A recent blog entry over at Bassblogger reminded me that I've been wanting to finish my blog article about Dropbox for a while.

Musicians often need to share bigger files with others – cuts from live concerts, mixdowns, new song ideas or even whole Logic project files. I used to use my own server for this, but not everyone has that option, and it will cost you. Some people send these files as an e-mail (and add important information, so that you can't go and delete it)… not the best solution.

But since quite a while, Dropbox offers a very good solution for this problem: With a free account, you get 2 GB of online storage (and using this referral Link, it'll be 2.25 GB). To make use of all the space, you'll need to install the Dropbox software on your Mac, Windows or Linux machine that will then proceed to create a Dropbox folder. That's all! Now, all files that you put into this folder will be synchronised across the computers that you use Dropbox on (and you can use a web browser to access the files if you're on the road). You can also put files into a “public” folder and send anyone a link for them to download the file (whether they have Dropbox or not). On my machine, it looks like this:

One of the best features is that you can share folders for other Dropbox members. Everything put into the folder will appear on everyone's computer – just what you need for the band.

There's a number of websites that offer free storage, but the direct integration of Dropbox into the OS is something I haven't seen anywhere else yet. Therefore, I thoroughly recommend it.

Dropbox – 2.25 GB of free online storage