>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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