Hello to all. I have been involved in internet businesses since 1997, when I launched zZounds.com, an internet retailer of musical instruments. We later merged zZounds with Harmony Central, the most popular website for musicians on the internet, which I then ran until mid 2005, when we sold out to Guitar Center (zZounds had been sold separately about five years earlier). I currently have several vertical websites in operation or development. SonicSpot.com is a music and audio software site. I acquired it after the sale of Harmony Central closed, and am in the process of relaunching it as it had lain semi-dormant for a few years. It is hosted on a content management system called webCOMAND (developed by the founder of the site), which I can recommend to those of you looking for a relatively affordable content management system with personalized and rapid support. I have a site on sailing in development, Sailorville.com, which I hope to launch in the first quarter of 2006. I want to stress that it is about sailing, because my brother tells me it sounds more like a gay dating site. I have a hobby site, http://www.Spain-Info.com, which provides information on Spain - culture, history, area guides, buying property in Spain, living and working in Spain, and so on. Someday, I might get serious about it, but right now it's pretty much just a hobby related to my semi-extended expat stay in Spain. Before getting involved in the internet, I had careers as a journalist (working for a daily paper in Nashville, Tennessee in the late 70s) and then as a lawyer (clerking for judges on the DC Circuit and US Supreme Court, then working as a partner in a large Chicago firm). I live with my wife and four daughters in Madrid, Spain, for no particular reason other than that we wanted to learn Spanish. We're still here because I'm such a slow learner.
LOL ... now that the seed has been planted, I'll never be able to break the mental image Welcome to DP Ray!
Holy crap! You were/are the owner of zzsounds?! As a musician I can't tell you how your site and another (won't mention any names ) has made my wife mad at me for buying your instruments. Any musician will understand when I say, any time I have G.A.S I hit zzsounds. Welcome!
I know sonicspot.com very well. Over the years, I have sent several messages trying to get a product (or products ideally) listed there. BTW, if you're looking to sell text links there, I would also buy one.