Why aren't my widgets autoplaying?

Why aren't my widgets autoplaying when I set them to AutoPlay?
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  • Everyone, thanks for your patience on this topic. Here is the latest information now on the AutoPlay function for ReverbNation widgets:

    1. We (ReverbNation) have disabled the AutoPlay function for widgets that are embedded on a class of websites that treat flash widgets in a certain way, technically.

    2. The disabling of AutoPlay on this class of sites DOES NOT affect any other functionality of the widgets.

    3. So why did we do it? MySpace notified us that they will not accepts embeds of our widgets if we continue to offer the AutoPlay function within them. They have every right to make this decision about the user experience of their website, just as we do about ours. Given the importance of MySpace to Artists, we determined that it was in the best interest of our community to comply with their requirement.

    But we didn't want to remove AutoPlay from the widgets altogether if we didn't have to. So our tech team found a way for our widgets to detect a certain technical characteristic of the MySpace site, and turn off AutoPlay only when they saw it. Unfortunately, that same technical characteristic is applied by some other websites (some people have mentioned Ning, but there are others for sure).

    The result is that AutoPlay will work in some instances now, and not in others. The only way to know for sure is to place the embed code and try it out. We hope that this is better for our users than if it didn't work at all.
    We apologize for the inconvenience this creates, but we are always trying to make the best decisions we can for the community.

    P.S. It would be cool if we could make a running list here of the websites upon which AutoPlay no longer works. It may help us refine the detection system someday and reduce the number of sites on this list. I'll start:

    MySpace
    Ning
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    • To me this is not so much about the auto-play problem, but is the way RVN and Myspace went about making the change. We the artist were a afterthought in this process. We are the ones that were affected directly. What both RVN and MS don't seem to realize is that most of us use, and are members of both sites. Because of this miscalculation they both are going to loose a lot of their good members. One piece of advise from one CEO to another don't change the game in mid-stream without notifying those that will be most affected.Thanks to both sites it was a fun run.
      Bill Wren
      billwrenmusic. .
    • Reverbnation you have forgotten where your roots are ~ you have forgotten to be caring ~ just look at the stats for this page ~ you are the only ones who agree with your solution...
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  • I’m sad
    Hello Scotty,my widgets at the promotional site : www.frenchmusic.ning.com/paulocadima,and hi5 are NOT Workin on AUTO PLAY,on these pages.I'm the number 1 on the Rock Charts for Portugal,and 'this change'it's not Helping at all,specialy at the 'frenchmusic' site.can you help me with 'this problem' ?? Thanks.Best Regards n Greetings from Portugal. www.reverbnation.com/Paulo Cadima
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  • Well at least I know now for sure what's going on. Good luck to both of you! I'm number 7 in my region here in the USA. Getting ready to put up a new tune. www.reverbnation.com/soulmighty Hope things are good in France. I've heard about the gov. trying to increase the retirement age. Good topic to write a song about.. Later!
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  • Right I've just reposted my main tune widget on myspace again and it doesn't autoplay which is what I think you said earlier Johhny, I was a bit confused by that. So is that final? My widget will never autoplay again on my myspace profile?

    The last few days have really proved how important that function is because daily plays have dropped down to almost nothing despite widget hits on myspace being roughly the same high amount as usual. Visitors don't seem to be inclined to press play.

    That's ridiculous of myspace to make that decision. Why couldn't they have just disabled autoplayers on people's comments? I'm sure that the majority of users would've welcomed that idea!

