Want To Know How To Add Music To Your Blog Post?
Music is INSPIRATIONAL… so why not share songs that move you with others. It’s a great way to add value to your readers in a FUN sort of way:)
I’ve been asked a lot lately how to add music to a blog post. There is a great WordPress plugin called ‘audio player’ that allows you to do all of this for FREE… gotta love that!
I had done this for the song All You Need Is Love by the Beatles. I couldn’t stop singing this song one day, and I felt amazing that entire day… so I decided to share the amazingness with the world!
Check out this training video…. I walk you step by step on how to do this:
Pretty easy, right?
I hope I’ve inspired you to go out and inspire others. Are you up for a challenge? I challenge you to create a blog post with some inspiring music and share it with your readers. Leave a comment at the bottom of this post letting me know what song you are going to share.
Also, once you’ve published the blog post… be sure to tag me on Facebook or Twitter with it. If you found value in this training, click the ‘Retweet’ button on this post and share it with all of your Twitter buddies. I know there are a lot of people out there that want to know how to add music to their blogs, so spread the knowledge!
Get out there and INSPIRE others… All We Need Is LOVE:)
Yours In Knowledge,
Eric Goldstein
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Thanks so much for sharing, Eric! You make everything look so easy. I’ll let you know if I can get it to work on my blog.
My pleasure Oren.. Thanks for
inspiring this post!
Let me know if you need help:)
Eric, I have a quick question. Do I have to go to my hostgator account first for the MP3 Player?? I was unsure about that. Anyway, Thanks for the incredible value. I was literally just asking Jodie Thompson this the other day. Thanks again!
.-= Therese Miu´s last blog ..Mapping Out 2010 Goals: New Year Zen Mind Zen Heart =-.
Therese,
You can install the Audio Player plugin
right from your back office of WordPress.
The only thing you have to do in your hosting
account is upload the song file. Give me a shout
if you need more help on this.
Looking forward to seeing you when you are in
New York this month… speak soon!
I will definitely give this plugin a try.
It will allow me to listen to some
music while I am creating blog posts
as well.
I am sure some of my readers will
enjoy the music that I listen too
.-= Donny Gamble´s last blog ..Why Even Kobe Bryant Needs a Mentor =-.
Donny,
Great way of looking at it. I love when
I get to see things from someone else’s
perspective.
Enjoy:)
Eric, you are a Godsend my friend
… I have been looking for a good WordPress plugin to do just that, as I want to put some of my own free-style spontaneous piano music on my blog! Thank you thank you thank you!
Hey sorry I didn\’t got much chance to get online yesterday so I haven\’t been able to Skype you.
Thanks again for sharing this Eric. You always provide tremendous value by sharing what you know!
Peace & Blessings,
Andre
.-= Andre´s last blog ..Don’t Even Try to Build a Network! =-.
My pleasure Andre… looking forward
to your music:)
Thanks for sharing Eric. A quick question. Will this also work if I want to upload Audio Interviews on my blog?
Hi Eric, I followed your instructions but I cant see the audio player in my post. I think I missed out on the last bit where you talk about putting the code in your post. Can you go into this a little more. Is the code [audio:name.mp3]. Is there anything else you need to put in the blog post? Thanks for the help.
Nilofer
Nilofer,
You can use any kind of audio… music,
interview, etc…
Once you have the audio plugin installed
and the mp3 file on your server… then all
you need to do is put the [audio:name.mp3]
code where you want the player to appear.
Let me know if you need more help:)
Hi Eric, Tried it. Doesn’t work
Any troubleshooting tips? Nilofer
Nilofer,
Hmmm… It worked for me the 1st time:)
Did you click the ‘verify’ button on your back
office of WordPress to make sure your uploading
the music file to the correct folder?
Hurray! I finally got music to play!
You can hear the first song I picked at:
http://orenpardes.com/change-anyone
Like Nilofer, I couldn’t get the audio player plugin I added from my blog’s dashboard to work at first. I’m not sure what the problem was. The options page version didn’t match the plugin version and would not verify the location of my audio file. What I ended up doing was deleting the original Audio Player 1.23 and downloading Audio Player 2.0b6 as a zip file to my computer and uploading it to my plugins folder through my cpanel (where I extracted all the files) and everything suddenly worked for me (in the blog).
I uploaded my mp3 to an “audio” folder I created one level up from my plugins – placing it (where my wp-admin and wp-content files are) in my public_html folder.
Hopefully that’ll help anyone else with problems if Eric’s instructions for some reason won’t work for them.
Be the Change
and be crazy enough to keep trying until you succeed.
.-= Oren Pardes´s last blog ..Are you insane or just crazy (enough to succeed)? =-.
You ROCK Oren!
It just shows that as long as you
keep on keepin’ on… the solution
always presents itself.
Thanks for sharing your solution here
as I’m sure it will add value to others.
Keep shining Oren!
Great post on adding music to you blog! This is great information and very valuable! This actually helps you stand out and this is the kind of out of the box thinking that people need to do to excel in this industry! Thanks for this post!
Michael,
It’s really cool being it can be used
for so many different things… music,
interviews, etc.
Keep rockin’ it Mike!
Eric,
Great find my friend. I’ll be putting this to use soon. I’ve noticed many viral videos have music.
Ken Pickard
The Network Dad
P.S. I’ll be back with my link!
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My pleasure Ken!
Great idea. I thought you were talking metaphorically at first. But no you are talking about actually adding music to your blogs. I love plugging in my iphone to the internet radio as I blog. You are adding the best of both worlds.
.-= Nick´s last blog ..How To Have a Blog Stand Out =-.
Yea man… music is ENERGY!
Hey Eric,
Great post. I actually have this plugin but haven’t put it to use yet. Now I will. Don’t know what song yet, but I’ll share it with you when I finish.
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Great to hear Theresa… looking forward to it!
Way cool Eric… thanks mucho… I always love coming by your blog and seeing what you’ve got going on. Huge value and it keeps me coming back for more “love”. Rock on!
Thanks Debbie… always great to see
your face around here:)
LOL…this is exactly what I needed to finish my newest blog post! I love how kismet works!
Thank you so much, Eric! *<:-)
.-= Heather Taskovics´s last blog ..Your Personal Hour – Taking Time For Yourself =-.
My pleasure Heather… looking forward
to your new post!
Music keeps the site more alive. A few month’s ago I am trying to figure out how to add music on my blog/site, well there are so many sites that offers this and you’ll have to choose the best thing on it.
.-= donny gamble´s last blog ..MLM Syndication Sunday (Week 5) =-.
Oh Yeah!!
There\’s nothing like music to set a mood and put people into a great state of mind. I had never really considered using the power of this inspirational medium to enhance my blog. It\’s an awesome idea….thanks Eric!
I totally appreciate all you do to add value to all who are fortunate enough to come into contact with you. Keep the great stuff coming my friend!
Kathy J
Kathy… I’m looking forward to the
tunes that you’re going to post on
your blog.
Thanks for stoppin’ in:)
I love this! I never thought about adding music, but I\’m sure I could also use this to add some mini podcasts or other self-created audio. Thanks for sharing! Allegra
My pleasure Allegra… Happy that you
found value in this post. It always makes
me feel good to know that I’ve made a
difference in someone else’s life:)
Keep rockin’…