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From:
Shannon Oram
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Date:
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:39:44 -0800
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Re: [idm] Hello to all far and wide.
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>I would like to see is an [...] album release date calender for anyone >wanting to participate. This would be nice. I think it would be also cool if the site hosted notable idm releases from various net labels. - Shannon Ben Gates wrote:
quoted 47 lines This would be in regards to the recent posts about the current list and it's> 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 >
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