Clay Anderson Johnson
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On 4/7/2022 at 3:02 AM, john said:
What is the most important aspect of your songs/music?
I like to combine the Primitive and the Primal with the Classic and the Modern to show all of human history is but a brief snapshot in the life of the universe, a split second in relative time.
The arc of all human civilizations in total are but a brief moment in time and space which through our limited faculties of perception appear to be far more than they are.
Two mathematicians at Stanford University have put forth a mathematical proof of the Kahn-Kalai conjecture. This is a validation of random structure theory the implications of which might be that our most advanced astrophysicists could be totally off base about the way the universe has and is developing.
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On 4/7/2022 at 3:02 AM, john said:
What is the most important aspect of your songs/music?
Savagery! Feeling the throbbing Bass and pounding Drums.
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The Easter holiday gave me more time than I had previously thought and my OCD kicked in.
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4 hours ago, GregB said:
I'm a bit late to this Topic, but that's never stopped me before!
Like Greg B, my home studio is in what was formerly a bedroom and though not sound insulated noise has never been a problem unless my or my neighbors lawn maintenance people showed up.
Most, though not all, real studios I have been in had a separate engineers booth not one big room. From your description it sounds like you have only one room.
Is it possible to move at least some of the heat producing equipment just outside the room? Both Boston's first album and Led Zeppelin III were recorded in a home with the equipment outside in a van.
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On 10/11/2016 at 4:24 PM, McnaughtonPark said:
Effortlessly
You said this is unfinished. Is the last section intended to become the Chorus? I would make sense based upon the title.
Also what type of accompaniment do you envision? From the cadence and flow this seems like more of a piano than a guitar song.
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I put up today's Blog post Branding.
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On 4/4/2022 at 3:14 AM, GregB said:
This is loooong report about my recent discovery of revenue
Great post!
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I posted my first Blog entry for this week, Blog Writing.
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On 4/8/2022 at 2:02 PM, Martin Nash said:
Thanks for the help
You can also find out a lot more about who you are talking with by looking at their profiles. There is an About Me page. There are several people who are very good in different areas.
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Going over the notes from my Blog post of today I realized I had not copied two entire paragraphs so there is an updated version now.
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I posted my second Blog entry for the week, Storytelling.
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I have no new music, however I did just have a new Blog post.
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7 hours ago, Paul Hayworth said:
Wonder what you think?
You created your own personal death spiral by posting this as your introduction. Few will listen to it as this is not the place and makes you look only interested in self promotion.
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1 hour ago, NoahHenry said:
Hi all - I'm a music researcher based at the University of York where we are conducting some research into user interactions with music in everyday life! In this brief online survey, we are exploring how, where, and why people listen to music day-to-day. If this sounds interesting to you, then please consider taking part in our 10 minute online survey available here: https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cA85sIhJJHMqnSC
*Note: site admin have approved this post and study invitation.
I took your survey. One suggestion is along with age and gender you might want to add questions regarding profession and income level. These variables will influence the answers and will help give more balance. This is especially true as you are soliciting here. A professional musician or music enthusiast will have different perspectives than the guy on the street.
In other words you are not soliciting a typical viewpoint here and should bear this in mind.
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1 hour ago, Renato Jacobsen said:
I greatly appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. I’ve been trying to hear from other people involved with music and, other than a friend, who is also a musician and was amazed with how the songs ended up, I hadn’t been successful so far. He really gave me some hope that I’m in the right direction, but it’s hard to believe when nobody comments — good or bad.
Go beyond SoundCloud! Go to CDBaby or Distrokid to put your songs in stores. It is cheap and at least you put them in the actual marketplace in Amazon, Spotify, and all the other major online retail outlets. I use Distrokid but research online and decide which fits your needs the best.
This no guarantee of success in sales but at least you have made a forward move rather than being stagnant.
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6 minutes ago, john said:
DAWs especially
I haven't owned anything but a Mac for over 20 years. My wife screams at her work laptop with Windows 11 almost daily.
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4 minutes ago, john said:
Such is the site admin’s lot! Eternally tweaking on info sites.
You know what is best for you.
Although I am surprised you use a Microsoft server. I have never used anything other than Linux as they are more secure and easier to program.
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2 minutes ago, john said:
Having topics (if you mean original posts, which is what forums call new threads) as the main menu system
My actual meaning was Showcase, Song Critique, etc. I never meant individual topics which was poor wording on my part.
As I mentioned this was based upon guesswork not actual knowledge of your goals only what I perceived as an outsider.
My biggest point is you should only make changes IF it improves the site to a large extent. Rearrangements like tagging are probably insignificant for the time expended. The membership will adapt. The question is will it benefit you enough to make the change?
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51 minutes ago, john said:
It’s not an easy issue. Indeed it is several issues.
