RE: [acid-jazz] Is the Acid Jazz Server coming to an end?

From: Inspirit Music (groups_at_inspiritmusic.com)
Date: 2004-04-18 19:01:06

  • Next message: Hans De Bock: "Re: [acid-jazz] Is the Acid Jazz Server coming to an end?"

    Hey,

    interesting stuff. I've been thinking that for a while. I used to post on
    the list at least 3-4 times a week. Now i don't post at all. I think i was
    initially hooked back in 2000-2001 when i was first really getting into
    broken beats, and this list was my first place of reference to find
    everything out about it.

    Main reasons i stopped posting,

    1) broken beats / nu jazz got less exciting for me
    2) my initial flurry meant i knew as much as i needed
    3) working in the music industry i get an overdose of information about
    music. I started posting when i was in college and it was more of a
    dedicated hobby
    4) less people were posting
    5) how many playlists can you take before you glaze over?

    Dave

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Carl Barimore [mailto:carl_at_stirtloe.fsnet.co.uk]
      Sent: 18 April 2004 17:19
      To: AJ List
      Subject: [acid-jazz] Is the Acid Jazz Server coming to an end?

      I've recently rejoined the list after about a year, and have noticed that
    the posts seem to have dropped off a lot. There seems to be the same number
    of gig listings and playlists posted as usual, but all the discussion
    in-between, on artists and on what's been in people's cd players, seems to
    be almost non-existent now. I wondered if it was a quiet period, so I had a
    look at the archives and, being the sad f*ck I am, I quickly went though and
    copied the number of posts per month into Excel. When I had a look at the
    graph (above), it showed that the list has had lots of regular up and downs
    in activity, but then has suddenly gone into free-fall since July 2002.
    Whereas there used to be between 300 and 600 posts are month, since 2003
    it's barely topped 100 a month.

      Anyone know why this is? This list used to be such a goldmine of info,
    with lots of healthy discussion on genres hardly touched on elsewhere on the
    web. I first joined the list in 2000 and got into so much different music
    because of it. Some of my favourite artists I only found out about because
    of this list, and if I needed a tune I.Ded, I knew I could ask about it
    here.

      It'd be a right shame if the list died, but if the trend continues it
    might be all over by 2005.

      Anyone else got any thoughts on why this has happened? Is it because there
    are lots of websites with discussion boards now, and mailing lists are no
    longer very popular?

      Carl

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Carl Barimore [mailto:carl_at_stirtloe.fsnet.co.uk]
      Sent: 18 April 2004 17:19
      To: AJ List
      Subject: [acid-jazz] Is the Acid Jazz Server coming to an end?

      I've recently rejoined the list after about a year, and have noticed that
    the posts seem to have dropped off a lot. There seems to be the same number
    of gig listings and playlists posted as usual, but all the discussion
    in-between, on artists and on what's been in people's cd players, seems to
    be almost non-existent now. I wondered if it was a quiet period, so I had a
    look at the archives and, being the sad f*ck I am, I quickly went though and
    copied the number of posts per month into Excel. When I had a look at the
    graph (above), it showed that the list has had lots of regular up and downs
    in activity, but then has suddenly gone into free-fall since July 2002.
    Whereas there used to be between 300 and 600 posts are month, since 2003
    it's barely topped 100 a month.

      Anyone know why this is? This list used to be such a goldmine of info,
    with lots of healthy discussion on genres hardly touched on elsewhere on the
    web. I first joined the list in 2000 and got into so much different music
    because of it. Some of my favourite artists I only found out about because
    of this list, and if I needed a tune I.Ded, I knew I could ask about it
    here.

      It'd be a right shame if the list died, but if the trend continues it
    might be all over by 2005.

      Anyone else got any thoughts on why this has happened? Is it because there
    are lots of websites with discussion boards now, and mailing lists are no
    longer very popular?

      Carl


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