IMPORTANT: The Future of Brony Music

[MasterOfRegret]

I can't say anything for sure.
I went on http://www.equestrianbeat.com everyday, more often than I did EqD. It was definitely one of things I looked forward to after school. The reason they shut down was because Nick (multifish) had school, Sonic was dead, Soggy really only did banners, (when I didn't steal his thunder) and they fell out of the loop. What I would like to see is it being revived. I'm sure that it would be simple to contact Multifish and talk about getting some people from MLR on the team. This would ensure they kept on top of things, right? A larger team of blog ponies would mean that the site wouldn't have that problem of not posting. I can't say for sure how he would feel about that, but I think he would definitely consider the idea with an open mind.

[SeventhElement]

^Hey! There's an idea!

I actually haven't heard of the site until today. Sad to see a domain and site like that go to waste :/

[DerpyGrooves]

^Hey! There's an idea!

I actually haven't heard of the site until today. Sad to see a domain and site like that go to waste :/

+1 I had no idea

[Freewave]

I can't say anything for sure.
I went on http://www.equestrianbeat.com everyday, more often than I did EqD. It was definitely one of things I looked forward to after school. The reason they shut down was because Nick (multifish) had school, Sonic was dead, Soggy really only did banners, (when I didn't steal his thunder) and they fell out of the loop. What I would like to see is it being revived. I'm sure that it would be simple to contact Multifish and talk about getting some people from MLR on the team. This would ensure they kept on top of things, right? A larger team of blog ponies would mean that the site wouldn't have that problem of not posting. I can't say for sure how he would feel about that, but I think he would definitely consider the idea with an open mind.

I think this is overall the best idea. Taking a good site that has/has active readership and a domain name and seeing if they'd be willing to relauch with additional or new authors for it. I've run about 9 blogspot blogs over time and it's a very easy system to use. Doing stuff like Top tracks for the week or every 2 weeks, Cutie Mark Crusader of the week (great new track by a new artist), Artist / Album spotlights, and Toastbeard Theme of the week and last week's winners would be a great way to have an audio centered site and have something that's NOT just a complete startup. Maybe even a Youtube tie-in with playlists/subscribers/etc. I haven't emailed him yet over (debated it in the past) but I think its a good idea and I'd be on board with any volunteers who would like to go that direction.

[Freewave]

Well I didn't see an email but I commented on his latest post and linked it back to this thread if he wanted to discuss it on the forum in person. Hopefully he'll see the reponse/comment.

http://www.equestrianbeat.com/2012/01/e ... iness.html

If anyone has his email or another way to contact please ask him as well to speed this along (I'm at work for the next couple of days so cannot).

[MasterOfRegret]

Well I didn't see an email but I commented on his latest post and linked it back to this thread if he wanted to discuss it on the forum in person. Hopefully he'll see the reponse/comment.

http://www.equestrianbeat.com/2012/01/e ... iness.html

If anyone has his email or another way to contact please ask him as well to speed this along (I'm at work for the next couple of days so cannot).

Will do! I'm glad you guys seem so on board with this idea.

[SeventhElement]

Also I believe we need to find some sort of way, perhaps a library of sorts, to house all MIDIs and source files for remixing. As nice as the "Sharing is Magic" forum is, I feel that digging through all of that is kinda inefficient for the artists. I dunno, just a thought.

[Freewave]

Also I believe we need to find some sort of way, perhaps a library of sorts, to house all MIDIs and source files for remixing. As nice as the "Sharing is Magic" forum is, I feel that digging through all of that is kinda inefficient for the artists. I dunno, just a thought.

Maybe just a pinned thread with a masterlist of all stems just to make it easy to find everything here. Seach works pretty good so it would be nice to have MLR be the headquarters for all that.

[SeventhElement]

Also I believe we need to find some sort of way, perhaps a library of sorts, to house all MIDIs and source files for remixing. As nice as the "Sharing is Magic" forum is, I feel that digging through all of that is kinda inefficient for the artists. I dunno, just a thought.

