History and Background:

The mfiles site first appeared in May 2000 as an experimental site on free web-space to share classical music files created using Sibelius. (Following the lead set by the X-Files, mfiles stands for the music files.) The site was then ported to a professional hosting company (1&1 Internet, who we highly recommend for price, features, reliability and its use of renewable energy) and formally launched in its current format in March 2001 with a wider free-ranging scope, and a particular aim to bridge the divide between Classical Music and Film Music. For the foreseeable future, the intention is to build up a sizeable catalogue of Sheet Music, MIDI files and MP3 files, together with informative content in the form of articles, reviews and reference material about composers and their music.

Please note that mfiles provides music files free of charge for personal use only. Our only source of income is through banner advertisements and affiliate schemes. Please support us by visiting our sponsors or make a donation using the button below (you don't need to have a PayPal account to do this):

Ownership and Location:

mfiles is wholly owned and maintained by Jim Paterson, acting as Web Master, Music Setter, Arranger, Composer, Copy-Writer, Reviewer, Editor, Publisher, Graphic Artist and Marketing Manager, and located in South Queensferry near Edinburgh in Scotland as per the map below. It is fair to say that this hobby occupies much spare time, and represents a strong interest in music, particularly Classical and Film music. Recently some reviews and arrangements have been commissioned from other people, so the web-site is no longer entirely the work of one person.

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland

Aims and Strategy:

All mfiles material is provided for personal use only. For public performances, web-site usage, computer games, audio-visual presentations and all other uses, please contact us at mfiles licensing.

Although initiated as a wholly non-commercial enterprise, mfiles is looking to recover its costs through a combination of banner advertising, affiliate programmes, composition, arranging and other music services including the licensing of music files for commercial use. Potential advertisers may wish to know that during the month of December 2005, mfiles attracted approximately 540,000 unique visitors, serving more than 1,700,000 page impressions, 500,000 PDF downloads, 300,000 MIDI downloads and 200,000 MP3 downloads. (Further detailed information on page impressions and visitor demographics is available on request.) Where possible, banners and affiliate programmes will conform to the general music theme of the site, and provide visitors with the opportunity to review and perhaps purchase recommended music. Since many schools and colleges use our music for educational purposes, please note that we do not accept advertising related to adult themes or gambling. We are in no way trying to compete with music publishers, but to complement them by presenting selected music examples together with related informative material, and thus introducing people to free music which might strengthen and kindle a latent interest.