THE
MUZIK-ZONE
A Look At The Online
Music Outlets - MusicBuilder
Ease of use:    
- Features:     
SoundClick is one of the worst
online outlets I have ever seen. I ran across it when a local gospel
singer approached us to act as her record label (even though we are not
equipped to offer the complete range of services you should expect from
a label). One of the sites she was on was MusicBuilder.com.
With the "http://" in the URL it won't even load - you have to
cut that out first. This is your first red warning flag.
It's a relatively new site start
in April 2008 ... and it shows. Nothing works right. Avoid it like the
plague, but keep an eye on it in case they bother to work out the bugs.
The site seems to rely on ads for income, but has only one ad in its
software section; the hardware section is empty.
PROS:
It looks nice.
CONS:
It doesn't work. Despite over a dozen
attempts, I never got their online player to work even once! The
sites loads slow on both Internet Explorer and FireFox. The site
contains a lot of time-outs, Visual Basic programming errors (the error
codes show up on-screen) and CGI script errors. Over 90% of the time,
clicking on a link to the artist's page resulted in a "404"
(page not found) error. This shows very poor site maintenance.
The site has no Help or FAQ files,
so there's no way to ask questions or seek help.
The site frequently hangs up and
forces you to either restart your computer or shut down the browser
program (double-click CTRL-ALT-DELETE in Vista). When it hangs up it
won't let you go back to a previous page or switch tabs. A shutdown is
your only option.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Stay away from this one! It's bad -
really bad! I never got a chance to try out its features. Its forum page
even is non-existent. I'd be surprised to see this one still in business
six months from now.
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