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Dodabby
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the use of music - 12/9/2004 3:19:12
Hi All
I am new here having only just joined :) I am not new to web design although I know I have a lot to learn still, but I am new to having paying clients.
I have a client who wants music on his site. He also wanted a really dark background with animated gifs, hit counters - you name it. Hmmmm..... somehow I managed to speak him out of it lol! But I could not speak him out of the background but I did manage to convince him that if he wants a background we should make it lighter - so that is what I did for him. But now he wants a different piece of music on each page as he believes it encourages people to sit and relax more, then look around the site some more.
Hmmm.... How do I approach this one? Or should I just put the music on? If so - what are the publishing laws around this, and copy right etc?
Thanks
Dodabby
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Dodabby
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RE: the use of music - 12/9/2004 6:29:51
thanks! i totally agree - if i come across a site that has music, i immediately close the page as i cannot stand it. but i need to tell my client this in a nice way... lol! he really doesnt understand the basic netiquette rules yet and i am happy to guide him but it is difficult when he insists on this. i dont know how i am going to get around this. also, his site is a business site - not a personal site or anything. this one is difficult.
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Dodabby
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RE: the use of music - 12/9/2004 7:39:25
thanks kitka, that might be an option to keep everyone happy :) i will suggest it to him, or maybe i will just do it that way and see what he says. thanks again!
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Giomanach
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RE: the use of music - 12/9/2004 7:41:16
I for one wouldn't appreciate it at all...I have music playing all day at work, through headphones no less, and my music has a phat bass to it...and music on the web ruins it!
OK OK...nuff of my waffle...
THere are options out there, that will allow you to add music to the site, so that the user can choose whether it plays or not...FLASH being the obvious one...you can also embed the music, or use JS to start/stop it
With FLASH and embedding it you can control the volume, but not with JS
HTH
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Reflect
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RE: the use of music - 12/9/2004 8:13:17
While we all know we detest background music this does not help Dodabby.
Why not ask him what music clip? Set it up on a test page that has his sites design on it. Have the client sitting next to you at this point. Then use a dialup connection. Make sure that the page is not in cache for the browser. Once you hit the page start a stop watch with the client and notate the load time.
I did this with my fist client a few years ago. I then explained standard rendering times for web pages at that time. The client immediately asked to drop the music clip.
Strive to the client that great, original content will keep someone interested in his/her genre to stay longer than any music clip.
Take care,
Brian
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Reflect
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RE: the use of music - 12/9/2004 15:55:42
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Quite right Brian (hanging head )
No offense inteneded Mike and all.
Take care,
Brian
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Needless to say I was at work and didn't appreciate it much.