Maybe just a pinned thread with a masterlist of all stems just to make it easy to find everything here. Seaqch works pretty good so it would be nice to have MLR be the headquarters for all that.

Yeah, but somewhere where the MIDIs are hosted as well. Sometimes stuff gets deleted from dropboxes or files disappear or something. Or is there already a centralized place where the files are actually stored?

[Freewave]

Also I believe we need to find some sort of way, perhaps a library of sorts, to house all MIDIs and source files for remixing. As nice as the "Sharing is Magic" forum is, I feel that digging through all of that is kinda inefficient for the artists. I dunno, just a thought.

Maybe just a pinned thread with a masterlist of all stems just to make it easy to find everything here. Seaqch works pretty good so it would be nice to have MLR be the headquarters for all that.

Yeah, but somewhere where the MIDIs are hosted as well. Sometimes stuff gets deleted from dropboxes or files disappear or something. Or is there already a centralized place where the files are actually stored?

nah there's no centralized place, most people just use a free hosting site and hopefully they'll last for a few months. if they are deleted you can go back and find the original author and ask for a re-upload. i'm with you though that i like getting the indic track stems AND a midi as they are easy very usefull when remxining. It would be nice to see everything ON the sharing is magic subforum as its a great place to link all that and a great place for it (for new and ol users alike).

[sonic30]

Hey guys.
Well, I'm sonic30 from the very same site we're talking about here, and I must say:
I had no idea we were missed this much. I mean, I knew we had a few people checking out the site regularly, but for somebody to say that they went to Equestrian Rhythm (or Equestrian Beat, whichever you prefer) more often than they went to Equestria Daily? That was a bit of a shocker to me.

As you can see, I'm not really dead. I just somehow managed to lose some e-mail information when switching e-mail addresses and such, but I've got it all recovered now. I won't say more about my disappearance, as it would sound like excuses, and I'd rather you not comment upon it. What's done is done.

However, I can honestly say that I would love to see a revival of the site, and I would gladly jump back on board to be able to start putting out more posts. Now that I have my old information back, and it's been made apparent that our little site wasn't so little, I will make an active effort to try and get Multi and Soggy back into things.
After all, I hadn't tried to revive the site by myself, as I didn't realize how much it had been missed.

I apologize for the site having let you all down...
However, this discussion right here has given me the resolve to start things back up again.
Thank you. All of you.

It's things like these that make me remember why I love being a Brony.

[SeventhElement]

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Yeah, I'd just hate it if there was something I'd wanna mix but the artist dropping off of the face of the planet or something. But yeah, we need to find something like this as well as get that site up.

Hey guys.
Well, I'm sonic30 from the very same site we're talking about here, and I must say:
I had no idea we were missed this much. I mean, I knew we had a few people checking out the site regularly, but for somebody to say that they went to Equestrian Rhythm (or Equestrian Beat, whichever you prefer) more often than they went to Equestria Daily? That was a bit of a shocker to me.

As you can see, I'm not really dead. I just somehow managed to lose some e-mail information when switching e-mail addresses and such, but I've got it all recovered now. I won't say more about my disappearance, as it would sound like excuses, and I'd rather you not comment upon it. What's done is done.

However, I can honestly say that I would love to see a revival of the site, and I would gladly jump back on board to be able to start putting out more posts. Now that I have my old information back, and it's been made apparent that our little site wasn't so little, I will make an active effort to try and get Multi and Soggy back into things.
After all, I hadn't tried to revive the site by myself, as I didn't realize how much it had been missed.

I apologize for the site having let you all down...
However, this discussion right here has given me the resolve to start things back up again.
Thank you. All of you.

It's things like these that make me remember why I love being a Brony.

Wooo!

[sellyme]

Multifish and myself just had a chat (we go to the same school).

99.5% chance that it's going to be back, bigger and better.

[sonic30]

Multifish and myself just had a chat (we go to the same school).

99.5% chance that it's going to be back, bigger and better.

