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Hawkwise	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 9:02 PM sorry but that a fucking joke , should be about the music not how many $ ya got in your pocket geeshhhhhh
EtherEclectic	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 9:06 PM what so being a featured artist is only judged on accually paying? and nothing else?
imemine	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 9:36 PM No! You CAN pay if you want to promote your music. Otherwise there is a random selection process that puts artist in to the featured category. So yes “geeshhhhhh”, just pipe down fellas! This site promotes music for FREE---- Your music! (as I see from both of your FREE pages) however someone does pay to keep it alive. Out of their own pocket! http://leflaw.dmusic.net/ (and others as I understand it) I contribute a SMALL amount by being a subscriber. Frankly, the subscription fee is a bargain at twice the price. It IS about music! So pony up and support it! The above statements are of free will and in no way supported by the owners and/or employees of Dmusic.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 10:14 PM ok and you had to send me a shout about this too? if i really gave a damn my reply to this thread would have been longer...i was not ticked off from it, i just found it humorous. you apparently though something else by my reply. now the original poster was angry it seems, i am going to be a future subscriber too....once i pay my visa some.
imemine	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 10:21 PM Passion man. Passion! This is exactly what it says: Featured artist space is available in two ways: 1) $20/day for the top spot, $10/day for the lower spots 2) Random selection Do you want to count on luck to get your name known? Of course not. Tell us you're interested, and we'll put your album cover on our site cover. This is exactly what it says: Note the “Random selection” part. http://www.dmusic.com/advertising/featured …and you are welcome for the note. Now hop on over to leflaws page and say thank you! Do you like or dislike lumps in mash potatoes? Just curious.
Hawkwise	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 10:31 PM but i dont have the dosh,,,,,,, but well ok if there is a random selection process thats cool thats how it should be, and yeah giving your money to keep the site going is cool but just becase you give money shoudnt mean you beacome a featured artist. it still should be about the music , well i am new here so i gues i got a lott to learn about this place, but everyone should be given there fair crack at the wipp as it were. if they pay up a few $ or not, sorry if i got the wrong end of the stick,,, oh and thanks for letting me post my humble music here on the net , laffing sorry ive had a few wines ya see, tata good site ya got here the hawk
imemine	Date: October 22, 2005 @ 10:33 PM ---it's all good!
Intergalacti...	Date: October 23, 2005 @ 11:00 AM Yeah me too, when I get a good job down the radio station talkin to about 20.000 people in one hour i'll be a subscriber. I wish For this moment I would like to say a big personal thank you to all the subscribers however many there may be for after all it is you who keep this site running along with Leflaw, Cryxan and the other big cheeses love you guys too. but I really need to get some more money so I can subscribe its annoyin
woodhead	Date: October 23, 2005 @ 7:22 PM 4.00 a month, that is nothing and well it goes to a good cause. I subscribe and I encourage every one too.
Rodrica	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 6:14 AM Web sites are expensive things to run/manage - the money has to come from somewhere! But I'm sure if members are happy with the site then they will consider subscribing. The only thing I would like to add is that I'd like the "random" selections to be a little more "random" I'm sure we could unearth some great new talent that is, as yet, unpublicised.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 8:21 AM i dont think this thread was about being a sucriber, but it seems the original poster did not like the fact that you can basically buy your way to the featured artist spot. and not earn it just musically, seems kinda cheap if you pay to be the featured artist. would make more sense if it required a sucription THEN random selection.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 9:49 AM I’m curious, what would be a fair way to pick a featured artist?
kingo	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:04 AM That's the question I wanted to ask, imemine, but was afraid to. I'M AFRAID. Randomocity is the only thing that makes sense to me. And the paying for it thing. The paying for it thing and the randomocity thing are the only thing that makes sense. To me. For fairness. Think of the children. WHO WILL THINK OF THE CHILDREN???
GeneHilbert	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:11 AM Well I'm featured presently - and I didn't buy my way in...... Hell I didn't even know about it...... My thought is this. It should be limited to subscribers.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:14 AM Thank you Gene---same with Bill and me too when I got randomly selected. My point is this: 1)Seems fair already. c)It is advertisement. Take your chances being randomly being selected or pay. .9r) Please suggest a better way.
BOWILLIE	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:19 AM limited to subscribers? i cant believe you said that... im no subscriber.. never been featured.. been here 9 months.. i think the random picks dont work.or maybe i just suck.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:24 AM Again, where is the better plan------and Bow, you don’t suck----you blow!