    Thanks for looking into the problem :)
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  • I’m frustrated
    Right I don't know what's going on now but just today both my 'Wainscott' myspace and reverbnation widgets have been set to manual play. http://www.myspace.com/wainscottmusic http://www.reverbnation.com/wainscott
    I've reposted the one on myspace which changed to autoplay absolutely fine when I clicked on autoplay: yes and copied the code but on myspace it's still stayed as manual play. On my reverbnation profile I've left it as it is just to prove to you that a widget on your own site has changed to manual play without me changing it myself. And I might add that both of these widgets autoplayed earlier today, it looks like they both changed at the same time. So could this still be a myspace problem since my 'Wainscott' profile has a 1.0 layout.which wasn't effected at the same time as all the other widgets on other people's sites?
    • Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
    • I know it makes no sense and the weird thing is that on my 'Luna' profile since not notching up many plays there's been no difference whatsoever, I'm still losing 10 points everyday. My 'Wainscott' profile has still lost 15 points today as usual even though plays and listeners have dropped dramatically. It's almost like certain artists have something coded into their accounts to make that happen. There really is no reason for it when my 'Luna' profile has been doing better than ever statistically. And when you consider there are sometimes random artists that have just signed up and gone straight into the top 20 globally, it's hardly fair is it?
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  • I’m not happy with MySpace who cares about no one!
    Reverbnation,
    Google Blogspot.com no longer autoplays. We do not like MySpace and do not recommend this site for anyone. Please stream at other social networks.
    Sincerely,
    http://www.reverbnation.com/iamasundance extremely not happy!
    • Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
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  • Reverbnation family,
    We stream at hundreds of blogs. I'm sorry but this could cause us to go somewhere else for embed codes. We will be patient for awhile. And to sea if you can solve the problem. Google blogs, Google apps and Google domains have been affected.
    Concerned user,
    White Buffalo Calf Woman
    http://www.reverbnation.com/whitebuff...
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    • Relatives, Greg back at you, I'm with you too.

      Making a list. Checking it twice, gonna find out who is naughty or nice. Music is going to save our souls this day. Before I leave, I speak to you, I hope your clan does find a view, where all is happy, all is playing true! Your devoted servant, White Buffalo Calf Woman loves you!

      Recommended music sites that have autoplayers. Please add here! Thank you!
      1. Soundclick (Bill Wren)
      2. ?
    • We have bill wren on not just french music http://www.frenchmusic.ning.com back to the subject : Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
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  • I’m finally getting to see some justice.
    I wonder why when I first began to ask RN about the autoplay feature they decided to lie to me rather than simply tell the truth. Just so everyone is clear, RN has also been limiting the number of plays per listener too. An example would be to have one of your fans listen to a song of yours 5 times (from a widget). RN will not record 5 plays. They are trying to limit number of plays in addition to removing autoplay.

    Everything you have read from RN (above) on this matter makes no sense. What does make sense is that RN is trying to control who charts in a given region. Probably due to payolla... Never think for a second that money in someone else's pocket doesn't effect yours.
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    • Reverbnation Family,
      Holiness David tells me each time that their servers are used, it costs them money. They are trying to cut corners by limiting plays. Control, yes, I can agree with this Dave Richard. Money is a motivation for social network companies, just look at the cost of submissions, as this should be free.

      Go looking instead of flee, reverbnation, Johnny the official rep. Solve problems, this is good business and morality is good for the heart, success for all music! You did say make a list. Let's do it.
      Relative, White Buffalo Calf Woman
    • Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
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  • Wev are leaving if they do not fix the problem, give us an alternative code for other than MySpace. Honsetly we can use any player because we use it for charity and other music highlights to play when a site we operate opens
    • Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
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  • I am not "Holiness David".. Just so everyone's clear..
    • Holiness David Running Eagle, world wide semiconductor (computer hardware) education(training engineers), retired, now serving the people. http://mycomputerisprotected.blogspot...
    • Reply to Paul Faulkner: i thoght i was the only person experiencing this "dead straight drop" of Band equity despite having plus figures for all other sections , i.e. fans , plays, widget hits. it is so strange taking into account the coplexities of the calculations that reverbnation have to make (by their own admission) to arrive at the daily chart positions that my personal band equity should drop (in a dead straight line for one month, i have been with reverbnation for i think 4 years and have always seen a fluctuating Band equity score ~ never a straight line which would defy proffessors of mathematics......
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  • Hello all,

    I would like to clarify a few of the misleading claims that have been made in this thread. First of all, we had no control over the decision by MySpace to no longer allow the autoplay feature on their site. We disabled it on our Widgets to insure that you, the users, would still be allowed to post our Widgets on MySpace. MySpace is used by many of our customers, and we did not want to limit your compatibility with their site.

