Welcome to newjuke.com

You should fill out your secondary profile. Your secondary profile lists the requirements you need your act to be. Artists looking for Venues will search you and click your hiring button. If they meet your requirements they will contact you and from there you will both work out the details of the show. Then you can post the upcoming show on your schedule page and see what kind of response you get.
Don't forget to also post your intentions of hiring on the forums. This will expand your possibilities.

	Will Newjuke charge me for posting my venue on my profile page?
	No, not at this time. We don't plan on charging fees for our membership but we left our communications open to allow charging if we feel it neccessary to help sustain our community.

Artists

How do I get hired?

First you should fill out your secondary profile. The for hire button located below the jukebox will highlight and will let the world know you are interested in playing live. Any Fans or Venues searching for an Artist with your specs will click your for hire button, get your contact info and from their you will both work out the details. After you book a Venue you can list it in your schedule and see how many fans will attend.
You could also post your interests on the forums. Which gives you another means of exposure.

	How do I get paid?
	Newjuke sends checks out once a month only if the account accumulates $20.00. If the $20.00 for that month is not met newjuke will keep a tally of your sales until the $20.00 is reached and then send the check to you during the next payment period.

	I noticed different charges for different songs. What does this mean?
	Newjuke allows artists to charge their own prices at predetermined price points per song. These price points are: .29, .39, .49, .59, .69, .79, .89 and .99 per song.

	How much does newjuke charge per song?
	Newjuke charges 5% plus 10 cents per song.

	What if I want to offer my song for free?
	You can offer your song for free. Newjuke does not charge for free songs. That means you should upload your song in high quality. We suggest 192kbps. This will allow your fans to download a crisp version of your song.

	What if I want to sell my music?
	You need to upload two versions of your song(s). The first version will be a lo fidelity type. We suggest uploading the lofi version at 34kbps or 48kbps. Then upload the for sale version at 192kbps.

	What if I don't want to offer my songs as a download?
	You should upload a lofi version only and click the N/A (not available) option when uploading your song. Lofi versions no higher than 32kbps or 48kbps. You can listen to different bitrates here: http://makewavs.com/compression.html#mp3-samples

	How do I upload my mp3's?
	If your music is in mp3 format at the bitrate you like you should have no problem. If the song is saved on your system you just have to add a song from the albums page in your profile.Click add album songs. Enter the correct info in the fields click browse. Find the mp3 in your system and click it or drag it to the upload field where it says low quality and high quality. Then click submit.

	How do I upload music other than mp3's?
	If your music is on a CD you should save it on your system first. The music on your system must be converted to mp3. If you don't have an mp3 converter you can find one here: http://www.mymusictools.com/download/mp3-bitrate-converter/ You'll be able to find any kind of converter here. Wma to mp3, Wav to mp3, CD to mp3 etc. etc..

	Wny does my song play at an unusual speed?
	Did you convert your song using the sample rate of 44.100khz? If not you need to delete the song from newjuke and from your system then convert the song again using the 44.100khz setting. Then upload it again.

Why do I need to upload a low quality and high quality version?

If you are selling or not offering a download you need to upload the low quality for your protection. Music that plays on somebody elses computer is capable of being recorded. So all free music should be a low quality to keep the pirates at bay. The high quality will be offered to people who pay and wish to support you.

You might have to create two different titles to the same song or two different file names of the same song in order for you to save a hifi and lofi version on your system.

You can find a bitrate converter here. Bitrate controls the sound quality:

http://www.mymusictools.com/download/mp3-bitrate-converter/

	How do I copyright my own music?
	If you visit http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html you will be shown how you can copyright your own music.

How do I upload my music?

1. Login. If you forgot your password click "forgot Pasword" from login page.

2. You should be looking at your editing page. It's got a list of links
down the left side in blue. If not click "Edit Profile" from the nav. Bar
on top of the page. note: See where it says "Free Signup"? When you log in
it changes to "Edit Profile" That let's you switch from your editing
private profile to your public profile.

3. Click "Albums"

4. Click Add Album". Fill in your album name. Click browse and if the
artwork for your album exists on your hard drive you'll have to find it
and double click it. Click submit. Wait for it to upload. You should get a
message that says "album name added successfully in your account" That
sets up your album. Now We have to upload songs that correspond to that
album.

