A few years back before the link sites came up, direct links were the way it happened often enough. Sure it was easy, but I can't tell you how many times I would right click and the set was gone, and the link dead from over use. The sites were not set up with the bandwidth to handle so many people hitting it all at the same time, and were simply shut down.

I posted a direct link to a college radio site in Atlanta, my hometown, for a show they were sharing. A few days later the radio station took down the direct link, and never hosted a set from their radio shows again. I felt personally responsible for killing that one. So I'm glad to use the link sites for that reason alone.

For the amount of money I spent on 2 premium accounts, mega and rapid, I would have 10 CD's. Now I have well over 2 TB of music. Gotta love the link sites, they are great!!!

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Originally posted by dj_deltawye I don't see how you find it a hassle to download from sendpsace, I host all my mixes on there, and I usually have have direct download, until my last 2 sets, for now. Nobody has had any trouble downloading my sets, so i don't see what your problem is. Having your your own website in NOT CHEAP!! first of all, if you want to do one for me free of charge, i'd like to see that Cheers

I coded my (very basic) website myself, and my hosting costs a whopping $3 a month!!!

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go there if u want some direct links to my sets :]

My newest mix is hosted somewhere else. Direct link below for that, too.

http://freemusicfriday.us/wiley/Ste...yWorldPeace.mp3

Enjoy

Sorry to make such stupid question, but since i´m new to this forum, is it legal to upload sets.. i mean there´s no piracy in it? cause i want some feedback on my sets
thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by olwenskatha Sorry to make such stupid question, but since i´m new to this forum, is it legal to upload sets.. i mean there´s no piracy in it? cause i want some feedback on my sets thanks in advance.

It's a grey area, but for the most part, people see it as promotion of the music, and the people putting the sets up aren't charging/profiting from them.

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Originally posted by Stasis Whoa whoa whoa. Let's not get too self-righteous here. In some sense, posting your DJ mix is indeed a gift to any interested listener. You (and even I) are sharing hours of hard work and it is frustrating to hear someone complaining about something as trivial as our choice of hosting service...... However, none of us are superstars here. No one here has "made it" and can honestly say their listeners need them more then they need their listeners. We all really want people to listen to our mixes, and we really have a responsibility to make that as easy as possible. I think it's not really in our best interests to be this mean to a potential listener's gripe.

I agree with this guy. When I upload a mix natuarally I want as many people to listen to it as possible, and the easier I can make it for people the better...

With the number of mixes on here, it makes sense to try your best to make your mix as appealing as possible. While it is great being able to get all of these mixes for free, listening to a mix and giving feedback takes time and is all part of what keeps this forum ticking over.

So if uploaders should be expected to make more of an effort to make mixes easier to download, someone should be pointing out that listeners should be making more of an effort to comment and give feedback.

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agreed to an extent, but to be honest what does the purpose of complaining about it do? Comments are fun (esp when a person takes time to actually critique), but aren't the end all to everything. When you know people are listening, its enough for most of us. I don't think anyone does this with fame in mind, but more because we enjoy doing it.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Given the download time anyway for a file the size of a mix, if you call it "laborious" to type three letters and wait 20 seconds, you probably don't have the attention span to listen to a full mix anyway.

if it's so frustrating for you, why don't you pay for premium membership on sendspace & megaupload, and then you'll be set?

hahhahaha.. this is a funny thread.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox So if uploaders should be expected to make more of an effort to make mixes easier to download, someone should be pointing out that listeners should be making more of an effort to comment and give feedback.

Completely Agree!

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Originally posted by dj_deltawye I don't see how you find it a hassle to download from sendpsace

If you're trying to download a mix from sendspace in Slovakia. You're just going to get a try again later message.

Thats one example, of why online hosting sites are not always the best option - not just the topic starters gripe, but they actually don't work in some areas of the world.

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