undergroundagent Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Hey Folks, What do you all think of the idea of having an "Artist of the Week" thread? While the "Album of the Week" has been great, I think some general comments about underplayed artists might not hurt either. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Hey Folks, What do you all think of the idea of having an "Artist of the Week" thread? While the "Album of the Week" has been great, I think some general comments about underplayed artists might not hurt either. Any thoughts? I think this would be a good idea, but I'd rather suggest a monthly (or maybe bi-weekly) proceeding. It's been hard for a lot of us to follow the AotW steadily, and now with the BFT bringing a constant involvement (which is cool, but it does need time - I have not even listened to one track of BFT#8 so far! Apologies!), a weekly artist thing might just be too much. Then what would speak against it is that we do have threads on lots of artists (mostly in the artists section, also in the recommendations), and it would get a bit annoying I think to have two discussions on basically the same, no? Or we would just do it as a pinned thread inside the artists section, and after the week of month or whatever is gone, the next (new or already existing) thread gets pinned. This would be a solution to double things up, but it would need constant involvement from the moderators, too. I think I would participate sometimes, and sometimes just let it pass (as with the AotW). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 AOTW seems to have lost the momentum, it might be a good idea to throw something new out. Probably would be best to just change the AOTW forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I don't know if an Artist of the Week is necessary. Frankly, I think that people should just start threads about artists they like/underappreciated artists whenever the mood strikes. If I want to start a discussion of Gene Harris, I have to wait til its my turn? That's kind of silly. I think the purpose of the Artists forum is just this sort of discussion which ought to be free-wheeling and totally ad hoc. In my opinion, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 If I want to start a discussion of Gene Harris, I have to wait til its my turn? That's kind of silly. The same applies to the album of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 If I want to start a discussion of Gene Harris, I have to wait til its my turn? That's kind of silly. The same applies to the album of the week. Yes, but I would venture a guess that familiarity with artists is generally far greater than familiarity with specific recordings. So, starting a Gene Harris thread might get more responses than starting a Gene Harris, Nature's Way thread. So, for a decent level of participation, Albums of the Week have to be at least somewhat well known, while most people have at least heard names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I generally agree with Dan on this. I think we have too much going on already, what with the BFTs and the AOTW. I think if you want to highlight an artist, you can start a thread in the Artists forum and od it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yeah, I think Dan has pretty much said it all here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yeah, I think Dan has pretty much said it all here. So what are you doing, just boosting your post count? Hang on; let me edit this a couple of times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yeah, I think Dan has pretty much said it all here. So what are you doing, just boosting your post count? Hang on; let me edit this a couple of times... No doubt about it; and this quick response here adds another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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