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New Site Features

Africanshome — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:46:45 +0100

We have added a lot of new features to the website and still working on some applications for facebook, myspace, hi5 and other social networking website.

A list of all new feature will be up very soon and also we this good news we would like to ask all members who have videos other than flv videos or songs other than mp3 on their pages to re-upload them because we have a added a conversion server.

The Africanshome Conversion Server is used for automatically converting uploaded media files to either MP3 (for audio), or FLV (for video). This is advantageous since it allows members to upload any type of video or audio file to be converted to MP3 and FLV format, which play within Africanshome embedded Flash Players and this will not require players (such as iTunes or Winamp) for your fans to listen and watch your media.

Promoters - Get The Details

Africanshome — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:52:38 +0100

Sign up for a Free Africans Home promoter account and you'll be able to collect, sort and review press kits online. There is no need to change the way you do business, instead of having musicians or agents reach you through the postal mail just have them drop their EPK (Electronic Press Kit) in your online drop box. Whether you are on the road or working from several different computers (home & office) now you can easily access and review press kits from anywhere at anytime. Find Awesome New Talent Our artist membership is made up of the best bands up and coming & established bands around - bands that submit and get selected by our partner events and contests. Create Your Own Opportunity Listing Tired of an inbox full of inquiries via email that you can't find the time to get through? We can't give you more hours in the day but we can help you save a few! Create an "Opportunity Listing" with all the details about the type of music you accept then direct artist inquiries to your very own co-branded page on Africans Home through a simple link from your website or email signature. Once an artist or band submits, their EPK (Electronic Press Kit) will be deposited into your online inbox on Africans Home - not your email inbox! YEAH! Preserve Your Sanity (or at least what's left of it) Ask specific questions prior to artist submission to gather all the information you would via your standard paper or phone screening process. You can even use our handy tools to set up an automated confirmation email outlining your standard review process so that submitters know you’ve received their inquiry and what happens from there. Less time answering follow up questions leaves more time for reviewing materials and focusing on your event, venue, compilation or contest! Get Started! To get started, click here and sign up for a Free Promoter Account. It's that easy.

Africans Home

Africanshome — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:25:06 +0100

Africans Home is a musicians community portal for artists to promote their music, videos, charts, and events. It is also a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, photos, music and videos.

Africans home is free for all registered members. With more than 100 features for artist, music labels, bands, models, djs and all their fans and supporters any one can create their own network.

Standard Africans Home Features
Africans Home Online Store – Artists, Djs and Models can sell CD's, mixed tapes, videos, wallpapers, t-shirts and more online! (Payments via PayPal).
Artists, Djs and Models Blog - a Built in "blog" messaging system that gives Artists, Djs and Models a way to personalize their site with messages to their fans.
Artists, Djs and Models Event Calendar - Let your Artists, Djs and Models tell everyone about their next upcoming gig.. or album release party.
BBCode, HTML and WYSIWYG Editor Support - The ability to use BBCode, HTML or even the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) "tiny mce" HTML Editor in several key areas - allowing Artists, Djs and Models even more creativity.
Artist and Djs Radio Stations – Artists and Djs can share their music, as well as the music of other artists and Djs through artist Radio Stations.
Multiple Audio formats - Use the popular MP3 song format (or optional OGG and WMA format) for streaming and downloading.
Africans Home Ranking System - A "Top" lists of most listened songs, as well as member directories, artist directory, etc. This also includes the "spotlight" capability to highlight Artists, Djs and Models.
Extensive Statistics - Full Song, Radio and Page statistics keep track of what your fans are looking at and listening to. This includes detailed daily statistics on the number of plays your songs have received.
Detailed Logging - Full Logging of all Africans Home-related events for perusal and downloading by Artists, Djs and Models.
Artist and Song Ratings - allow visitors to your site to vote on whats best, and then use the results to build detailed rankings!
Africans Home Member System - Allow visitors to your Africans Home page to sign up for their own "Fan" Account, where they can upload photos and create custom Fan radio stations!
Africans Home Fans - Members and Visitors can signup to be a "Fan" of an Artists, Djs and Models.
Africans Home Artist Mailer - your Artists, Djs and Models accounts can send out mailings to you Fans.
Africans Home Friendly URL's – Users get a URL that is easy to remember - i.e. "http://yoursite.com/music/bandname" instead of "http://yoursite.com/music/bands/33"
Africans Home Advanced Charts - track the daily movement of songs by total plays (streams + downloads), streams only, downloads only, as well as charting within the songs genre!
Africans Home LoFi Creator - this feature uses LAME to convert an uploaded HiFi song file to its corresponding LoFi file automatically or at the artist's request.
Africans Home Video Support - Ability for Artists, Djs and Models to use WMV, MOV and MPG video files in their Artists, Djs and Models Pages!
Africans Home Video Charts - Just like the Africans Home Advanced Charts for Audio, the Video Charts track the daily movement and popularity of the videos in your Africans Home page!
Africans Home Comments - Add the ability for your funs and visitors to leave "comments" and "reviews" of almost any item in your Africans Home page!
Africans Home Photo Galleries - Artists, Djs, Models and Member accounts have the ability to have their own online "photo gallery".
Artists, Djs and Models Page Guestbooks - Allow Artists, Djs, Models Accounts to have an online Guestbook for visitors to their Page!
Download Protect - optionally password protect downloads from your Africans Home!
PLUS MORE! - New features are being developed on a regular basis, with most of the suggestions coming directly from the Africans Home User community.