a little help from my friends...

if i were to try and go legit and get my own site and then posted a select few songs from my own back catalog, would i get slapped with a C&D, or worse, a lawsuit? is it considered illegal if it is just a few songs to showcase an artist or something? does anybody know the correct answer to this? ...or, can anyone recommend a good web hosting service, taking into consideration that i know nothing about building websites?