| Q: Is Kerplunkit free? |
Yes.
Kerplunkit provides you with free, on-demand, sometimes advertiser-supported, Kerplunkit Playlist listening. You don't have to pay to use Kerplunkit.
But, free Kerplunkit will only play 5 days of music for free, then the music will stop. Once that happens, you have the option to pay $4.99
a month to become a Kerplunkit InSider
which gives you unlimited, on-demand, listening and may other benefits like....
- no advertising
- unlimited, on-demand listening anywhere in the world
- unlimited, on-demand rewind, skip or replay of any music
- unlimited playlists
- access to artists bios
- info on artists concert dates and locations
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| Q: How much to download a song? |
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Only 75 cents - any artist - any song - personal use. We slpit 50/50 with the artist.
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| Q: Can I hear a song right away? Can I hear only one artist on a playlist? Can I create a playlist of specific songs and artists? Can I rewind or replay a song? Can I skip around to any song in my playlist? |
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YES!!!
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| Q: Can I listen to Kerplunkit outside the United States |
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YES!!!
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| Q: Can I play my Kerplunkit playlists in my business for my customers? Can I obtain a commercial license to play a Kerplunkit Tune? |
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You can play your Keplunkit playlist at work as long as it's only for your personal use - kick it at home for a party mix, or for your workout tunes. Lots of people do it.
Playing your Kerplunkit playlist over loudspeakers or the phone system at your business for your clients or customers is considered commercial use and is not permitted by our terms of use and it makes our artists mad 'cause we split licensing fees 50/50 with them.
The good news is we offer licenses for Kerplunkit content for ANY purpose you can think of. You can license music for a wedding video, a company video, a restaurant, music on hold, a commercial, a movie, a TV show, - ANYTHING! Our system issues most licenses automatically so there's no hassle.
For more information, go here:
http://www.kerplunkit.com/license.php
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| Q: What type of internet connection do I need? |
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You need a broadband connection (DSL or Cable) which consistently provides bandwidth of at least 300 Kbps to roll with Kerplunkit.(Dial-up is old school)
If you're not sure of your internet connection, you can test your connection speed at these sites:
http://us.macafee.com/root/speedometer
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
http://speedtest.net
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| Q: What software do I need to have installed on my computer? |
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NOTHING! Kerplunkit works through your web browser, so you don't need any special software from us.
You do need a Flash Player for your browser, which is usually already installed on most computers. If you need one, you can get the latest Flash Player plug-in for your system here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Firefox and Internet Explorer are each suppported for
Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7.
Firefox and Safari are each supported for
Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.6 +
(Panther, Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard)
Othe browsers and platforms, such as Chrome, Opera, the AOL browser, and distributors of Linux are not officially supported, and we cannot provide troubleshooting assistance with those browsers or platforms.
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| Q: What hardware do I need? |
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For both PC and Mac systems, you should have a box with at least a 1Ghz processor and at least 256M of RAM.
A sound card (usually already installed) and either headphones and/or juicy speakers for your computer are also required.
When you download tunes you'll need some kind of mp3 player.
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| Q: What else do I need? |
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A valid, active email address is required.
Email address are superuser names - they're unique and easy to remember.
You need an active email address to communicate about your Kerplunkit account. If you ever need assistance beyond what you find here in the FAQ, shout out to Kerplunkit Support from the email address you used to register with Kerplunkit.
For more information, please see our Terms of Use.
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| Q: I forgot my password! What do I do? |
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OH NO!!! (just kidding) NO PROBLEM...you can send yourself a password reminder.
From the "Sign in" screen, click the "HELP! I lost my login info!" link.
Follow the prompts - it's easy
Please be sure to check your SPAM and JUNK folders, as our automated reminder email may arrive there.
If you don't receive your reminder within a reasonable time, contact Kerplunkit Support for a password reset.
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| Q: You're telling me that my email address was not found! What do I do? |
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You might have a typo in your email address during sign up. If this is what might have happened, please contact Kerplunkit Support with all of your other email addresses that you might have used.
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| Q: Now you're telling me, "Your account already exists." What do I do? |
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Make sure that you "sign in" with your existing account and that you're not trying to register a new account under the same name. If you have already created an account, you do not need to make another one.
When prompted, enter your e-mail and password and then click "sign in."
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| Q: How do I sign out of Kerplunkit? |
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Click the "sign out" link.
Signing out at the end of each listening session will keep anyone from making changes to your Kerplunkit account on that computer while you are away.
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| Why we launched Kerplunkit |
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Like a brave ship lifting it's sails and feeling the winds of another cruise - with hope lighting the water's crest...
all seriousness aside...
we are three veterans of writing, producing, recording, licensing and marketing music.
We have over 75 years of journeys in the biz between us and we have come to the following conclusions:
1) People like music they know.
2) You never know who is listening. It doesn't matter how good your music is - success relates directly to who knows about it.
3) A piece of music is also a piece of property - like a house or a car. Artists who create a great musical property deserve to get paid fairly for it - and most people can relate to that.
4) A musical artist will get cheated when signing a traditional record deal and the people who love to listen to great music will pay too much for it.
5) Thanks to technology there is a new, better, equitable business model for artists and for people who love to listen to great music - that is -we don't need the old way of doing things anymore!
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| ker - an unstressted syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic words | plunk - to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings) | onmatopoeic - the formation of a word, as kerplunk, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent - KERPLUNKIT |
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