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Why do I need a domain name to upload my music?

RoscoeB	Date: January 6, 2006 @ 11:28 PM Sorry for sounding stupid but I'm confused. I've read the FAQ's and artist agreement. The FAQ's say that I have to make sure that I have my own domain name but I don't understand why. When I create my artist account, won't it just be my username.dmusic? And aren't I simply uploading my mp3 files from my computer to the dmusic hosting site? I'm not sure why I have to have my own domain. Can someone please clear up my confusion? Thanks!
TameasDust	Date: January 6, 2006 @ 11:31 PM I don't have a domain name but I have a song uploaded to DMusic ... that answer it ???
TameasDust	Date: January 6, 2006 @ 11:33 PM ok maybe it don't
TameasDust	Date: January 6, 2006 @ 11:34 PM what the heck is a domain name ???
hate9wicket	Date: January 6, 2006 @ 11:39 PM no, you need separate identities, Your user account is for interaction purposes, your artist account is for others to access your music. Your user account is a .net, artist is .com. I'm not entirely sure why myself, but it may be because your artist account may or may not include other users, who can access the song page,etc. You might be in 5 different bands, but why would you need 5 different user accounts, you'd end up confusing people who you are.
leflaw	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 10:01 AM right
RoscoeB	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 12:00 PM A domain name is Google.com or Dmusic.com. If I go purchase a domain name (myname.com for example) then they also provide a hosting service with memory for webpages, email, etc just like dmusic does. Like you said, you've got music there and don't have domain name. Hence, my confusion over Dmusic's FAQ's. Here's two excerpts from the Dmusic Hosting FAQ's. * What do I need to join? To join you need a Domain Name, and a payment option. If you do not have an existing Domain Name, you can reserve one using the box below. * I signed up, now what? Go to the site that you registered your domain name with (Regsiter.com, NetworkSolutions.com, GoDaddy.com, etc.) and change your DNS to our nameservers: ns1.geodns.net ns2.geodns.net Now your domain name will point to your Dmusic Host website. Upload your existing site so everyone in the world can see you!
Distilled1	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 12:25 PM Thats if you want to have dmusic "HOST" your web site. It has nothing to do with having an artist page or user page. When you have your own domain www.empireday.com for example You have to have servers host it.
leflaw	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 1:20 PM http://www.dmusic.com/hosting/
leflaw	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 1:21 PM http://www.dmusic.com/hosting/ is still the best place to get YOUR OWN SEPARATE NON_DMUSIC WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING. You still can have yourname.dmusic.com for free as well as yourname.com for 10 bucks a month.
RoscoeB	Date: January 7, 2006 @ 1:46 PM Very cool! Thanks for the clarification!

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