Quick plea for help... (it's a survey, not a suicide note)

[Mo Jiggity]

SS,

I'm currently in a class called American Culture in the Information Age. For this class I have to interview/survey people that use online communities in the context of art and music and analyze their thoughts as such. I chose to do my project on Ultimate-Guitar and Sevenstring.org, and so I humbly request that you please help a seven-stringed brother out and answer a quick questionnaire for me to help me write a paper. I'd honestly prefer to get replies from people here simply because they're more musically competent than those on Ultimate-Guitar and therefore your guys' opinion matters more xD

The questions be:

What are the biggest negatives and positives of having your music on SS?
If you could change anything about SS, what would i tbe?
How many musicians have you met through SS? Do you keep in contact with them?
Do you receive critical feedback on your music from others through the site? If so, does the feedback affect your creative and production process?
Do you view SS as a way to promote your band's recordings or live shows?
Do you have any concerns with regards to your intellectual property rights with having your recordings on the internet?
How does the technology associated with SS affect your recording process?

At the very least this thread would be a great opportunity to discuss how the ability to receive nearly instantaneous critical feedback from perfect strangers from around the world has affected modern songwriting, or how the proliferation of digital recording technologies like the PodXT and such affect peoples' music in and of itself.

TL;DR - Fill out the questions above and I'll give you an e-hug.

If you reply then you're consenting to be included in my project and for me to use your opinions in my paper.

**EDIT: I Pmed a mod to try and get advance permission to post this but I didn't get any reply. If this is the wrong forum then please go ahead and move it... my apologies!

[ralphy1976]

ok, i do not want to sound like a snob, but most of your questions are "UG" related, but i suppose they apply to both forums, don't they?

and (flame me for this but!!!) please

"For this class I have to interview/survey people that use online communities in the context of art and music and analyze their thoughts as such"

"For this class I have to interview/survey people who use online communities in the context of art and music and analyze their thoughts as such"

sorry, i had to...so now onto your questions

i haven't posted any of my "creation" yet but listening to others makes me try to improve my creativity and not just focus on speed, fast techniques and other EVesque attributes.

Hope this helps. keep rocking!!!

[Mo Jiggity]

Originally Posted by ralphy1976

ok, i do not want to sound like a snob, but most of your questions are "UG" related, but i suppose they apply to both forums, don't they?

and (flame me for this but!!!) please

"For this class I have to interview/survey people that use online communities in the context of art and music and analyze their thoughts as such"

"For this class I have to interview/survey people who use online communities in the context of art and music and analyze their thoughts as such"

sorry, i had to...so now onto your questions

i haven't posted any of my "creation" yet but listening to others makes me try to improve my creativity and not just focus on speed, fast techniques and other EVesque attributes.

Hope this helps. keep rocking!!!

Haha thanks... sorry about that grammatical oversight, this was a copypasta from the post I made on UG late at night. I just changed it as you posted so it's no longer a problem. I'm a grammar nazi myself so it's kinda embarassing to have a slip up like that.

[ralphy1976]

no problem. the fact that you did not come back here and flame me because of my reply shows your maturity. respect for that. sorry i can not really help you but i hope others will. good luck in your studies.
Ralphy

[El Caco]

If you reply then you're consenting to be included in my project and for me to use your opinions in my paper. I only consent for the use of my responses in this post, you may not use anything I have posted elsewhere.

What are the biggest negatives and positives of having your music on SS? I do not have music posted here. I perceive the positives to be exposure and critical comment from my peers.

If you could change anything about SS, what would it be? THE ADMIN, some behind the scenes stuff to make it easier to look after. I'd cull some members in an effort to attract new members as well as allow some that keep quite the opportunity to participate. I have a few feature ideas that I don't wish to share at this point.

How many musicians have you met through SS? Do you keep in contact with them? In real life only one but I live in Australia and remote. There is a number of people I keep in contact with regularly in chat, email and PM.

Do you receive critical feedback on your music from others through the site?See Above
If so, does the feedback affect your creative and production process? It would.
Do you view SS as a way to promote your band's recordings or live shows? Yes if I had a band.
Do you have any concerns with regards to your intellectual property rights with having your recordings on the internet? Yes, as such I would only post low quality samples and not complete songs unless it is a song that I chose to give away as a promotional tool.
How does the technology associated with SS affect your recording process? What technology

At the very least this thread would be a great opportunity to discuss how the ability to receive nearly instantaneous critical feedback from perfect strangers from around the world has affected modern songwriting, or how the proliferation of digital recording technologies like the PodXT and such affect peoples' music in and of itself.

ss.org is not equipped to aid an artist in the distribution or sales of their music and it requires the use of external hosts to share music with others. It can be a great tool for musicians to promote themselves and their bands and to receive critical feedback from others. I believe we are at a great point with current technology, the technology to record and mix an good album is affordable to the average musician, and technology has got to the point where any artist is able to promote themselves and distribute their music in a way never before possible. Online communities such as this are just one tool in that process. Of course this technology creates new challenges but I believe it is possible for an artist to creatively market themselves profitably. This new music industry is much more competitive then the established music industry.

[DDDorian]

I'll bite:

What are the biggest negatives and positives of having your music on SS?

Speaking hypothetically, the biggest positive would be having a large pool of knowledgable members to solicit advice/critique from. The biggest negative would be that most of this knowledge seems to be centered around the PODXT Metal Pack and Drumkit From Hell

If you could change anything about SS, what would it be?

Aside from purely functional mod stuff, I can't really say. I don't remember how I saw thing before, to be quite honest, and I'm consumed by peripheral site issues these days so it's hard to focus on anything in particular.

How many musicians have you met through SS? Do you keep in contact with them?

Well most members tend to play music, and talk to them fairly regularly, so... lots. (through the intertubes, mind you - I'm about 85630568930 times more remote than s7eve and am a lazy antisocial git to boot)

Do you receive critical feedback on your music from others through the site?

I haven't posted any so that'd be a no.

Do you view SS as a way to promote your band's recordings or live shows?

I think it would be a positive and viable means of promotion, yes.

Do you have any concerns with regards to your intellectual property rights with having your recordings on the internet?

I wouldn't put my name to anything so it's a moot point

How does the technology associated with SS affect your recording process?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. If you're asking about whether the general tastes and consensus on gear, tone and musicianship affect how I record music then I'd say so, if only conceptually.

[Rick]

What are the biggest negatives and positives of having your music on SS? Good exposure.
If you could change anything about SS, what would i tbe?. Admin. I need to be a mod.
How many musicians have you met through SS? Do you keep in contact with them? 4. Yes.
Do you receive critical feedback on your music from others through the site? If so, does the feedback affect your creative and production process? No music to receive feedback yet.
Do you view SS as a way to promote your band's recordings or live shows? Yes.
Do you have any concerns with regards to your intellectual property rights with having your recordings on the internet? No.
How does the technology associated with SS affect your recording process? Bulb will be my producer.