    In regards to the accusations about our site not counting plays, these claims are totally false. We want our users to have as many plays as possible. We benefit in no way at all by limiting the number of song plays that we count. It does not cost us extra money to count plays, and we would never cut corners to hurt our customers.

    I will also note that we do not artificially boost the stats of users who pay for services. We offer over 90 percent of our site for no charge at all. All of the inputs in our Band Equity can be accessed without paying anything. We do not offer an unfair advantage to our paying users.

    We are working on ways to better target the autoplay feature on our Widgets. This thread is set up for the purpose of establishing a list of the sites that are affected by the change in our autoplay feature. Please let me know these sites and we can work on improving the autoplay feature.
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    • No they are absolutely free. I always thought you had to pay to subscribe to them but surprisingly that's not the case so I'd strongly recommend you try them. There's no way I can guarantee that they'll work on all these other sites but I can honestly say that on my myspace profile that has the 1.0 layout I tried about four of these new widgets before I decided on the one that I liked and they all worked properly.
    • So i cancell all my paid for subscriptions ~ and i care not for the charts ~ you have lost my faith in you Mr Corporate Reverbnation
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  • Relatives, I am still looking for autoplayers and recommendations form other sites. Please post other sights or email me directly, what has worked for you, whitebuffalocalfwoman@gmail.com Now I hope Reverbenation fixes their problem, but it seems for myspace customer out weights google content. I am sorry for this, however, I need autoplayers now. If I don't hear resolve I must go looking on the www. Reverb has grown, maybe some of us aren't suited for this growth.

    Companies are allow to choose, what works best for them, however, a good company solves problems for customers. So I will give it a few more days, and by next week, new code isn't written, I will use an alternative auto player. For me the count doesn't matter for our groups, but I know it does help me guide how many visitors I do get on our hundreds of blogs and domains. Okay, blessings all of you in nine directions. your devoted servant, whitebuffalocalfwoman
    • Bravo ~ but we are a small voice ~ amongst the corporate see - saw of "you provide the hours and dedication and musical composition and we will exploit your talent for monetry gain ,,, This is normal and quite legal...i personnally am angry with the stupidity of the "sheep like ~ pied piper following" of me and thousands of others....good luck too those few who gain ~ but it will not be off my freely given hard work
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  • I’m perplexed
    I was going to and went to my myspace page. Low and behoold! My autoplay is working again. I never changed the code. Strange.. check it out.. www.myspace.com/soulmighty
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  • Thank you Dave and Paul,
    Used new code and autoplay is working, as I did like the old players. Using firefox and google chrome. Haven't checked myspace yet. My widget hits remain as if autoplay is on. Now I just have to track my hundred of sites. Now where are they? Thank you again Dave and Paul for speaking up.

    Most social networks these days, don't work for you, but themselves. I certainly find this to be the case at Myspace. But I have to create a presence there, for the people. I do find it to be the worst as far as viruses and malware is concerned.
    Have a great day, blessings to all of you, and relatives at reverbnation.
    your devoted servant, White Buffalo Calf Woman
    • Well I'm glad that's all sorted, I just wished I'd have thought of using the newer widgets in the first place or that we could've been advised properly.

      Yes myspace is very unstable but I also find that with reverbnation lately. I can't even access the site quite often. Both sites used to be very efficient and it was facebook that was a big let down being full of bugs and errors but now it's the complete vice versa, facebook works really well. I too have quite a following on my myspace and reverbnation profiles so I can;t really abandon them despite all their problems.

      Let's hope that's the end of the problem with the players on here.

      Paul :)
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  • why don't the label accounts players have the new widgets!!! :/
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  • Relative K.I.L.L.A.M.A.N.

    Think change just happened over time, and I don't think they target label or not. Just go to the side bar on your reverb page and get code for your music player. I think all the codes are new, for everyone. I hope this helped.

