Adding Music to Your Blog! (YouTube + Soundcloud)

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and for today's post I'm going to be showing you how to add music to your blog! (Specifically on the sidebar) I love listening to music while I read or write a post, so I thought that it would be cool if readers could enjoy the same experience that I have! 

Stick around if you want to learn how!

Adding Music from YouTube

1. First, go to YouTube and find the music you want to import to your blog.

2. Then, when you find your video, click "Share." 

3. The first option you should see says "Embed" (A1). Click it and copy the whole text! (A2)

A2

       

A1

4. Go back to your blog and select "Layout" on the left sidebar. 

5. Click "Add a Gadget" on one of your blog's sidebars and press the "HTML/JavaScript" option.

6. Paste your text into the box! And you're done!

But wait! Why is the video so large? WHAT DO I DOOOOO

Well my friends, that's easily fixable.

1. Go back to the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget. Find "width" and "height" in the beginning of the text. 

2. This part you kind of just have to play around with. Currently mine is set to about 150 width and 200 height! But every blog is different, so just experiment :

Adding Music From Soundcloud

1. Like with the YouTube tutorial, go to Soundcloud and find the audio you want to embed!

2. Click on the title of the audio, and you should see this screen. Click "Share". 

3. After you click Share, there will be 2 tabs. Share will have a couple of options, but you want to go the second tab titled "Embed". 

4. Copy the line that says "code".

5. Now go back to your blog, and click "Layout" on the left sidebar. 

6. On Layout, click "Add a Gadget" on the sidebar and then the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget.

7. Paste the "Code" from Soundcloud into the text box. 

ANNND you're done! 

If the same problem happens with the size of the video, scroll up to the YouTube portion and look for how to resize it :)

Hope this helps with your future or present blog! Thanks for reading and happy blogging!

~popcorn