This would be in regards to the recent posts about the current list and it's
content, it's frequency, it's genre bending, its lack of excitement for me (
Sorry, but this method of communication seems a little dated to me)... etc
I myself relatively new to the list find it far from exciting to really pay
attention to on a regular basis. I'm not sure if I'm over stepping on this
list or not but I'm interested in setting up a new place for us to go and
share not only our thoughts, but our pictures, videos, mp3's, equipment
reviews, a software update list, etc... I want it to be similar to
something like a
http://hypebeast.com/, or Kanye's
Blog<
http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/>or
nahright.com <
http://nahright.com/news/>. I'm not saying that you need to
like the content of those 3 blogs obviously, I'm just using them as a good
reference for a "cool" modern day spot to go and see what's up.
I took it upon myself to purchase a domain name called thisisidm.com (This
is IDM). Here is the catch, I'm not an experienced website builder or HTML
guy. Sure, I can set up some basic stuff using templates, software and what
not, but this blog/site could be way cooler if someone with some website
development skills would be willing to help get it going. I'm thinking a
wordpress.org set-up with me as the moderator with back end access for now.
The idea is to have people submit material and I will post it to the site
and hopefully soon enough the material is so vast that it would one day
require some sponsors and a full time moderator.
I don't really want this to expand too far outside of electronic music
creation and the surrounding culture at this point, but I'm not a closed
minded person either, so once again I am open to input. I would like to see
some organized sections for the previously mentioned topics as well as a
fully functioning chatting forum as well, and then one of the biggest things
I would like to see is an up to date international live performance, and
album release date calender for anyone wanting to participate. I'm hoping
to get some feedback from anyone or everyone both positive and negative on
this idea. I want to make it absolutely clear that I am not saying that I
think this list should stop, but what I am saying is that it would be cool
to have somewhere else to congregate besides this list and myspace. With
that being said let me also say this is my first post here as well, so I'm
not sure if it will be my last for stepping on someone's heels or if it will
be welcomed with open arms. This message has not been sent or posted
anywhere else yet either, infact this whole idea of mine is only 1 week
old...
Thanks for listening.
Ben Gates
bengates@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/bengatesmusic