtape stays in the correct order when you post it and we download it, I would recommend taking the following steps.

1. Copy all the files from wherever they are located on your computer and put them in a new folder with the Mixtape title.
   
   
2. Number all the songs. I would recommend a simple "01 - Artist - Track Name" format. I know that some of my songs that I'll be putting up did not have that format so I will be formatting mine that way.
   
   
3. Make a zipped archive out of your Mixtape folder. My program of choice is 7zip, but there are a variety of other programs out there. If you do not know how do to this, e-mail me and I will talk you through it, or possible write another post on how to do it.
   
   
4. You can then upload the mixtape to one of the sites listed below and post the link to the shared mixtape in your post.
   

Sharing/Uploading
There are a variety of uploading options. I'm not sure how much actual hosting space they give us with this blog, so I would say our best bet is to host them externally. Our options are as follows:

1. Google Documents - If everyone has a Google Account (basically GMail), we have the option of uploading them to Google Documents in a zip file and sharing them with other Google users. The Google size limit is 1 GB, but this is a total account limit. So if you have other documents saved, then the limit is whatever your remaining space is.
   
   
2. Drop.io - If you are not a Google user, I would recommend Drop.io. This is the quickest and easiest method of sharing and doesn't require signing up for anything. Keep in mind that the file size limit per Drop is 100 MB. Thus, depending on the size of your finished mixtape, you may need to break it up into multiple zipped archives and upload each individually, making sure each is under 100 MB.
   
   
3. Dropbox - Finally, there is the Dropbox option as well. If you any of you are Dropbox users then we could create a shared folder in our Dropboxes and swap them that way. The file size limit is a bit bigger here, but you'd have to sign up for an account, so it could be more of a pain.
   If there is interest in this method, I am available to discuss it. (Even if you don't want to share your music this way, I highly recommend it for backing up important computer files.)
   

Editing
If any of you want to edit your songs (cut/crop them), I would recommend using Audacity. I will be editing some of my tracks to remove random talk from a remix and studio chatter/applause on live tracks, so it occurred to me that others might want to do so as well.

I realize all of this may be too much too fast, so if you have any questions or difficulties with any of it, please feel free to e-mail me and I will help you out. I know JP put quickly and easily put his mixtape up using these sites and I look forward to helping the rest of you put them up too.