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thanks. i've noticed a greater number of artists using thesixtyone to test/iterate on demos...one is even financing his entire canadian tour from tips on t61 (

by JMiao 17y ago

thanks. i've noticed a greater number of artists using thesixtyone to test/iterate on demos...one is even financing his entire canadian tour from tips on t61 (bankai). i suspect basic track analytics on t61 would create a lot of value for artists -- this is why we're hiring. http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/

trafficlight 17y ago
I'm glad to hear about the analytics. Funny you brought up the Bankai tour. I'm planning on driving to Vancouver myself to see it. A little background on the tour. Bankai is an electronic artist from Australia. He puts out some awesome music. A bunch of people from the t61 group Electro Freaks live in or around the Vancouver area and they decided to put together a series of shows featuring Bankai and other t61 artists. Bankai is crowdsourcing his trip to Canada. So far he has raised $1450. Check out his progress here: http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/ http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/
willdayble 17y ago
Hi, I am Bankai. It's not that T61 tips are 'funding' it as such (it's actually simply mp3 sales/tips I've already made on there that I'm putting towards it), as much as T61 is the place where everyone involved with helping fund the tour has come from. To be specific, it's actually the core of the 'Electro Freaks' T61 group (http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ ) who are helping to fund the tour. Point being, T61 is excellent with it's artist --> fanbase direct connectivity and thus full to the brim with awesome. Thanks Jmiao :)
willdayble 17y ago
oh, and fuck yes analytics. People have spoken about scraping T61 to try hack together our own, we want it that much. :)
nihilocrat 17y ago
edit : I just logged in and noticed that I can upload a song a day on top of my limit, so some of my criticism is invalid. Thanks for the change, and for the advice! I posted some songs to thesixtyone (http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/) and wasn't happy with the experience. I'm guessing it's my own fault for sucking, but I do have to fault the site for having a "winner take all" attitude towards artists. You're in a bad situation if the public doesn't like the tracks you post when you post them. You're practically invisible if you don't get lots of votes immediately, appealing specifically to thesixtyone's community tastes. I don't mean to whine, but I don't see hardly any downtempo/triphop with lots of bumps and thus there's not much encouragement for someone producing such tracks to post on thesixtyone. To the victors, the spoils, but it's even more humiliating when you're unnoticed and forever stuck at Level 1. thesixtyone is definitely a listener's site (duh) because it doesn't encourage you to post partial songs you are working on and practically no one gives you technical criticism, merely things like "I like it when the song gets heavier in the middle". No one seems to be iterating on their tracks but instead submit only complete ones. Please excuse me if my anecdotal observations here don't match up with any metrics you've put together, maybe I have tunnel vision because I listen almost exclusively to the "dance" and "electronica" portions of the site. About the Level 1 ghetto, is it meant to encourage us to just start over again with completely new tracks or is that just a side effect? Even with these reservations, I think thesixtyone is a great music site with a great community.
- trafficlight 17y ago
  First of all, I just gave your tracks a listen. I think they are fantastic. Second, t61 changed the song upload rules a few weeks ago. You can upload one new song a day regardless of your level. I think the best way to increase your listener and heart count is to be as engaged as possible. - Create a listener account. - Join a group. The Electro Freaks would appreciate what you are offering http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ - Add constructive comments on lots of songs.
  - willdayble 17y ago
    EF++
- prateekdayal 17y ago
  I am a hacker and an amateur musician myself. Two years back when I realised that there is no service where you can upload audio and receive community help from the same platform (the only option then was to share your mp3 link on a php BB music forum and the experience sucked), I started http://www.muziboo.com http://www.muziboo.com - a social platform for sharing and discussing music. This is a place where other musicians can collaborate with your or offer technical help. Even though, my musical aspirations have taken a back seat because coding for Muziboo itself takes a lot of time, I have a learnt a lot through the community. The best part is the kind of collaborations that happen across georgraphies and genres. Am sure you will appreciate it. Would love to get your feedback on the site. Please use the contact form (link in footer). PS: I love t61 as a listener .. esp the fact that music keeps playing no matter what you do .. great interaction design there!
lux 17y ago
Gotta say, thesixtyone.com is my new favourite site! And that's speaking both as a listener and an artist. I've bought 3 albums in the past week from t61 artists. I'm going to get everyone I can hooked on it! :)