    We just have to change the embed codes. I know I had to go and get new codes and these seem to work. As my old code did not autoplay, but did function as a player. The new designs are the only choice we have now. I did like the old players. If you need any help I will try to assist.

    Keep on singing, White Buffalo Calf Woman Sings!
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  • Emma. That is exactly what I was going to say ver-batem...amazing!

    Tom Wilson
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  • I’m sad
    It is strange Tom, i see at the top of the page that only one person agrees with the solution found and that seems to be Reverbnation. With everyone else quite sad....and still no reply ~ Perhaps now we know why MR c is in personal contact with MR f ~ OH OK SO WE DO NOT ROCK THE COSY BOAT OF LOVE.
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  • I’m being obtuse?
    "The company marked this question as answered."

    Should the company where WE send our MONEY mark the question as ASKED and let the customers tell THEM when it has been satisfactorily answered? Simple math/business problem.
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  • I’m a PAYING CUSTOMER
    I'm a statistics tracker. Just for some though. SINCE the auto-play went away Reverbnation has grown in musicians by 40% in 145 days! Those NEW 40% are NOT being penalized for auto plays theu put out when they WERE recommended. I posted an acoustic version of a song this week. The acoustic veresion REPLACED a version I put up in May on auto-play. The new version is now auto play AND I DID NOT SEND IT OUT THAT WAY. Someone please fix the math as the ne folks pass us by....
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  • Beloved Relative Tom,
    My auto players play, auto, regardless of what new songs I add, it's all automatic. You may need an "autoplay code" and an "not autoplay mode", depending on your site.

    I use both, depending on where they need to go. However, replacing music, that's something else. I hope you can solve your problem.

    Again, player code is either autoplay or not play, and your new songs are added automatically. I hope I have helped. I'm sorry about your REPLACEMENT of music.

    40% is 145days, wow that's incredible. That's all the advertising or really spam I am getting in my emails these days. Well is overflowing for them, and the competition is on. Good luck everyone with your music.

    your devoted servant,
    White Buffalo Calf Woman Sings
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  • Relative Jeff Adams,
    You said, "How can we place an autoplay widget on a platform that accepts autoplay when autoplay does not work on my own Reverbnation platform ? :("

    And I recommend going to get new code, as this worked for me. All my widgets had to be replaced with new code. Sorry, but at least this should fix the problem.

    your devoted servant,
    White Buffalo Calf Woman Sings
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  • I’m annoyed again
    Autoplay on my pro widget was working up untill recently, and now has stopped autoplaying again. please advise.
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    • AS a singer/songwriter see auto-play as SPAM pure and simple. If I have to "force" y music on my customers to "score chart points" then I quit. I want folks to CHOSE to listen. As long as auto-play is disabled across the board aren't we all essentially on the same page? Tom Wilson
    • Same here. I didn't realise this was the same thread from three months ago as I'm involved with a newer thread from the last few weeks. Infact there's a number of threads about the same problem. http://support.reverbnation.com/rever... On there you'll find that I've posted several examples of other kinds of players that work fine on at least myspace so it is 100% proved to be a reverbnation problem.
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  • there is nothing more annoying than when I'm (you is) working on the Net and have my own little tune going trough the speakers and come across a site where there is music playing on autoplay and now we have a second tune blasting in my(your) ears. so to make a short storey long I"M GLAD THAT AUTOPLAY IS OF AT R/N at least one place where I'm left the choice to listen or not!!!!!
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  • I’m sad
    Dear Andy.
    I am very pleased that you are pleased our music widget does not autoplay. However, we all have an opinion and i think if you look at the above comments you may be in a minority.
    The subject for this thread of conversation is , "Why arnt my widgets autoplaying" and the question posed is a technical question, directed to the staff at reverbnation. So although we all appreciate your concern and input it really does not answer the question.
    We all have opinions but none of us have all the answers ~ thats why we posed the question to the experts at reverbnation. May your god bless you and keep you happy
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    • Pleased is not what I am. What I am is cognizant of the fact that some folks (MYSpace) for example have made it very clear that they DO NOT want their profile buried in auto-play (music they did not ask for). I am not one of those people. I'm a singer/songwriter who understands the definition of SPAM and I prefer to have my music listened to by CHOICE and the charts to reflect that choice. It really is about the quality of our work and the resulting demographic we attract. No auto-play still puts us all on the same page. Peace
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  • I’m Tolerant/understanding
    Amen Whitetatonkacalfwoman!

