Frequently Asked Questions

What is MoBetta?

A jam band! Click here for more information.

Who writes your tunes?

No one. Well, everyone. Well...we come up with that stuff on the spur of the moment really. Besides some of the obvious musical references, it's all improvisation. In other words, we just sit there and come up with that stuff at random.

No way! Really?

Really.

Do you gig anywhere?

We have no regular gig, but we'd love to come play for you. Email us if you'd like us to play somewhere, we can discuss details over email.

Have you done this kind of thing live before?

Yes, check the site for our live gig recordings.

Do you have a CD out?

Nope. This site is like our CD. It's cheaper to distribute, and it's really a newer format for music. We've decided (for now) that coming up with a jam a week is far more interesting than working for 10 months on 10 songs that we think are "radio ready". Music has much more potential than that, and while it's not a bad thing to make a CD, we'd like to try something different.

Who knows? We aren't opposed to making a CD either, maybe it'll happen. If this site starts swamping the server we have it on, it'll likely happen sooner than later.

Can I copy your music?

Well we can't exactly stop you from storing the media on your computer, since you have to do that anyway to listen to them. We don't mind if you give the media to friends, all we ask is that you give us credit and don't try to pass it off as your own.

What is a "Hotlist"?

That is a way of marking certain stories that have interesting discussions or content so you can access them more quickly. A little box will appear on the right with the stories you've hotlisted appearing in that box for easy access. Don't make it too big!

How do RSS feeds work here?

Man, this is a touchy subject. There's too many conflicting non-standards to be perfect, but we tried our best. We support RSS 1.0 for most people, RSS 2.0, and iTunes compatable RSS 2.0 for podcasting.

Since we wrote custom software to handle RSS, if these do not meet your needs or you find our RSS doesn't work, email us with a good technical description of what the problem is. If we can, we will try to support you. Naturally, any technically savvy suggestions are warmly welcome and will be met with the most professional of geekese we can muster.

If you need RSS 1.0, then use the prefix http://www.mobettajam.com/rss/1.0/ followed by the section name.

If you need RSS 2.0, then use the prefix http://www.mobettajam.com/rss/2.0/ followed by the section name.

If you want to subscribe to this as an iTunes podcast then use this link: http://www.mobettajam.com/rss/itunes/. Just select Advanced>Subscribe To Podcast and enter the previous link.

If you do not specify a section name, you will get the front page of our site.

How do I contact you guys?

You can email us here.

What software are you using to run this site?

It's called "Scoop". Check the bottom of the page for the relevant links.

You're good. Can you help me with my website?

That would be a question you'd direct to MightyD. He's a UNIX/Internet/web consultant and you can reach him here.