BOWILLIE	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:25 AM ..
GeneHilbert	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 10:59 AM If you don't help support the system...... and just want to use it to your advantage. How is that fair to the owners and subscribers. It seems to me non-subscribers already have a ton of access and services far beyond what most sites offer.
psypig	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 11:32 AM I think the services and features offered to non-subscribers are amazing. It makes sense to me that only subscribers should get featured because us non-subscribers already get so much - there should be more reserved for the subscribers.
psypig	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 11:33 AM hmmm that doesn't read very well... perhaps it should say 'there should be more FEATURES reserved for the subscribers'
Rodrica	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 12:40 PM Even if it's on a less noticeable page...couldn't we randomly pick a newbie once a week? It would help encourge future subcribers on to the site if they were encouraged by the level of promotion artists receive here. I agree that free artists already get tons of help far beyond what another site would offer - but how do we encourage people to subscribe more? It's often about getting noticed...and we should work towards maximising that for as many people as possible.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 12:44 PM i agree that sucribers should only get it aswell...im not a subcriber yet but will be soon.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 1:06 PM Encouraging people to subscribe by showing them what more is offered and available. If there is no difference in services, why would anyone subscribe?
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 2:38 PM ya know this wasnt even about subscribing from the original poster, i think it was more about being able to pay to be the featured artist... same as paying your college professor to give you better grades. that might have been what he was pointing to, or i may be wrong.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 4:51 PM Still lacking the better solution.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:13 PM what does that mean? he's the one that had the beef with it not me...i was just explaining what i thought i might have ment. heck i dont care how we become featured artists....just aslong as "washburnbeginner isnt randomly selected
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:17 PM shit..typo "i was just explaining what i thought "he" might have ment" not i lol. well imo if i was really that interested in it, being subscriber only then random would be better than paying to be featured. cause if i was here solely to find great indie musicians i would want to find someone who accually was a good musician not just someone who had money to pay them off. gene is a great musician so that is not pointed at him in no way.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:22 PM Ok man---- I do get the point! Just thought someone out there might be able to suggest a better way if it's a problem. That's all. Sorry!
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:27 PM well i did post a better IMO, but its not a biggie to me and this site offers so much as it is, anyone who hates it can easily go to the chaotic cluster fuck of soundclick oh in none of my replies where i annoyed or pissed so i hope no one thought so.
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:38 PM Good then---very good! as you were.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:43 PM yes sir! i mean Master Chief! shit "naval flashback!"
imemine	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:48 PM I have fuzz in my naval flashback!
BOWILLIE	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 5:52 PM soundclick cluster..amen brotha..
Rodrica	Date: October 26, 2005 @ 4:06 AM I remember suggesting the following ideas way back... 1. Facility to pay for promotion so that an artist can receive guaranteed coverage at key moments, i.e. if they have a major gig or cd coming out. 2. Commercial advertising on site. 3. Subcribers to receive prioritised promotion on a rotational basis. 4. Lower level of subscription 5. Delete/block features to deal with bad users 6. More control for subscribers on their pages. Most of which has been implemented in one way or another - so I'm usually not too wide of the mark I agree...DM has the most versatile features, a unique interactive set-up and the most superior maintenance record of any music site on the internet. However, the bottom line with a lot of people is the subcription fee in relation to the amount of promotion likely to be received. It's wrong to promote non-subscribers for weeks on end on the main pages. But similarly it's wrong to view non-subscribers in any other way than potential paying customers! Prioritise subscribers - rotate them all daily on the main pages. But leave a page somewhere for low key random selection of newbies and non-subscribers as an incentive
zskilz	Date: October 26, 2005 @ 8:46 AM Skyscraper is playing tonight! Come laugh at us! Ha, you probably read this, and I didn't even spend a cent! I'm sure there is a point to this somehow, I just don't know exactly what it is... Thanks all for a great site." id="169262">Hey! Guess what? I'm a non-subscription newbie, and I'm going to use this oppertunity to promote MY band! Skyscraper is playing tonight! Come laugh at us! Ha, you probably read this, and I didn't even spend a cent! I'm sure there is a point to this somehow, I just don't know exactly what it is... Thanks all for a great site.
shadowself	Date: October 26, 2005 @ 12:01 PM So you hijack someone's thread in the complaints forum to spam your band? You're not exactly earning any brownie points, bud. Try the Promotions forum.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 26, 2005 @ 12:07 PM The "Come laugh at us!" might be the most telling remark of that inappropriate post.

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