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Site update: free MP3s and new album!
Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I just deployed a new update to Brasee.com, and it includes a couple of big changes. First off, all of my songs are now available as free MP3 downloads! I figured that since the best things on the internet are free, these songs should also be free. You get free songs, my site meets best-things-on-the-internet eligibility requirements, everyone wins! Plus, PayPal never let me set up a micropayment account (despite me calling them multiple times), so they charge a 30-cent fee for a 50-cent song, LOL.

So you can now download the MP3s directly from the album pages. I had to cut the bitrate down slightly to make bandwidth more manageable, but they still sound pretty good IMHO. I still have the CDs for sale too, so if you'd prefer to listen to the songs in pristine quality, that's the way to go.

I've also started working on a new ragtime album entitled 'Dusty Keys'. Ragtime is so amazingly fun to play, especially Scott Joplin's pieces, so I thought it would be fun to put together the songs I have played over the years. I have also written a couple of rags, so when I get a chance I'll record those too.
6 comments for "Site update: free MP3s and new album!":

  1. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:41 PM
    Hay man I liek ur site! luv wut u done wif the updaets
  2. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:42 PM
    Dusty Keys I DID NOT KNOW THIS. That's why they call you keys. Plz invent songs!!!
  3. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by JAKUB on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 05:43 PM
    I would pay 30 cents for a Fiddy Cent song.
  4. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 06:33 PM
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    I would pay 30 cents for a Fiddy Cent song.
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    Right after I typed the words "50-cent song" I thought to myself, "How many days until someone interprets this as the gangsta 50 Cent himself?" The answer: LESS THAN 1 DAY! This is much sooner than even I had hoped for.
  5. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by Ranjit on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 01:57 PM
    The idea of making your work free is great ! The spin off effect of anything free & of quality on the net is immense. I would really suggest that you get onto twitter soon, get some followers as it's a great way to get in touch with ppl of similar interests. I strongly feel that this would get this site into it's next logical place. 2 more bugs on the comments page:) ..or enhancements ! The captcha is too long. Shorter words wud be nice. And words tht make some sense. And the website field compels me to type out http:// .
  6. Re: Site update: free MP3s and new album!
    Posted by Kaleb Brasee on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 10:41 PM
    Hey Ranjit, thanks for the feedback! I've got a LOT more songs that I need to put up, just haven't gotten around to recording them.

    I have never signed up for a Twitter account, I will have to check it out. But like my Facebook status, I would probably always forget to update it, haha.

    Yeah, the CAPTCHA is VERY quick and dirty, LOL. I had bots posting on my site about 300 times a day, so I had to do something. RoseIndia had some good example code for working with the Java AWT graphics classes, so I used that. Once I finish my chess web app I'll take your advice and make a better CAPTCHA (or maybe just find a good 3rd party library one).

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