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Post by bob on Oct 30, 2006 19:22:07 GMT 1
and thats why a radio station would help - new bands will be introduced and people will become more conscious. The site could also accept demos by new local bands.
in the end you're exposing people.To something new. The newspaper reviews are working in this respect but there could be another dimension.
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Post by brikkun on Oct 30, 2006 23:22:34 GMT 1
it has nothing to do with philantropy G.
it only has to do with being young and active rather than impassive. Dwn affarijiet importanti. B'daqsxejn ghajnuna dejjem hemm cans li jispunta xi hadd tajjeb u karizmatiku daqsi hux hehehe u ejja...issa apparti n-nejk kollu. dan il-hafna zbubati fuq radio stations u deejaying u x'naf jien...fl-ahhar mill-ahhar ma huma xejn hlief replacement fjakk ghas-sensazzjoni stupenda li tkun f'band tipprova tikkrejha xi haga (fjakka kemm hi fjakka) M'ghandi l-ebda problema b'deehjaying u xandir. Anzi!!! sa minn alla jkunu huma kultant...pero sabih kieku jfigg deejay li xi darba jammetti li jippreferi kieku ghandu l-istamina u l-pacenzja li jkun f'band flok wara d-deck.
G......l-imgarr ma nuzwhiex il-kelma wank. ma tghoddx mal-'home jargon'.
Pero nahseb ghandek ragun. Filfatt jien WANKER KBIR mwahahahahaha
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Post by G.. on Oct 30, 2006 23:46:08 GMT 1
hmm admitting is the first step i notice a recurrent logocentric theme of phallicism in your posts (i'm posting this while writing some jargon filled university literary theory essay as you can see) a radio station is mainly about listeners not djs. i would love to put on my crappy radio and listening to something that appeals to me for a change. neways djing and playing in a band is completely different, im sure most djs would prefer to be rock stars but saying that its a replacement is at best far fetched.
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Post by bob on Oct 31, 2006 5:05:27 GMT 1
Well you know my music philosophy anybody can do anything re music. If you have the passion it's there.
anyways nearly all the bands we like wormed their way into public consciousness through john Peel's radio programme. Nowadays it's Zane Lowe.
In Malta we are seriously lacking exposure to new and not widely heard music a station would help. In the past we all looked forward to when our friends were on the radio cause we knew they would play something different.
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Post by brikkun on Oct 31, 2006 9:24:24 GMT 1
hmm admitting is the first step i notice a recurrent logocentric theme of phallicism in your posts - I guess I am trying to overcompensate.
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Post by kros on Oct 31, 2006 10:04:29 GMT 1
it has nothing to do with philantropy G. it only has to do with being young and active rather than impassive. Dwn affarijiet importanti. B'daqsxejn ghajnuna dejjem hemm cans li jispunta xi hadd tajjeb u karizmatiku daqsi hux hehehe u ejja...issa apparti n-nejk kollu. dan il-hafna zbubati fuq radio stations u deejaying u x'naf jien...fl-ahhar mill-ahhar ma huma xejn hlief replacement fjakk ghas-sensazzjoni stupenda li tkun f'band tipprova tikkrejha xi haga (fjakka kemm hi fjakka) M'ghandi l-ebda problema b'deehjaying u xandir. Anzi!!! sa minn alla jkunu huma kultant...pero sabih kieku jfigg deejay li xi darba jammetti li jippreferi kieku ghandu l-istamina u l-pacenzja li jkun f'band flok wara d-deck. G......l-imgarr ma nuzwhiex il-kelma wank. ma tghoddx mal-'home jargon'. Pero nahseb ghandek ragun. Filfatt jien WANKER KBIR mwahahahahaha I'm with bob on this one. A radio station would be the ultimate tool with which new bands can be helped and promoted. i think brikkun's statement of djing radio u x'naf jiena being a replacement of being in a band doesn't make any sense at all ... the things are not a replacement of each other, but rather, they go hand in hand with each other. Can you imagine what a wider reach your band could have through radio? Much, much wider than the usual 30 - 40 of us who read this forum everyday and who ultimately end up being the same people at each and every gig. Regarding to wanking on foreign bands? Well I wank on anything that is good, be it local or foreign. ;D
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Post by brikkun on Oct 31, 2006 10:40:32 GMT 1
I doubt the general public will tune in to the radio station. I mean...does anybody tune in to radio stations these days? Anybody except housewives or self employed people on the job that is?
With the surge of I pods and mp3 players radio stations are pretty much dead and buried.
