It doesn't happen all that often - so probably most people know this instinctively - but for those who don't
It's NOT a good idea to have music accompanying your Active Rain post.
It always takes me by surprise - I hit the Next button and - aaaagh!! - music begins blaring out of my speakers. It's one thing when I'm at home - it just scares the cat and irritates me - but at work it is not a good thing. And I'm sure there are plenty of ActiveRainers reading posts at their desk in the office.
A blaring tune in a blog post also affects those whose posts are close to yours in the blog roll. In order to identify the offending post you've got to individually open each post on the page to determine the culprit. The easiest thing to do is just to scroll as fast as you can to the bottom of the page and hit the Next button - missing out on all the other posts on the page.
But of course if you happen to stop and read a post on the next page there's a good chance the blog roll will catch up and the tune will begin blaring again when you hit the back button, pissing off your office mates once again.
Keep in mind - I'm not talking about a video soundtrack. I expect sound when I play the video on your post so I'm prepared. If I'm my desk at work I can always bookmark the post to watch the video later. Music with no warning is something else entirely.
Really - it's your words and your pictures that I look forward to - not your unannounced music.
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