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My initial thoughts were to make available separate rooms for each artist to "store" their works, like an online CD attached to a forum, within their own personal forum area . That was my thought behind the concept of having a personal forum area for each artist. The forum rooms could be added to a "Music area" grouping as each artist applied for one.. they would not be available to the "fly by night - check out my link" type poster. The artist would have to have a minimum amount of songs (say 6) to obtain a room...and consideration of their own gain from external advertising would need to be considered as well. (I dont necessarily want mp3.com ads all over the place.. in the forum or by links....though this will have to be looked into) How that artist ran their room , ie by locking threads that held links, or leaving them open to encourage feedback, could be entirely up to the artists themselves. Quote:
The general Forum area would be an ideal platform for the introduction and discussion of any new specific freeshare filesharing program that was to become available. I don't think creating a multitude of subforums up front is the way to go in respect to general discussion areas. I have always encouraged a common forum area (i.e the Underground) and from that, a blend of topics,direction and areas of discussion unfolds. In time, and as the need to stop focused topic areas sinking into the abyss occurs, new forums could be established to focus on those areas which are popular enough to warrant it. Quote:
I totally agree that the General area should be used to primarily discuss an artists work, .... however my thoughts as described before, were to have personal areas where the musician could store those works/links and threads after they were discussed in the general forum area (via your move/copy function), so that in time, if a member was interested in checking out all your songs and the topics that were generated from those songs, they wouldn't have to search back through a multitude of threads to actually locate them within the General Discussion area. In time, as the artist got more well known...that artists own private forum area would take on a life of it's own as well, therefore perhaps creating a more focused discussion on their music as the popularity of that artist rose..... Just my thoughts, but I'm very open to your collective ideas on the matter.. Quote:
I thought that the incentive and availablity of "earning" a private forum storage area, would have encouraged members to interact and actually be another goal with which to aim for in sharing and producing their music.. All members would primarily introduce their works in the general forum area for discussion and feedback. ..in time and if they want, they can then apply for a private storage/discussion forum. Forums for "New Music...or Independant Artists" is a good option too.......although at the start.. all subject matter would probaby be best contained in the General area....untill such time as the new areas were needed. (we can add anything we want really) I'm all for separate General Discussion forums of whatever type you see fit.. should the need arise....we dont want to thin it out too much at the start I think. My main objective with the private forum thing, was to provide a structure for what may happen in time... The private forums do not need to be added now..what you see is for example purposes only. Quote:
A specific test or sample forum for sounds could be looked into where members that have faster connections can go to hear songs that a member would like to post...they would know what they are in for... A word of caution...in order to limit spammers and abuse, the embeded audio must not be automatically enabled upon entry to a thread...this would have to be monitored because if two people set autostart embeded sounds into a thread....there are two songs playing at the same time....this could also be a way to cause disruption. Quote:
In regards to an artists work being advertised here and the placing of links to commercial sites (mp3.com etc), how do you see that fitting in with our normal forum policy of no advertising? I have not allowed commercial links to be displayed here so far...this is a self funded forum concept. I know the artists would be encouraging people to buy their works..that's only fair to cover their running costs and production. Some points to consider,.....In time the potential popularity of this concept will naturally require an increase in server/host demand...ie more cost to myself.... if this becomes the case, some form of community support may be appropriate to actually help fund the running costs of the forum itself. (I dont like ads) I certainly dont mind continuing to pay for what we have here.(heck.. I love doing this stuff, it makes me feel good )..as long as it isn't overly exploited to make personal monetary gain at my expense... it also detracts from the "free" sharing concept that we all like so much... anyway.. food for thought.... gaz |
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