About The House Of Dread

About Houseofdread Entertainment & Music Productions

Houseofdread is the internet domain and intellectual property of Mykal Kumasi Jones (AKA) The Doc.  Greetings! welcome to my house in cyberspace.  The purpose of this site is to function as my personal entertainment lounge and a resource center for musicians, performing artist, producers and music fans.  The house features live radio stations, music and videos, along with a small library of articles covering world history, Africa, music, instruments, religion, cultures and other topics.

History and Development

Established in October of 2003, the domain remained inactive for approximately one year before the actual site was published.  Within that period it was used as my temporary workshop for hosting and testing a new website design i did for the group Reincarnation produced by Crown Jam Records in Boston Mass.  In 2004 the first official publication of Houseofdread was opened to the web community.  2005 saw some changes, tweaking and adjustment to the house until March of 2006 when I completely rebuilt and published the second edition.

The remaining months of 2006 was dedicated to learning advanced designing and development of new web applications while new traffic and registration after the second edition continued to increase.  2007 was a rather static year with very little changes or addition to the house. However, some new features and modifications have been made for 2008. Additional content, fine-tuning and updating are in progress to include a new interactive forum and mobile version of the house.

Building Code & Specifications

This is the third version and latest edition of the Hod. The Building code and document type declaration for this site is XHTML 1.0 Transitional.  In this version the markup is tailored to produce smaller files and faster loading pages linked together by a simple navigation system.  More focus and attention have been placed on content relevance and search engine optimization.  The theme and some design concept from the original versions 1 and 2 have been retained for the rich texture and background light effects.

Tables are not an integral part of this site but they are used moderately on some pages and more often in off-site scripts and advertisement from other sources on the web.  Right clicking is disabled on certain areas of this site in order to protect any copyright images and prevent unauthorized use.  Sorry for any inconvenience caused by this and other precautionary measures.  Webmasters can use their browsers view source to see the building code specifications for this document.

Business Advertisement Affiliates & Services

The advertisement and products displayed on this site are part of an ongoing promotional and marketing campaign by different business, online merchants and houseofdread affiliate partners.  While the focus here is on music, entertainment and musicians resources, shopping at my affiliates sites will lend support to the upkeep and maintenance of houseofdread radio music and online entertainment.

About the Author : The Doc is a freelance musician, music arranger, producer, author and Web designer in Newport Rhode Island.  You can contact the Doc if you need help with any part of the site.