I understand your position. I am attempting to make things easier for everyone, especially you.
I am not suggesting redesigning the site only the menu navigation. I don't know what type of CMS template you are using but most likely it will have a free or lost cost add-on for the ladder menu I suggested prebuilt and only has to be inserted in a cell or a div after you have added the links.
My guess, and it is only that, is the Forum is the widest used portion of the site and thus should be the forefront. Concentrating on the Main Menu as being the forum topics would seem to me to be the main thrust of the navigation to simplify the ability to view all of those topics at a glance.
I am not privy as to what all your goals are but several of the Main Menu items at this time appear to be of little usage or real value to you, Store appears to have little value. Hubs takes you to Forums. Music Resources all simply leads to different areas of Forums.
If you want improvement, changing the Main Menu to me would seem not only the most impactful but also the easiest. Your original suggestion of tagging strikes me as being rearrangement not change.
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4 hours ago, john said:
We already have a setting on the forum home page that switches the forums between 3 views:
This is not what I was referring to as you still have to scroll the page. It simply presents the information in a different viewing format. This is not a menu. This is only the same information presented in a different manner.
It is the ability to see every topic forum heading at one glance which will simplify navigation.
I also would have real concerns that few would view the video tutorial on tagging. People's attention spans as well as the time they are willing to allot to a web page or site on viewing it is generally less than 3 minutes. This is a statistic fact not an opinion.
You have to have a very serious person with a very serious, not passing, interest to either scroll a page for information or watch a tutorial video. Unless I am really, really, really interested in a tutorial video I will choose not to watch it. I have to perceive that video as being extremely important to ME personally, not the website's preference, to watch it. This is not unusual behavior, this is typical behavior.
What you or I might be willing to do for information is not the same as your typical web visitor or even typical member. The less time which is involved in finding as well as the simplicity of understanding information creates interaction and participation.
What you are advocating is not an improvement only a rearrangement of what you are doing already. In this scenario the best path would be to do nothing as your existing membership are familiar with the current format.
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What I would do is develop another Main Menu opening in Forums listing the different forum topics. Then I would place all the other items which are currently in the top menu in a ladder style dropdown in the upper left hand corner.
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8 minutes ago, Steve Mueske said:
Okay, I've not been around much for two weeks. I'm trying to figure out boundaries, commitments, etc. Sorry. We all mean the best, and I'm crazy. John and others, thank you for the patience (and the tools necessary for me to create in public).
My live reel, as always, is here:
https://play.reelcrafter.com/whoisthemuesk/musicistheriver
This week I have been focusing on two pieces. The first in this reel is an extremely cut and mixed version of Sevish's "Let's Begin," which I hope to premier on a panel for Microtonal Adventures Fest. The second is an early sketch of a new piece in Bitwig utilizing an ultra-hi-def digital interpretation of tape-style "printing."
I'm really trying to develop a comprehensive, new style of sound.
Please don't hurt me.
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I'm listening and will participate this week.
This is really great Steve! 👍🏻
This is highly imaginative plus your sound is growing much better both tonally as well as texturally. The underlining musical sound is progressing in a much more sophisticated manner also.
Well done! It makes me want more!
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Here is a short tricks article from this weeks BMI newletter.
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31 minutes ago, john said:
Hey all
We are looking to reduce the number of boards to make it easier to navigate our community. It is part of an overall rework of our site and social media.
We will be encouraging the use of tags. For example, if we combine the draft song critique, the song critique and the lyrics critique board, into one “critique” board, then we would use the tags “draft song”, “song” and “lyrics” with “critique”.
What boards would you happily remove/combine/change/add?
Cheers
John
I can only say what I would do in your position. I would eliminate Draft entirely since Critique in itself indicates an unfinished work. I would keep both Lyric and Song as separate forums.
Tagging is very confusing for many people, myself included. It would be especially so for any newcomer as they and I did not know where to post, much less tag when I was new. This seems to add to confusion rather than eliminate it.
What I would suggest is a sidebar menu with all the different forums rather than having to scroll down the page to see everything.
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This could alternately be a dropdown menu when you hover (mouse over) Forum in the upper Main Menu.
Being able to see everything at once is preferable to looking through a page to find what is there. 👍🏻
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5 hours ago, Peggy said:
If you have a new release we'd love to hear it and share it, too. Just drop your link on the Showcase board and ....
"Please include links to your song, along with release artwork/covers and photos, press release and press kit. We might select your submission for playlists or to feature on Songstuff U.K. and our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and other social media pages."
One thing I have noticed happening frequently is many newcomers post all over the place. It is not clear if they want Critique or Promotion for their work or what they actually want at all.
They also provide links to a variety of pieces not just one. I doubt few are interested in listening to their EP, album, or their musical history.
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