| Music is an important part of the whole MySpace | | | | all over again from the beginning of the song! People |
| experience. And, MySpace ever-so-kindly designed | | | | need to realize that the music that they consider |
| their site so that you can add a song to your profile. | | | | beautiful or relaxing may well be very annoying to |
| There are quite a few songs to choose from; a visit to | | | | others. |
| the Music section of MySpace makes that painfully | | | | So, how do you stop MySpace music from playing |
| obvious. | | | | automatically? Music on your own profile as well as |
| I say "painfully" because if you visit a lot of profiles on | | | | anyone else's? Actually, it is very simple. Log into your |
| MySpace, your ears just might go on strike because | | | | MySpace account as usual, and in the box that has |
| of the cacophony of voices and musical instruments | | | | your default picture inside of it, you will see a list of |
| they will be subjected to. | | | | things you can do. |
| You probably are already well aware of what I am | | | | You are looking for the one that says "Account |
| speaking of here. The music on some people's pages | | | | Settings." When you find it, click on it. It will take you to |
| can make a sane person go nuts! People usually place | | | | another, larger box that says "My Account Settings." |
| a song which has some sort of meaning for them on | | | | Scroll down until you see "Music Settings." See right |
| their profile, or one which they have chosen to be the | | | | beside those words where it says "Change Settings"? |
| "theme song" of their life. | | | | Click on that link. |
| But it's terribly annoying... and rude, according to some... | | | | Now, you will see two settings beneath "My Music |
| to be subjected to that music in order to check out | | | | Settings." One says "Disable My Player from |
| someone's profile. It also seems to make the page | | | | Automatically Starting" and the other says "Disable |
| load slower than it should, as it seems the song has to | | | | Band Songs from Automatically Starting." Band songs |
| start up before the profile page will fully load. | | | | are what MySpace is for some reason calling the |
| Don't get me wrong. I'm not a music hater. In fact, I love | | | | music on everyone's profile except your own, and not |
| music! As a matter of fact, I usually am listening to | | | | just actual band profiles. |
| music while I am online. That's one reason why the | | | | Choose both of these options by clicking on the small |
| MySpace profile music irks me so much. It interferes | | | | boxes with your mouse. Then, click on the "Change |
| with my own music that I want to hear! | | | | Settings" button to save what you just changed. |
| And, if by chance you click off of someone's profile | | | | You've done it! No longer will you have to worry about |
| page to look at a photo or something else they have | | | | anyone else's MySpace profile music - including your |
| posted, then go back to the profile, the music starts up | | | | own! |