I had this idea. We could get a group of people who all really liked music, and do an album club.
The way I picture it, one person could upload a record, and everyone else could download it, listen to it, and then discuss it in the thread. After about a week, the next person could upload one, and repeat. I think it would be a really fun way to get people to listen to music they may not have otherwise, as well as stimulate discussion which is always fun!
If we were going to do this, I would want the rules to be something like as follows.
First, and most importantly, if you don't like something, hell, even if you despise something, feel free to say it, just, you know, say it nicely. There is a big difference between "This album was fucking terrible" and "Wow I really couldn't stomach this. I really really despised every single track." The difference between stating your opinion obectively and just stating your opinion is huge. I acknowledge this is hypocritical coming from me.
Second, Don't pick an album everyone has heard already. We all like the Arcade Fire, but
Funeral would not be the most exciting album to discuss. This will be a lot more fun if people are being exposed to things they haven't heard before.
Third, Please Listen to the Whole album. It's not fair to just listen to one track and act like you gave the band a fair shake. I almost want to say that if you can't actually talk about an album, you lose your turn to upload, but that seems a little harsh.
That is pretty much it! I feel like the order could just be the order in which people join the club? The only thing I am unsure of is how the albums should be picked, whether it would be better to make a poll between three albums that everyone could vote on, or whether it should just be the persons choice.
Post here if you would be interested, I guess? I will take new people in until... lets say Tuesday night at 8:PM, Pacific Time, or when we get 20 people, whichever comes first. If there's enough spill over, it might not be a bad idea to do two groups instead of one, so everyone can participate without making it so not everyone gets a turn.
In terms of uploading files, there are many sites that work. The most common are
www.Sendspace.com and
www.Yousendit.com, which aren't bad, but both run a bit slowly. I would reccomend either
www.senduit.com, which is fast but has no upload bar, or
www.mediafire.com which I've never uploaded to but the downloads are like lightning. When you are posting the download links, it is a good idea to post them as hxxp instead of http, because then they need to be copy pasted, which means the site doesn't know we are putting so much traffic into it's servers.
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