Hey guys, I will reply every comment on this thread one by one.
Hey guys, I will reply every comment on this thread one by one.
Thanks. I agree with you about this oppurtunity we are able to offer to all the producers.
Hehe FL is one of the most used producer programs. Producing these days is very hard, agree with that. There are so many producers today - so we would like to give everyone the option to comment their track by professionals, so they can fix those recommendations.
Don't worry about good music reviews. We have been working more than 4 years with people in the electronic dance scene. Back in Holland there are several study's who have been completed by our crew to judge the tracks fairly. Also, the approximated labels, studio owners and other people are invited to the forum and will be active on the forum as well. (They have signed a contract )
Thanks!
Thank you.
Of course it's their baby, but one of the main rules of the forum will be: accept the feedback, don't defend your own track and don't sue the reviewers. You can ask everything you don't understand what the reviewer is writing about, but don't sue him. Discussions are ok, but getting defensive like: 'screw you, the synths of this track are ok...' - yeah, there is a nice ban button for this one.
Hehe, the part of the thick skin, I really agree. The attitude should be fine of every community member, if not: byebye.
Don't worry about the compensation, the reviewers will earn their part of effort. (some of them are offering their mastering course, some of them are advertising (selling ads), and so on...)
First idea: this was already part of the concept. Other producers are free to share their comments about a track, as long as the feedback is constructive.
The second idea: the forum software will be the same as DJTechTools. There is a build-in rating system to accomplish this idea. Already added to the feature list, but thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reaching me out. Could you send me an email with more information about yourself to martijn(at)dj-lounge(dot)com, maybe we can offer something to each other.
The track review forum will be a part of the DJ-Lounge concept. So the forum won't be the only source of earnings. Monetizing this forum (feedback, reviews) will be different for each reviewer. We have agreements with artists and label owners (we publish their new release on the frontpage, in exchange for a review on the forum for example.)
Feel free to share your suggestions!
Last edited by padi_04; 08-01-2012 at 04:28 PM. Reason: reply to spam
I'm also curious how this is really funded as most bedroom producers don't exactly want to pay much or anything for such a service. Ads? Ads won't work either as this is one-to-one eye ball operation, ads require thousands of eye balls per page.
I think directly seeking advertisers can work as music stores, gear manufacturers would have truly a direct line to their consumer. I'm not likely to click on an ad that is randomly thrown at me, but the ads here get a click thru about 3 times a week depending.
I really like the idea of rating what other people think of a reviewers opinion so that community members are socially awarded the stars or badges or what not. Seems like trophies motivate people even when they are not real.
As I said, only the ones that are interested in feedback for their track will look at the page so the only high-frequency eyeball page will be the entry web page and some of the registration, info/about ones and so on. Me thinks this is not a viable business model, but it's cheap to start web enterprises and foil in case it does not work out.
You should indeed try to go for a community-centric model, so the more someone gives good feedback, their reputation goes up. So it becomes like an online game. See stackoverflow.com as an example how this works in the programmer world.
Where do you read about the part that bedroom producers should pay to receive feedback on their track? This service will be free for some now - maybe we will add some premium features in the future. Also, we do know how to place the ads on the right places. DJ-Lounge has been running quiet a long time - and generated loads of clicks and pageviews! :-)
Added!
The feedback system is working like that. People will receive 'ranks' and can earn points to archieve an amount of reputation. More information about the rating system will be added soon.
Last edited by PopeofDope; 07-24-2012 at 12:38 PM.
+One more reason why reviewers could also be interested in some system like this is the following:
If a reviewer working as a mixing/mastering engineer has helped one person several times and the criticism has always been very constructive and the person that was helped really feels to be on the same wave length with the reviewer he/she might consider handing over the reviewed or some future tracks to the reviewer for mixing/mastering purposes. So both would have benefitted from this in the end.
The NI trio - Traktor Kontrol S4 - Maschine - Komplete - and some more gear...
That's not what I meant. My approach would be better summarised as 'give-reasonable-and-substantiated-criticism-leading-to-an-undoubtedly-better-result-so-that-the-producer-recognizes-you-really-know-what-you're-talking-about-and-might-see-it-as-a-good-investment-to-give-his-track-to-you-to-get-it-perfectly-mixed/mastered'
The NI trio - Traktor Kontrol S4 - Maschine - Komplete - and some more gear...
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