99.5%?
Oh, you underestimate me. I may have disappeared, Selly, but that doesn't mean I'm done.
The community here has given me a wake-up call. This site's coming back, whether or not Multi decides to help or not.
(I really, really, REALLY hope that he does, though. Hehehe.)

[sellyme]

He just asked me if he should bring back the site before he saw your post on EqR, I responded with a resounding yes. He's probably going to help.

(Take this with a grain of salt. Unlike me, he's actually doing work, so I can't talk to him much.)

[sonic30]

He just asked me if he should bring back the site before he saw your post on EqR, I responded with a resounding yes. He's probably going to help.

(Take this with a grain of salt. Unlike me, he's actually doing work, so I can't talk to him much.)

Either way, it makes me endlessly happy to hear that he was asking about bringing back the site, too. If he was at a 99.5%, then I'm the other 0.5%.
Now that I've seen how much the site has been missed, I'm determined to bring it back.

[TheSunAndTheRainfall]

Yes! This is awesome news you guys, thanks for doing this. c:

[Versilaryan]

Wohoo! =D

[sellyme]

Somewhat on topic: Who here would be interested in helping maintain a giant music archive and navigational directory? I've been working on one for a few months now with ExplodingPonyToast, and if Equestrian Rhythm comes back up I can talk with Multi/Soggy/sonic about a partnership of some sorts there, and from what I've read in this thread it seems like a compendium of every musician, not just the big few, is something you all want.

EDIT: Oi, Multi, I know you're reading this, get in Bronies Australia chat ASAP, I need to leave very soon.

[MasterOfRegret]

Multi's reading this? HI FISHY!!
Music archive... Navigational directory... Sounds like http://www.eqbeats.org to me. That would be ironic to partner with the website you almost stole a domain name from, eh? I think it would be good, because essentially, it would connect the radio to the forums to tracks to your blog. Unless I'm misunderstanding the scope of what you meant.

[Freewave]

Somewhat on topic: Who here would be interested in helping maintain a giant music archive and navigational directory? I've been working on one for a few months now with ExplodingPonyToast, and if Equestrian Rhythm comes back up I can talk with Multi/Soggy/sonic about a partnership of some sorts there, and from what I've read in this thread it seems like a compendium of every musician, not just the big few, is something you all want.

EDIT: Oi, Multi, I know you're reading this, get in Bronies Australia chat ASAP, I need to leave very soon.

Well there is the complete pony music archive which i don't this is truly complete but I haven't checked the updates to see how far off it is. That said files in a torrent (and incomplete) is not quite a database and misses out on links to the author's youtubes and soundclouds which is much more beneficial then bypassing the artists and just downloading their track w/o any feedback making it back to the original artist. Also the EqD approved artists youtube page exists which misses out on any and all smaller or unrecognized artists. A true database would be much cooler (so glad if you are working on that) and if that can be linked all the better.

SO glad to see that Equestrian Rhythm is having a phoenix like re-birth. I think if more artists take part in supporting it and getting it seen as a more musical alternative to EqD it could be stronger than ever.

Let me know if you guys need any help as I'd be happy to. As I stated before perhaps tie-ing in with Toastbeard and showing how there's new Brony music every week and what those top tracks are is a great addition. Also linking to MLR as the main forum for artists to organize around would also tie-in very well with the music community as a whole. There is a real opportunity for taking that site and our music community to the next level to make artists and audience more involved and interlinked.

[sellyme]

Re: Music archive already in existence.

I did a quick run-through musicians starting with "R". It is missing over 50 that I have, and likely more, I got bored of counting part-way through. Of those it does have, most of them are missing several songs. It is nowhere near complete.

Re: Eqbeats

Eqbeats is a brilliant idea, hindered by a lack of adoption by musicians. The problem with it is the distribution platform relies on each musician uploading their own stuff. What I'm aiming to do here is make an archive that is not dependent on the musicians.

[Freewave]

yeah sellyme i'd be glad to help out on a dbase if you're working on one. are you using microsoft excel or something like that?