From: Chan, Kok Tiong (kt.chan_at_hp.com)
Date: 2005-04-13 11:58:53
I would feel that a community based blog using pmachine or wordpress is best as mentioned in my earlier email. Eg. www.newstoday.com
Cause there is more interactivity and features. Waat does any one think?
Jus voicing. :)
KT
www.post.fm
-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Borälv [mailto:Erik.Boralv_at_it.uu.se]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:40 PM
To: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Technology and acid jazz
Andrei wrote:
> Admittedly, I have not kept up with the changes to the list in several
> years. I am curious, however, to learn how blogging and podcasting
> have (or are about to) influenced the list or members.
>
> It seems that a mailing list may no longer be the most efficient tool
> to get the word out about incredible new music.
This was discussed some time ago, when the rate of mails started to
drop. The drop started back in 2002. Carl Barimore wrote about this in
2004, a good read:
http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/Backup/2004-Apr/0089.html
I do believe that many of the "hardcore" listees moved on, to play/write
music more professionally. A lot of list memebrs now blog instead - hey,
even *I* blog more than I write on the list. Blogs are of course more
than a small trend. There is also so many new forums to compete with, at
record labels and the band's own sites.
In the previous discussion many things were said about the changes - it
was suggested the drop in record sales had to do something with it? The
genre, if there ever was one, has changed more and more. Some of those
changes have got less exiting I think.
And, for mailing lists, staying alive for more than 10 years is really
something. Not many lists do that. See this post from 1994: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.music.info/browse_thread/thread/ac11c14c06f64e7b/d84a5259055c61d3?q=Gregory+B.+Beuthin&_done=%2Fgroups%3Fq%3DGregory+B.+Beuthin%26qt_s%3DSearch+Groups%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#d84a5259055c61d3
I welcome a discussion about this, and the future. We are now at about
100 posts per month.
Cheers,
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