I was just saying that the intent here isn't to sell music to the general public, but just serve as a creative outlet for our members. Outside of that, it's all up to whoever is involved. :)

Sell is such an ugly word.

if you want i could help you set up accounts on the sites since i know how they work

Cool, we'll have to discuss that through PMs/IMs or something.

Ok guys/gals, are we in agreement on the general rules here?
If so, I'll make the official thread and outline the rules for the first album.

What are the general rules? Just everything we talked about? List it together so that we can see it all in one post.
And then we can decide.

Edit: Or have you already made a thread for this?

bump, because i can and because we need to discuss this :)

Ok, one last cast for opinion:

• Members release original music as compilation album, EP & LP length releases as planned. These releases are coordinated between ESTABLISHED members before hand, in an album planning stage that allows members to get a general idea for a theme and to establish participants & submission numbers.
• Albums can be compilation albums, solo albums, remix albums & collaboration albums. EP and LP releases can be negotiated in the same way, and serve the needs of the artists. Single releases are not allowed. (I.E. You can't just release individual songs. They need to be part of an LP at least)
• Generally loose deadlines should be implemented for planned releases involving multiple people.
• If an individual wishes to release a solo album/EP/LP, it can be submitted and released at any time and will be showcased, but the artist must be a contributing member and the submitting party WILL meet that criteria. Spammy noobs will simply waste their time and be rejected.
• Any member can submit album art for albums that are comprised of multiple artists, but it may be a good idea have visual artists who are willing to help, offer their services for those who request them. All interested parties should PM Freebase Dali so that a list can be made of available album artwork folks.
• Mastering will not be intrusive in any musical way. For the reason of meshing well with the rest of the songs on the album, general characteristics (such as lowering ridiculously loud bass, etc) and song order are the only thing in that realm that may be affected, subject to the artists' approval and review.
• Releases will be presented as compressed archives, akin to the members comp, with an accurate track-list and no volume meta-data included in the files (as it shouldn't be necessary after general mastering), and available to our members to download and comment on in the subsequent album release thread.
• ALL ALBUMS/SONGS FOR ALBUMS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO FREEBASE DALI FOR ORGANIZATION AND RELEASING.

If you guys have anything to add or subtract to/from the above, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to start drafting both the discussion and release threads tonight.

I like the general idea of this.
I don't think people should be able to release solo albums.
I feel like that makes it very personal.

This should be something everyone is a part of.
I think if people want to release a solo album, they can do it on their own time.
If they're a contributing member and people really want to hear what they have to offer, they can put a link in their signature and that's that.

This is my opinion, though.
How do you feel about that?

Am I misunderstanding what you meant?

Actually I think it would be good to allow people to release their own personal albums at times. I don't want this to be a mandatory compilation album deal. I want to legitimize original music releases on MB so that people have a place to come together and release their music or get together with other members and do it that way if they wish.
Of course, compilation albums or LPs/EPs would one of the main focuses and would be the focus of voting for themed releases, which would help artists who only have a couple songs and would like to include them in a fitting release.
Again, I think the main direction this will take will be dictated by how things go at first.
Getting it organized is the challenge, but I'm sure things will smooth out once we get to feel out the progression of all this.