GAME: Guess Song by Sound Clip! *COMPLETED*

Okay, here's the easiest approach that doesn't require the expensive software I prefer to use (but is basically the same process).

A very basic step-by-step that you should be able to follow, assuming you have the basic computer literacy implied by your use of Listology.

1. Make a list of songs whose clips you want to feature.
2. Download LAME - it is the encoder we'll be using to compress the audio data into MP3. Unzip (I'm assuming you have Winzip and know how to use it? If not, say so and I'll explain) the file you just downloaded to a place you can remember.
3. Download and install Audacity, the program you will be using to isolate the sound clips.
4. Once you've installed Audacity, run the program and open the first file you'd like to extract a clip from (whether it's a song file on your hard drive or a track from a CD in your CD drive shouldn't matter).
5. Find the section of the song you'd like to clip out in the song timeline (the long series of vertical lines of different lengths). Hit the play button to play the song. Click on the song timeline anywhere to reposition your cursor, hit stop, then play again to play from that point in the song.
6. Once you have determined where in the song timeline your desired clip appears, you must highlight it. To do this, click and hold the left mouse button at the start of your sound clip, drag to the end of the clip, and release.
7. Hit Play to verify that you've selected the correct portion of the song. You can extend or contract either end of your selection by clicking on an edge of the selection (your cursor will change to a pointing hand) and dragging it, just as you did to initially make the selection. Keep hitting Play and readjusting your highlighted selection until you are satisfied.
8. Click File -> Export Selection as MP3.
9. I generally save the file to my Desktop to make everything easy, since I won't be keeping the file after I upload it to the web anyway. Also, be sure to name the file nebulous so that we can't guess the clip by the filename. Save the file.
10. You will be prompted to find the LAME encoder you downloaded and installed in step #2. Click "yes" and navigate to the folder you unzipped the LAME file to. Select the lame_enc.dll that was extracted there and click 'Open.'
11. You will be prompted to edit the ID3 tags for the file. Clear every field so no one can guess the clip through the metadata (unless you want to leave hints that way). Click OK.
12. Congrats! You've created your first clip! Open the next song. Audacity will open it in a new program window, so you can close the old one. If it prompts you about saving changes, select 'no.'
13. Repeat the steps (only this time, you won't be prompted to locate the LAME encoder file) until you've created all of your song clips.
14. Now you should have all of your song clips in .mp3 format in a convenient folder (I suggested your Desktop). We have to get them online, now. Does your ISP provide file storage? If not, or if you don't know how to use it, no problem. I can set up an account for you with a free file hosting service and teach you how to use it.

Any problems/questions, let me know. Of course, this was all written assuming you're running a recent version of Windows (98 and up should do the trick).