Make your HTML pretty! CSS overview

At the end of last session, we began looking at CSS (or Cascading Style Sheets) – the best way to layout and ‘style’ or format your html page. Read more

Big list ‘o’ web design links

Here’s an obtuse list of useful web design links for you to click through when getting your head around making a website.

Starting with HTML

Interesting links:
www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
http://www.w3.org

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language)
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Domain Name: A name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site’s URL, e.g. wikipedia.org. This type of domain name is also called a hostname.

html beginging

csm4_basicHTML

Music Business session 4

We covered Record deals, contract types and self release options. Please review the presentation and answer these questions.

what deal would be best if:

you had a single to release which was attracting attention
wanted to let a compilation album use one of your tracks
had finished an album (the complete recording) and needed it to be released
needed to develop your music

Record Deals: http://prezi.com/fh8aiadixfq2/

The Society of the Spectacle

Here’s a few YouTube clips to remind you of our discussions about Debord’s ideas

Situationist International

Society of the Spectacle

No Logo

Everything Is OK

Telematic Drumming

webdesign Photoshop layout tutorials

So, You’ve got an idea of what you want in your site, and you’ve created a wireframe to help give you an idea of how to layout your content. The next step is to mock-up your site in a graphics package (such as Photoshop) to really begin cementing the colours, graphics and near-final layout of your site pages.

Music Business session 3

We covered collection agencies – PRS, MCPS, PPL. What they are, how they work and why they may be useful to you.

Handouts for each:

PPL Handout

PRS handout

MCPS handout

We also looked at creative commons as a means of authorising and protecting your work on line. Use the youtube player on this page to watch the video of CC CEO explaining what it is.

Here is the presentation that accompanied the session.

http://prezi.com/cbitjaw62ysn/

You need to complete these tasks:

Task 1
Identify the relevant collection agencies for current and potential projects.
Things to consider:
Do you fulfill the joining criteria ?
When would be appropriate to join ?
Where would license fees be generated from – i.e where do you imagine your music being played ?

Task 2
Choose a CC license that best suits your work currently

Use the web code to embed into your web site.

http://www.creativecommons.org./about/licenses/