YLC Listening Club

Sounds good. I've got a friend who has a bandcamp, I'll ask him how it works. I just feel like having some kind of central hub where the tunes are at would make the whole thing a LOT more organized, and possibly get more people interested.

^Probably would. That & I don't want to clutter up EKT with a bunch of threads about this. It'd be nice to have a place to host reviews (and possibly discussion/short comments on music, but those probably could be contained in a single thread if need be).

This sounds like it could be pretty cool

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:30 PM, Cryptowen said:

^Probably would. That & I don't want to clutter up EKT with a bunch of threads about this. It'd be nice to have a place to host reviews (and possibly discussion/short comments on music, but those probably could be contained in a single thread if need be).

A blog page, perhaps?

That sounds like it would work. Main reviews would go up as individual posts, short little bits or comments on reviews can go in the comments section or in one EKT thread.

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:56 PM, Sprigg said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:30 PM, Cryptowen said:

^Probably would. That & I don't want to clutter up EKT with a bunch of threads about this. It'd be nice to have a place to host reviews (and possibly discussion/short comments on music, but those probably could be contained in a single thread if need be).

 

 

A blog page, perhaps?

Maybe something similar to what is set up for p168? But no time limit on how you compose, could be old stuff, new stuff, whatever. Just give a submission window. A site like that might be a little ambitious for me to do but maybe there is some kind of template we can work off of? maybe there is a good way to organize this in soundcloud(although we probably want better quality available as well for the albums).

i'd love to get some good constructive crit on my last few releases, and will gladly give my ear to those who want/need it.

I think this sounds like a great idea also. The collection of songs format is good and it's something I could get into by loading them onto my walkman for when I wandering about. I also have an EP of material that I've been half looking to release in some form so if I was to get involved in this it would be the kick up the backside to get on with that.

Plus, I can do constructive criticism well and if people think my music is honking i'm excellent at not taking the huff. The only issue could be my low post count because I'm mostly a lurker...

  On 10/19/2010 at 8:52 PM, Bubba69 said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:56 PM, Sprigg said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:30 PM, Cryptowen said:

^Probably would. That & I don't want to clutter up EKT with a bunch of threads about this. It'd be nice to have a place to host reviews (and possibly discussion/short comments on music, but those probably could be contained in a single thread if need be).

 

 

A blog page, perhaps?

 

Maybe something similar to what is set up for p168? But no time limit on how you compose, could be old stuff, new stuff, whatever. Just give a submission window. A site like that might be a little ambitious for me to do but maybe there is some kind of template we can work off of? maybe there is a good way to organize this in soundcloud(although we probably want better quality available as well for the albums).

What exactly is p168?

  On 10/20/2010 at 6:43 AM, Sprigg said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 8:52 PM, Bubba69 said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:56 PM, Sprigg said:

  On 10/19/2010 at 6:30 PM, Cryptowen said:

^Probably would. That & I don't want to clutter up EKT with a bunch of threads about this. It'd be nice to have a place to host reviews (and possibly discussion/short comments on music, but those probably could be contained in a single thread if need be).

 

 

A blog page, perhaps?

 

Maybe something similar to what is set up for p168? But no time limit on how you compose, could be old stuff, new stuff, whatever. Just give a submission window. A site like that might be a little ambitious for me to do but maybe there is some kind of template we can work off of? maybe there is a good way to organize this in soundcloud(although we probably want better quality available as well for the albums).

 

What exactly is p168?

project 168 was to create an ep in a week (or 168 hours)... there have been 4 iterations; the official site is down but see me as tht! tne on slsk for all the mp3s

take advantage of wattem blogs?

^That could also be a good option. At the very least it would bring some life to what appears to be a fairly inactive blog scene.

I'm going to try to do some research this weekend, possibly get something set up for hosting music/write-ups.

WHY ISN'T THIS HAPPENING?!

I'm still up for it. We just need something to host reviews (and possibly music for some people). What about setting up one of those free forums for this - would that work?

That may be a cool idea, yeah, as long as it had bandwidth for uploads, or perhaps they could be distributed via torrent?

^Torrent would probably work, just so long as the creators keep seeding it.

As far as posting reviews, though, what do you guys think - would this thread be good enough or should I keep looking for something like a forum to host them?

You could create a mediafire account for uploading archives. Just require whoever to PM you for the password the first time. On another forum we shared an account which had 100GB+ uploaded, lots of bandwidth usage and no problems. There are per file stats, you can organise folders etc. You can always get people to use soundcloud for a taster track or two, but I think that's going against the idea of this?

Are there any free blog providers with decent comment systems? Maybe there's a switch to flip to enable multiuser blogs here, ask JR or chaosmachine. People could submit or suggest things, you and some curators control the blog and schedule the listening.

And yeah good idea. I'm always putting off clicking on the releases listed in people's signatures.

^What about Wordpress? I could set something up, & then when the reviewing starts people could send me their stuff & I'd post it.

I think this will work...

Okay, so anyone who wants to take part, send me a PM with a link to the album/EP/playlist/whatever you want reviewed. If it's not already available online somewhere, create a torrent & send me that. If you don't know how to make a torrent, go here. If you don't want to make a torrent then...I dunno.

I'll give this a few days, at least, see what sort of response it gets. Once enough people have officially signed up we can set up a schedule. GOGOGO

Awesome, I'll put some stuff together. I think I have enough decent tracks to put together an EP.

can noobs enter?

^I hope so. I joined in January.

edit- yar

So far I've got links to specific things for review from:

Wahrk

Sneaksta303

Ranky Redloaf

Cryptowen (of course)

I know other people have said they wanted in, but I don't think I've received links from them yet. CHOP CHOP Y'ALL

I would like but i think i have just two or three tracks i could send to you.

Hey man, some EP's are two or three tracks.

When I get my arse in gear I'll have an EP or summat together. Hopefully by the end of the week. Just gotta quit being lazy.