Question? Do you have your songs saved to your hard drive? Are they MP3
files? If they are on CD you need to load them on to your hard drive and
then convert them to mp3. Most media players have converters built in but
if you type MP3 converters into a search engine you'll be able to find
some. Also bit rate converters is another thing to consider.

Now that you have your songs saved to your hard drive and converted to MP3
@192 kbps. goto step five.

5. click "add album songs". Click the name of the album. Fill in the name
of the song. Click the songs status. "Free Download" means you're offering
that song for members to hear and download for free. "Songs for sale"
means you are offering users to hear the song but they have to buy it to
download it. "Not Available" means you are offering that song for members
to hear only with no download. NOTE: Not available and for sale are
options you might consider uploading at a low quality bit rate like 36kbps
or 44kbps some where around that range. If that's to complicated you can
upload the same bitrate as the others.
Click songs price if applicable.
Fill in the duration of the song.
Click browse for low quality songs. Find the low quality song on your hard
drive and double click it.
Click browse for high quality songs. Find the high quality version of that
song and double click it.
If you don't have two different qualities for the same song just use the
same song file for both options.

6. Click "Submit". The song should upload to your account under that album
name.

Fans

	How do I purchase music?
	There are three ways to purchase music. One you can purchase from the jukebox. Two you can purchase from the artists albums page. Three if the artist has CD's you can click there soapbox page then click on the cdbaby link. It will take you directly to their page.

How do I hire an artist?

You should first fill out your secondary profile. Your secondary profile lets interested artists view your criteria. This is good because any artists not interested in your criteria will not bother you. When an artist contacts you, using the info you supply, it means that artist is most likely interested. This eliminates alot of cold calling and saves time.
Also you could post a request on the forums. This will help to get the word out.

General questions

	What is the Schedule used for?
	For Fans the Schedule is used to post upcoming venues they will be attending. For Artists the Schedule is used to post their upcoming Venues. For Venues the Schedule is used to post upcoming artists who will be playing at their place.

	What is the History button?
	A list of all the past scheduled events will show here.

	What is the Videos button?
	On the profile pages its a listing of all the videos uploaded by that particular member. On the public side videos can be searched and are listed in a top 100 listing. Top 100 is compiled by most viewed to least viewed.

	What is the Photos button used for?
	Photos are posted on each persons profile page. They can be viewed by all visitors.

	What is the Classifieds button for?
	Members of newjuke can post items they have for sale on their profile page. This listing will be submitted into the public classifieds section also.

	What's the purpose of the Soapbox?
	The Soapbox is a way for you to keep the world updated about all your latest activities. For example an Artist can mention the release date of a new song or video etc. A Fan might want to announce a party they are having. A venue might like to tell Newjukers about an Artist that will be playing and all the specials available for that show.

	What is the Requests button used for?
	First you must be signed up with newjuke then you must be added to the person's profile you are requesting to. After that you can request an artist to play a venue, a fan to see an artist, a venue to hire an artist. Basically you will use the request function to tell other newjukers about people and places you think they should reckognize.

	What's the purpose of Fans?
	It's a collection of fans within that persons profile network. If you add a fan they will appear on your fan page. On the public side fans are searched and listed on the top 100.

	What's the purpose of Artists?
	It's a collection of Artists within that persons profile network. If you add an artist they will appear on your artist page. On the public side artists are searched and listed in a top 100.

	What's the purpose of Venues?
	It's a collection of venues within that persons profile network. If you add a venue they will appear on your venue page. On the public side venues can be searched and are listed on the top 100.

	What's the Bio for?
	The biography of that Fan, Artist or Venue. What are their influences, past experiences, favorite music etc.

	What are the Albums for?
	Albums are a collection of songs uploaded by the Artists? This is where you can listen to and buy songs that you like.

	What's the Add button used for?
	You use the Add button to ask another person to add your link to their profile. If that person accepts you, you will be placed in their profile and they will be placed on your profile. The Add page also compiles all of the people added to that profile.

	How does the forum work?
	Each person gets their own personal forum. You must be added to the profile before you can participate in it. The public forums are used by the entire newjuke community. You must be signed up to use the public forums.

	What is Y-N-M?
	Yes-No-Maybe. Y-N-M is a future attendance tool. For example if an artist posts an upcoming venue on their schedule and you notice that it's something you would like to see you would click Y-N-M and click Yes. That will let the Artist know they have at least one person going to their show. You must be added to that profile before you can use this function.