TheBig3

Should have called guy. For a night on a couch in the city, I've moved a pullout couch, an oak desk, and a few women to orgasm. I like going to a city you can drink in until 7 so long as I don't have to get back on a Greyhound at 9.

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TheBig3

yeah, they're whats found right before you get bagged for a DUI.

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SIRIUSB

I've been here for a relatively short time but I would like to 'bitch' about the regulations set in place in this forum.

You cannot promote or advertise any of your own music, but can advertise and promote certain 'others' music.

The music of highly popular and extremely well paid 'artists' is easily accessible, they pay huge amounts of money to A&R people to make sure they are accessible, they don't need any further help.

Who does need help from the private sector are the unknown artists that plug away providing their musical visions.

Discussing your favorite artist is a great thing, but discovering an unknown artist that also resonates with what you like is a true epiphany.

These artists struggle away in animosity sometimes all their life and a simple 'plug' on a popular website or forum can help generate enough energy to propel their career.

I don't publish this 'bitch' in reference to myself (though I have some cool stuff that some people might be interested in), because I am a retired professional musician after 35 years in the industry and am enjoying my privacy and my family now being that I am an ancient 50.

I say there is courage, insight, and respect for Music itself, when a website/forum takes on the privilege of introducing unsigned, up & coming, fascinating artists/bands.

- SIRIUSB:TaRkHeM

EvilChuck

^ lol

This is a forum, not myspace. Its not here to promote music, its here to discuss music. People want to sign up, post the link to their shiitty music and leave, instead of contribute to the site.

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SIRIUSB

Very sad to hear that, quite a useless endeavor if you ask me.
I've read many of the posts and find this place to be like the TigerBeat of forums . . . truly depressing and repressing.

Could you comment on the things I said? I'd like to hear your opinion.

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EvilChuck

My opinion is that the rules here say people cant promote their own music, and thats why I, and many other people, like and use this site EVERY DAY. What dont you understand? No one here wants to sift through hundreds of threads of people dropping their link and leaving, we'd rather find music ourselves or from other posters whose tastes we know and whose opinions we respect. If you want to post your music, contribute to the site so people know what you're all about, and then maybe they will listen to it and be more supportive. Coming on here and spamming is just annoying.

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lucifer_sam

There are already websites devoted to promotion. This isn't one of them.

Spend a little time here and we're not going to get irate over a little self-promotion. But there has to be some give and take. If we respected the rights of every single new member to post their own music, there would be nothing else besides threads saying "hey i'm new here check out my music." Which would make for a very shitty forum indeed.

If you, you know, spent some time here contributing to discussion, you might see that members here are pretty insightful as far as music connoisseurs go. As we're constantly investigating established musicians, musicians that aren't take a bit of a back seat, so we really need to respect that person in order to see past that.

And that is something that you earn, not deserve.

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SIRIUSB

Understandable, yet I must say that the "dropping of a link and leaving" is not even possible here given the 15 post mark and other regulations.
Your opinion of the 'rules' is quite commendable and I applaud you.
Without a platform to "post your music" and little leeway to promote yourself (due to the rules) there leaves a minuscule path towards anything/anyone NOT signed and delivered to your ears.

What don't YOU understand?

SIRIUSB

I have posted and read through many threads, and I do think the majority of the members here are articulate and have something to say meaningful, this is why an artist as myself needs to be heard within such a platform.

EvilChuck

AKA the system works.

I dont understand how you think it is a god given right for you to spam up a website that other people have taken years to build up - without posting links on other sites btw - with your shítty music just because the traditional methods (which have worked for many, many unsigned acts) arent getting you the attention that you (arrogantly) believe you deserve.

Dont pretend that you're trying to do us a favour by showing your music. Chances are if it was any good someone here would have already heard it.

right back at you.

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