    Auto-play are nice for racking up points and pissing of customers. The customer DOES NOT want SPAM on their site. Smart sellers will honor that wish. Auto play is SPAM plain and simple and I am a singer/songwriter.
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    • I do agree Tom. A musician should never put a player on someone elses site that is set to autoplay. It's just bad manners. I should be able to put an autoplay music player on my own site. I have been an independent recording artist for over 5 years and people come to my pages to HEAR MY MUSIC! This is the issue. The players are not working the way the site owners at reverbnation promised. I have the right to put an autoplay music player on my own pages but I don't have the right to put one on yours.
    • I totally agree Stephen!
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  • I’m excited and dissapointed by the debate.
    Dear Mr Tom Wilson,
    It may surprise you to know ~ i actually agree with you. However i am asking, why has autoplay stopped working on my and other artist's various "static" pages and personnel sites.

    These static autoplay widgets on the artist's sites or profile pages are used as an introduction to the artist's work, and as the viewer of the page has decided to click the link to go to that artist page to discover more information.

    So why not when the visitor arrives, provide the visitor with the feeling and ambiance the artist would like to evoke i.e. there special compositions.

    Photographers display there photogaphs, Authors display there words, poloticians display their policies, religions display their beliefs even terrorists of one state or another, display their words."Full frontal on their own home pages".

    Spamming is not the question here not in this context or within the question. The question is and always will be;

    "Why when we are given the choice to "autoplay or not to autoplay" Are we denighed the choice".

    It is very true that a large percentage of Reverbnation artist's look to the Reverbnation chart's as their only "real prospect" of having their work recognised on the internet or for that matter anywhere on this planet. They also realise that "player plays" add to thier statistics and standing within the realms of the "Virtual Charts".

    So why not allow an Artist the ability when the choice is given by "Reverbnation" to place an autowidget on their own personal promotion site or profile for the sole reason given above, i.e. the artist free decision to deliver an ambiance of their work. In the same way the other organisations and groups mentioned above do.

    This question is not about spamming, but i hope i have minimised your fears that the question might be about that.

    P.S. I am not sure you realise but Reverbnation Widgets that are "not on autoplay" are spammed by the tens of thousands each day.

    In fact Reverbnation postivly encourage, "on line viral promotion". If thats not spamming in sheep's clothing i don't know what is,

    If we take into account a vast majority of widgets bear the name and logo of Reverbnation and each widget has the artist name on it. I am not sure ;

    "Who is spamming who" OR " "Who is useing who". are you Tom ?

    But lets blame the little lowely artist shall we Tom. But only if the question is about spamming.

    Written without predudice.

    Emma Mory.
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  • Reverbnation is a predatory site---feeding and profiting from Artist's work and dreams. The answer is a real competitor!!! The audacity to publish "Chart Rankings" on their own rediculous calculations--which DO NOT take into account SALES!!!! The only justice would be for all 1 million Artists to LEAVE all at once!!! Personally, I hate this site and the management.
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  • Davis Brothers Ashbury commented 1 day ago "where is this new code?"

    Beloved Relatives Ashbury Band,
    On your profile at www.reverbnation.com/your name. Your front page. Look closely and to the right of the page at least mine is this way, you will find your code access panel.

    I have added images for you. 1, 2, 3, 4. Our page for "I am a Sun Dance" collaborations. If you have any more questions just let me know. I will try to post these images for everyone when I get the chance.

    love and blessings,
    Your devoted servant, White Buffalo Calf Woman

    our page below http://www.reverbnation.com/iamasundance


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