by JMiao 17y ago

trafficlight 17y ago

I'm glad to hear about the analytics. Funny you brought up the Bankai tour. I'm planning on driving to Vancouver myself to see it. A little background on the tour. Bankai is an electronic artist from Australia. He puts out some awesome music. A bunch of people from the t61 group Electro Freaks live in or around the Vancouver area and they decided to put together a series of shows featuring Bankai and other t61 artists. Bankai is crowdsourcing his trip to Canada. So far he has raised $1450. Check out his progress here: http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/ http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/

willdayble 17y ago

Hi, I am Bankai. It's not that T61 tips are 'funding' it as such (it's actually simply mp3 sales/tips I've already made on there that I'm putting towards it), as much as T61 is the place where everyone involved with helping fund the tour has come from. To be specific, it's actually the core of the 'Electro Freaks' T61 group (http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ ) who are helping to fund the tour. Point being, T61 is excellent with it's artist --> fanbase direct connectivity and thus full to the brim with awesome. Thanks Jmiao :)

willdayble 17y ago

oh, and fuck yes analytics. People have spoken about scraping T61 to try hack together our own, we want it that much. :)

nihilocrat 17y ago

edit : I just logged in and noticed that I can upload a song a day on top of my limit, so some of my criticism is invalid. Thanks for the change, and for the advice! I posted some songs to thesixtyone (http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/) and wasn't happy with the experience. I'm guessing it's my own fault for sucking, but I do have to fault the site for having a "winner take all" attitude towards artists. You're in a bad situation if the public doesn't like the tracks you post when you post them. You're practically invisible if you don't get lots of votes immediately, appealing specifically to thesixtyone's community tastes. I don't mean to whine, but I don't see hardly any downtempo/triphop with lots of bumps and thus there's not much encouragement for someone producing such tracks to post on thesixtyone. To the victors, the spoils, but it's even more humiliating when you're unnoticed and forever stuck at Level 1. thesixtyone is definitely a listener's site (duh) because it doesn't encourage you to post partial songs you are working on and practically no one gives you technical criticism, merely things like "I like it when the song gets heavier in the middle". No one seems to be iterating on their tracks but instead submit only complete ones. Please excuse me if my anecdotal observations here don't match up with any metrics you've put together, maybe I have tunnel vision because I listen almost exclusively to the "dance" and "electronica" portions of the site. About the Level 1 ghetto, is it meant to encourage us to just start over again with completely new tracks or is that just a side effect? Even with these reservations, I think thesixtyone is a great music site with a great community.

trafficlight 17y ago
First of all, I just gave your tracks a listen. I think they are fantastic. Second, t61 changed the song upload rules a few weeks ago. You can upload one new song a day regardless of your level. I think the best way to increase your listener and heart count is to be as engaged as possible. - Create a listener account. - Join a group. The Electro Freaks would appreciate what you are offering http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ - Add constructive comments on lots of songs.
- willdayble 17y ago
  EF++
prateekdayal 17y ago
I am a hacker and an amateur musician myself. Two years back when I realised that there is no service where you can upload audio and receive community help from the same platform (the only option then was to share your mp3 link on a php BB music forum and the experience sucked), I started http://www.muziboo.com http://www.muziboo.com - a social platform for sharing and discussing music. This is a place where other musicians can collaborate with your or offer technical help. Even though, my musical aspirations have taken a back seat because coding for Muziboo itself takes a lot of time, I have a learnt a lot through the community. The best part is the kind of collaborations that happen across georgraphies and genres. Am sure you will appreciate it. Would love to get your feedback on the site. Please use the contact form (link in footer). PS: I love t61 as a listener .. esp the fact that music keeps playing no matter what you do .. great interaction design there!

lux 17y ago

Gotta say, thesixtyone.com is my new favourite site! And that's speaking both as a listener and an artist. I've bought 3 albums in the past week from t61 artists. I'm going to get everyone I can hooked on it! :)