Getting things moving.....
Jujitsu was excellent last night. Did more excapes from garotting, though now I have rope burns on my wrist and a couple of scratches on my back. Hmmm. Sounds dodgy but was all in the name of getting my blue belt. Bit battered and stiff today though. Decided to join a gym as I'm eating too many pies.
Although we have sent the message out that we don't accept physical submissions, they keep coming in. I asked the postroom to forward them onto me so I can send them a message getting them on here. However, I've not had time for a couple of weeks and now they've mounted up. I've got loads to get through. It's going to take me ages. I'm going to have to do a pile a day or something as there's too much to sort out.
Ok. The media player, the first and easiest idea to start on. The spec I'm working to so far is:
- Sidebar embeddable
- 30 Track Playlist (20 Playlisted 10 Wildcards - changed weekly - best of get added to playlist)
- Can Be embedded on other sites
- Each track has link to artist's Vox homepage
- Artwork window at top
- Play/Pause/Skip/Random Play Buttons
That's the spec. I'm going to approach our digital creative dept to start work on it unless there's anything screaming out at you that needs adding?
Artist services - Well the gigs thing could work. After all I've already started working on my own thing. So if that works out maybe it could be taken larger scale? We'll have to see how that works. The distribution thing is a whole other matter which will need a lot of talking about.
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Gigs 31/10/2007
Busy one tonight for Hallowe'en, you doing it in fancy dress?
Worldview is doing an acoustic set @ The Purple Turtle (Oxford) from 6pm
Our friend Susie Wilkins is returning to the Troubadour tonight, though the actual stage time has been sketchy. I'd say get there for 7 and you'll be fine.
Angular Electro Pop outfit Molloy are celebrating Hallowe'en at 93 Feet East which should be a good laugh. 8pm. Be sure stop by Beyond Retro. It's one of my favourite bits of London around there.
Right, I'm going for a quick sit in the carpark whilst it's sunny then onto the mountain of demos, emails, letters etc.
Hope all is well with you.
Comments
Looking at your radio idea thats also sounds great, the BBC are keen to push their BBC INTRODUCING have a look @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2007/06/27/bbc_introducing_feature.shtml
This is happening all over the country. Lots of local bands getting good airplay. Maybe labels can contact the stations direct and ask them who's got a buzz going on. I think labels getting closer to local radio is great as if a band is good enough to get airplay then a label should take a look also. Our local BBC CWR is very supportive of new bands check ;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/entertainment/music/band_of_the_month/index.shtml
Hey IB,
Sorry I missed the past couple of posts... -I was out of town for a couple days, and just got back last night.
With your media player, I still want to suggest the graphic equalizer for those of us who are in to that, and for those who don't have posh speakers on their PC's.
I don't really celebrate Halloween. -It just isn't my thing, so no fancy dress going on here. However, I'm sure to be doing some sort of scary movie marathon to mark the night. I've settled on two movies, but I'm trying to decide on one or two more. -I'm sure I'll blog about it in a little while.
Have a good Halloween, but easy on the sweets, eh? ;-)
DK
Sometimes feel like I should hit the gym - i'm not fat i've just always wanted my guns to get a little bit bigger! Tryin to fit the gym around being a musician is near enough impossible though to be honest. The guns will have to wait! Maybe i'll just get a heavier gee-tar. ha!
Progressing the media player! That's what i'm talking about. I prefer vox to other sites due to the emphasis on blogging, but I'm always reluctant to send people that are interested in my music to vox, simply because of the lack of media player tools etc. Here are my thoughts, please feel free to comment...
A) I think it would be good if the player was positioned at the top of the page so people can access it quickly & efficiently; at the end of the day, I just wana hear people's music before anything else.
B) How about a tally to see what's getting played and how often? I'm always eager to check out acts that create a buzz and I think this is a good way of gauging such - Bit myspace-esque I know but I like it. A 'ratings' system was mentioned before. I really like the idea of this; 'have the player stop after 15 tracks and tell you to rate the next track playing to continue'. Maybe even have the person make a comment on it instead of just a mere rating.
C) I'd like the option to have a profile song of my choice playing when someone logs onto my page - Some people may disagree...
D) Buy now link - Yes yes yes - is itunes viable?
E) Simple volume control / mute function?
F) Some indication of a musical genre? I'm usually pretty open minded, but no offense to anyone, but i've never been a great fan of Rap music, and i'd hate to waste my time clicking on things I'll never genuinely appreciate.
Let me know what you all think...
Cheers, Ashmeister x
All excellent stuff. I've copied your message over to my contacts at Vox following on from a conversation I had with them last night.
Hope all is good with you.
IB