If you have your own band or other musical project, setting up a website to promote your music is a great way to get attention and attract new fans. These websites often allow users to play samples or full songs using an embedded music player. Using a variety of free web development tools you can easily set up your own music player that will allow you to upload your own MP3 files that can then be streamed directly on your website.
Instructions
1. Open your web site project using a web page editing application. You can use any type of web design application that will allow you to directly edit the HTML code of the page. WYSIWYG editors such as Apple iWeb and Microsoft FrontPage will work, as well as more advanced programs like Adobe Dreamweaver.
2. Determine where you would like to put the music player. You can put a player on each page of your website or you can allow users to open the player in a new window so that the music does not stop when users navigate from one page to another.
3. Embed the HTML code of your favorite free music player on your website by copying it from the source code or documentation. Free Flash music players include the XSPF Web Music Player, Zanorg Radio, and MixPod. The code for these players can be found on each one's official website. Some of the free music players will require that you download and install software that is used to run the music player.
4. Upload the MP3 files that you wish to include on the playlist of your music player to your website. You must upload these files to your website's database and copy the address of each file to be included in the code of the music player.
5. Adjust settings for automatic playback of songs, appearance and download capabilities by editing the HTML code. Save your web project, upload it to your web server and test the player.
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