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Post by G.. on Oct 31, 2006 11:21:01 GMT 1
lol im sure everyone is dying to have a crowd of housewives coming to the gigs..
erm, well brikkun does have a point here. i cant see us convincing any philistines with our odd tunes.. unless we mix it up by throwing tiesto and andrea boccelli every so often :/
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Post by brikkun on Oct 31, 2006 11:49:01 GMT 1
Cont te................
Partoriro..............
MArmocchi...........che io non ho, veduto e vissuto con te!!!!!!!!!!
Con te io si con te partoriro
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Post by sati on Oct 31, 2006 12:12:15 GMT 1
Cont te................ Partoriro.............. MArmocchi...........che io non ho, veduto e vissuto con te!!!!!!!!!! Con te io si con te partoriro Hmmm... so this means that all your wanking was messy but productive ;D
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Post by G.. on Oct 31, 2006 12:20:15 GMT 1
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Post by brikkun on Oct 31, 2006 12:53:40 GMT 1
ita always pretty productive i guess.
messy? mmmmmmmmm.....................nutella comes to mind
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Post by 3 on Oct 31, 2006 14:06:49 GMT 1
Logistically setting up a radio is not a trivial thing and a local station's scope would be pretty limited in it's reach. We also need a site to report and document the local band scene. This is probably not AM's mission but there is a niche for it. I have personally wanted to do this myself for a good number of years but have been pretty tied up with work, bands and all. One of AM's mission is definately that of supporting the local scene and i'm worried ppl like Wammy dont know that... BUT here is a simple constrain i/we faced in the past 3 years... Being human, and having to work my shift (56hours last week) i cannot be chasing anyone interested in putting up a band to post news on the page... that is why i expect such ppl to come to us with the news. In fact i've been in contact with band members for this same reason. Even though i am very glad and proud about it, AM is an 'extra' load in my life and it's a totally voluntary work i do from home (talking about the site) I wouldnt suggest ANOTHER website being created ie. more conflict of interest in such a small community though anyone has the right to do so. But i would prefer you who might have some "gossip" or "news" to contribute rather than anything else. As with my plans... i don't want to uncover all plans but i do want AM (the site) to be a medium through which the locals make it to a good audience locally and abroad. Interest in local bands from ppl like the Iceland Airwaves organisors is there but which band can make a long-term committment locally? Any band that didnt split up please stand up. Hope you understand me. Inhobbkom kollha
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Post by wammy on Oct 31, 2006 14:28:45 GMT 1
My reading of the AM site was to promote the Alt music scene and the local bands that fit into that world.
I know that AM promotions are moving onto other things that encompass the local band scene in a more generic manner and no doubt I am happy that they are doing this.
However I have so far not felt that the AM site is the right place for me to promote the efforts of the bands that I am involved in which are generally not considered alt in the spirit of AM.
What I meant is for a site that reports on a wider spectrum of the local effort where original music is being produced (perhaps stopping short at the festival world, because we can!). If anything we need a serious effort to document the local efforts as they happen.
If AM can somehow spin off such an effort or redefine it mission then obviously I would be happy to support that and to contribute in any way possible.
To make it easier you need to put a good content management system in place so that contributions do not all have to go through you. Perhaps we should talk about this one of these days.
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Post by 3 on Nov 1, 2006 2:44:04 GMT 1
Hey Wammy, Seems like you've decided what the original intentions behind www.alternativemalta.com were yourself... anyway Considering it's a personal initiative please realise that IT IS a serious effort. I admit it's not the perfect place yet but as i wrote before i don't think it's wise making promises while sharing any internal planning for future development of it all. Also please note that www.alternativemalta.com and AM Promotions are TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES. The site is something me and Betabean produce. AM Promotions is an extra effort at events in the scene which is made up of us two, Duff and Jeanz. I wonder (and it saddens me) why you never felt the site is the right place to promote the bands. Gladly, other people believed and supported every single effort we did. I am still very grateful to ppl like Gaggu, Zickler, Gail and Brikkun for example. Definately it's humanly impossible to get hold of all the news and gossip of the local scene unless we make this our full-time job or unless ppl like you and the bands themselves give us a helping hand. As you can see from the links page; foreign agencies did have an interest in the project. People from www.sinkandstove.co.uk/ , www.trifekta.com.au/ and www.tinydog.co.uk/ have surely checked the featured bands. Same with Europavox Festival Organisors who only got to know about us through the site. 3years ago i thought i could afford a go at this site and today i'm pretty glad i did. I can't set up a content management system since i'm not good at web programming, but again, improvement is in our plans and that must somehow fit in our already-busy schedules. It might be a total failure but at least we would have tried! thanks for your offer xbin. we'll keep in touch. thanks also for being open and speaking what you really feel. It's constructive criticism. keep it coming guys/girls
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