My thoughts on musician share sites:

[Black Dog Bluez]

A letter to Dr. Luv (Dr. Luv & friends) from Sacred Lost:

"Yo waz-up Dr. Luv..

I had high hopes for the internet and it was actually better when it first got going, ca. 2010[?]. I don't know, I guess it gets corporatized/governized (commercialized) like everything else that use to be some kind of outlet/hang-out for people. But was it ever good? No, not really.

If I had a website it would be good for the kind of desperately creative/going nuts (sick of the same old /beep/) kind of people out there like you and me. All these sites are just playing games with people's need to be heard--it's one sided, everyone is really just alone probably thinking the same, WTF am I doing here?

IDK--but yeah, the guitar is always there! I've been trying podcasts/where you just talk.. sort of let whatever out (which is actually better for me because I still don't have any music recording equipment! And currently use my ipod's voice memo feature!). But I'm currently looking for a (limitless) site to share my podcast, and music (and am not going to pay soundcloud!)/ ..to (-at the least-) have them online for posterity sake! If nothing else.

So---many people are uploading stuff now I'm starting to feel more insignificant than ever.. but it's probably more of a reality check[!]. But like I was stating, these sites should be better designed so you can discover people you like. The only way I ran across you was because (the old) myspace had proper designed forums you could share stuff. Forums that worked better than all these new designs that are so limiting and (intentially) hard to navigate (if they even have a community type forum). And let's face it most of the stuff /beep/ anyway--not much real/originals out there. But then again/no where to look either.. It seems the more we advance technologically the further we become divided. Conveiniently packed away in a computer matrix. I think if the Beatles started out today they'd never get anywhere.

Thanks for giving me a soundboard to ramble. Maybe we should move to Colorado?! Where we could jam/and get stoned! If I could ever get the /beep/ out of here/I need to.

Study cool,

Ron (Sacred Lost)"

Also, my thoughts in regards to podcasting/this thread:
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 63&t=84168

[Black Dog Bluez]

ReverbNation.com is okay but the downloads get the metadata removed and blocked from re-adding! And just about all sites recode/transcode whatever you upload to 128k for their players, which can ruin the sound if it's compressed already at a different rate. ANyway other than that, too many chiefs and not enough Elvis's or screaming fans or much of anything unless your already an actual practicing musician, which in that case la tee da to you, here's a quarter in your hat -----.