Help with Youknewmusic
This page will help you with some common user issues.
Buyers
Never give out your password!
You must sign up to buy music or become friends with composer or artist choose user member!
With membership you have a profile with an account page to keep track of your transactions and more.
When you buy you are paying the composer or artist directly.
Once you have signed up a activation link will be emailed to you, this could be in spam as well so check both, after activating you will return to site and log in to buy, you can listen without logging in.
Sellers
What is copyright ?
If the composer of the music has been deceased seventy years, it is out of copyright you can do whatever you want with the music and sell it.
Read The Disclaimer!
You can load just MP3 or sheet music or both.
In order to upload a music file to Youknewmusic it must be formatted in the mp3 file format.
1. Sign up as composer/artist member, the site only accepts pay pal, you will need to set up a pay pal account of your own to receive payments from buyers, however if you wish to give your MP3 and sheet music away you can wait on the Pay Pal account, you will still need to put email address in the pay pal field, when you run out of free uploads you will need Pay Pal account to pay YKM for more uploads @ 1 US dollar a piece, YKM gets no part of your sales. (email address needs to be the same for pay pal and YKM, at that time you can decide if you want to also accept credit cards, and all of your transactions on YKM will be displayed at pay pal, your pay pal info is all on their site YKM has no access to it.
2. Once you have signed up an activation link will be emailed to you, this could be in spam as well so check both, after activating you will return to site and log in.
Once you have signed up you will need not pay until you use free uploads, fill out profile and upload an image by clicking the image tab in your account if you like, these two features can be edited at any time
3. Log in then click songs at the top.
4. Next add new score, remember you only have five free uploads, unless the host gives you extra ,YKM recommends if you upload a large piece with more than one movement load them separately, edit piece at any time.
5. Fill out info of score if the piece is electronic YKM recommends you type electronic in the artist box.
6. Load MP3 in if you don’t have MP3’s or don’t know how to convert files (see convert on help page) load image for piece in edit songs.
7. Load pdf sheet music in score path and preview score if you have sheet music, this can only be one page of the score or all, also load full pdf file of the score( see PDF on help page)
8. Set price for MP3 and pdf file of sheet music, you can charge what you want or enter zero for free.
9. Click share score only if you wish to participate in this feature, (see share score on help page).
10. Double check all info and click save, when you use up the five free refill account we have 3 prices to choose from.
11. Add video, go to the video on youtube that you wish to load, right click the page link in the address bar at the top of page click copy, then click the songs tab in your account, click edit on the song you want to add the video, paste link in the youtube video box then click save changes.
12. Change background ; click on profile tab in your account, click browse next to the background box, choose picture from your PC or Mac, click open and it will show up in text in the box, then bottom left click update.
13. Featured songs ; click songs tab then edit on the one you want,check box make feature item then save changes, you don't need to come back and uncheck it ,if you want to feature another just go to the piece and check it, you will only be allowed one per genre, and they are shown at random on the front page.
If you have more questions or need help, contact us we will be glad to help!
Convert file to PDF
Using CutePDF Writer to create PDF document:
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DO NOT look for any application to run. Just print your document using CutePDF Writer (the printer) to get PDF output.
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1. Open your original document and select Print command in File menu of your application to bring up Print dialog box.
2. Then select CutePDF Writer as the Printer to print (DO NOT select "Print to file" option).
3. You will get a Save As dialog box prompted for saving created PDF file.
Select a folder to Save in and enter a File name, then click on Save.
4. Go to that folder to find your PDF file.
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CutePDF Writer supports Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista (x32/x64).
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CutePDF Writer requires PS2PDF converter. You may get a free converter here.
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To uninstall CutePDF Writer:
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Activate the Control Panel, double click Add/Remove Programs, and double click on the CutePDF Writer list box entry.
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Or.
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1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start.
2. Run Programs -> CutePDF -> PDF Writer -> Uninstall CutePDF Writer.
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Convert wav, files to MP3
Some players on your PC will convert wav. Files to MP3 you can click the advanced tab at the top, from there you can change the player to convert, windows media player does not.
Or you can download this free converter http://www.mp3-converter.com/mp3_converter_freeware.htm