Hi Amie
I made this to get you started.
Please let me know anything I can clarify for you.
There is quite a bit here. I want you to know that
if this is more than you want to get involved with....
you could just let me know what you want to accomplish....
and I would be happy to just write the code for you.

Note: I made a couple changes here....the first 2 examples (gray background) call up .mp3 files directly and you will probably see a thin (16 pixels) "Quicktime" player.
The remaining examples (black background) call up .m3u files and will probably show a taller (45 pixels) Windows Media Player. Don't worry if this doesn't mean anything to you. It will be explained a little bit below in the yellow cells and I will be glad to shed whatever light I can on it if you have questions.

This is about as basic as it gets. Just a simple player, accessing the .mp3 file directly. The code in blue is the URL of the file where you would substitue yours. The code in green are attributes you can change. This one is set to start the song automatically when the page opens.....the player will be visible.....and it will 16 pixels high X 300 pixels wide.

Both of these first two examples should probably bring up a quicktime player which is NOT "height adjustable"

<embed allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.bhsbluedevils.com/bnk.mp3" autostart=true hidden=false height=16 width=300></embed>

Just to illustrate these points, here is one that is 16 pixels high X 600 pixels wide that will not start automatically. All the changes I made are in purple.

<embed allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.bhsbluedevils.com/gb.mp3" autostart=false hidden=false height=16 width=600></embed>

Now if you are looking to make it a little fancier, you can add stuff. This is the code I am using right now on my profile (except I disabled auto play in this example). I have it built into a table that will keep the graphics (the player and the marquee) centered and maintain their relative position to each other. (If I have lost you with marquees and tables, let me know....I can clear it up.)

Even though you can change both dimensions...you are probably stuck with 45 pixels for height. Any less you will start to cut off part of the player.....amy more and you will just be adding black space. As for width, you can go about as wide as you like, but if you make it under 300 pixels....again...you will cut off some of the player.

<table bgcolor=970102 border=0 cellpadding=3 width=413>
<tr><td><center>
<marquee behavior="scroll" bgcolor="000000" direction="left" scrollamount="3" width=399><font face=verdana color="red" size=3><font color=ffffff>Now Playing........</font>Janis Ian - <font color=yellow><i>"At Seventeen" (1975) <font color=lightgreen></font></font></font></marquee><br>
<embed allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.bhsbluedevils.com/song5.m3u" autostart=false hidden=false height=44 width=399></embed></center></td></tr>
</table>

Many of the elements in this code can be adjusted...I am pretty sure you can figure out which and how....but if you get stuck, let me know.

Here are a couple more codes just to show you where you can go with it.

<table bgcolor=970102 border=10 cellpadding=3 width=413>
<tr><td><center>
<marquee behavior="scroll" bgcolor="000000" direction="left" scrollamount="5" width=399><font face=verdana color="red" size=5><font color=ffffff>Now Playing........</font>Hey Amie - <font color=yellow><I>Are you getting all this? <font color=lightgreen> Is it making any sense at all?</font></font></font></marquee><br>
<embed allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.bhsbluedevils.com/gb.m3u" autostart=false hidden=false height=44 width=399></center></td></tr>
</table>

To make an M3U file:

Open a text editor....(Notepad works fine)......and just type in the location of your .mp3 file like the following example:

http://www.bhsbluedevils.com/gb.mp3

Then save the file......when you are saving it....be sure to change the extension to .m3u. So in this case I would save this file as "gb.m3u" (I used "gb" as a file name because I thought it would be simpler to use the same name for thr m3u file as I did for its corresponding mp3 file....but it is not necessary)

Now you will have two files. In this example there is a text file that I just created called "gb.m3u" and a music file called "gb.mp3". I put them both on the server....and the only thing left is to make sure that I reference the "m3u" file in my Myspace code. Your code will access the m3u file.....and that file wille access the mp3 file.

NOTE: Once you have all this set up....maintenance is easy. I NEVER mess with ANY codes now when I change songs. I just name the new song "gb.mp3" and I upload it to the server where it replaces the old file.....new song....same filename. The only thing I have to change is the text in my marquee. I don't have to touch the m3u file either.

One final thing.....About servers:

You asked which host I use for my domains. I use directnic.com but there are tons of them out there. DirectNic charges $15 a year for your domain name and hosting. If you are going to go this route...you will need to have some FTP software to upload your files to the server. You can even use Internet Explorer for FTP....you just drag and drop your files into it....but I think it is slow and clumsy. There is "Cute FTP" which is a simple popular FTP program....and it is a free download all over the internet (lots of free FTP programs at tucows.com) and I use ACE FTP....which was also free. If you get to this stage and have never done any of this before....just ask me and I will help you.