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Should Users Be Allowed To Saturate Catagorys?

randallc	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 2:06 AM Although I enjoy the overall layout of this website, and have listened to some talented artists, I believe that the way some artist are allowed to completely flood a category, or sub-category is not in the best interest of both DMusic and the talent herein. First of all how can you possible gage how well your music is actually being received by your audience if YOU are the only audience to begin with? If an artist wants to be able to saturate an entire listening category then they should be made to pay for their own specific webpage and redirect people there if people truly want to hear their music. I am guilty as the next person for actually listening to my own song a time or two during the day, however, I mostly do this to play it for someone else and I certainly try and get people interested in going there on their own. Shouldn’t the admin’s consider basing the top twenty on REAL hits from unique users? Shouldn’t there be limits imposed on people who use this free service as there own websites? Just a thought, but one I’m sure must be shared by more than lust myself.
randallc	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 2:09 AM By the way....That should be "by more than JUST myself" not "LUST MYSELF" Sometimes I hate spell checkers.....: )
evansorchid	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 2:37 AM I suppose it would depend on the artist's intention. I have a hard enough time choosing the genre as it is. I mean what does it really matter if an artist saturates a specific subgenre of a category if no one else seems to be using that subcategory. If that's the artists niche then so be it.
zedsalt	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 4:06 AM The real problem randallc has, seems to me, is with the self-streamers. DMusic has had people in the past who have streamed their own tunes constantly, and it's probably safe to assume that at least some of them were going for positions on the pretty-much-meaningless-anyway charts. And I have seen an act post something in an entirely inapproriate subgenre and admit here in the forums that they did it simply because the subgenre was virtually empty. They also made it obvious that they did it more as a joke than a serious attempt to chart. If it's any consolation, I don't think hardly anybody pays any attention to the charts.
ShadowMom	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 5:41 AM You can't self-stream your way onto a chart, that's been fixed. But when people see your track in the recent interaction box, they tend to stream it, at least out of curiosity.
BOWILLIE	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 5:47 AM ive noticed also.. it only takes a couple of site listens to actually send you up the charts on a given day ..here lately. maybe its the lack of actual site participation overall
ShadowMom	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 5:58 AM Yup, so put yer ears on and I listen to you all almost 24 hours a day-- you have no idea evidently what kind of great music you are missing if you only listen to the same people every day. Explore! Find a track you like and share it!
GeneHilbert	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 7:16 AM On 11th Jul 2009, ShadowMom said: You can't self-stream your way onto a chart, that's been fixed. That is very Kewl.......
killoFunk	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 11:31 AM ...and you should never self stream while logged on... it looks tacky on the activity page... lol J/K
leflaw	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 12:26 PM ...audio auto eroticism?
Distilled1	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 12:27 PM ^ that sums it up
SimonWaldram	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 2:01 PM On 11th Jul 2009, ShadowMom said: You can't self-stream your way onto a chart, that's been fixed. Oh, so that's why Chuckie Akenz left the site
moam	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 2:17 PM On 11th Jul 2009, SimonWaldram said: Oh, so that's why Chuckie Akenz left the site Oh...my god That was by far the BEST observation I have ever heard Bonus points for that one
Israfel	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 4:58 PM Chuckie's on the main page...in video form.
ShadowMom	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 5:13 PM Omg... somebody is sneaky!
Opossum	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 5:15 PM I don't need to stream my music here. I have plenty of copies on my drive.
GeneHilbert	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 6:30 PM I do periodically self stream. For some reason my mixes sound brighter streaming off of the web. So I always test new uploads or replacement uploads. Also recently a lot of files were misplaced during the redesign. I think I have found and replaced those - of which I would not have known about unless I had checked.. I also compare my mixes with other artist which whom I compare in style on those I admire as an artist. Quality Control Baby.....
Mojosnake	Date: July 11, 2008 @ 6:34 PM i agree with gene ...though i've had good mixes sound like crap after i've uploaded them here so i check every one ..also i self stream sometimes during /after reading a comment kinda to get a feel of where the listener was comming from anyway just my 2 cents
Israfel	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:29 AM I self stream too on occasion. Just to listen to what it all sounds like on the web, as Gene stated. I don't care one fig about the charts and they haven't really made sense in the whole time I've been here so...yeah. And now it doesn't matter anyway since self streams don't count. And...I forgot what all this was about again...
Mojosnake	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:34 AM thats the point mary this is a silly thread anyway i mean if a persons music is all one "genre" shouldent they be allowed to post their music in that genre just silly....
Israfel	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:36 AM THat's it! I'm doing only Polka music from now on.
Mojosnake	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:40 AM as long as we can put in the dark rock genre
Israfel	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:41 AM Goth-Polka! Polka-goth! Damn it man, we need a NEW category!
Mojosnake	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:43 AM oo ooo ooo i'm on board pollok goth polka pick me pick me ...
elektronz	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:44 AM yeh and ambi_tek_chill_drum and trance
Mojosnake	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:45 AM i think i've done some of that
SimonWaldram	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:46 AM On 12th Jul 2009, Israfel said: Goth-Polka! Polka-goth! Damn it man, we need a NEW category! If you start to saturate the goth-polka chart I'm not going to be happy. What about all the other goth-polka artists on here who'll end up being ignored?
elektronz	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:51 AM all the acid polka house bods say hey yodelay hee hoo ...man
Mojosnake	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:52 AM ACID HOSE POLKA ...... OMG!!!!!!! now THAT would be cool
Opossum	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 5:54 AM Zydeco rubicon silhouetto
TameasDust	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 6:59 PM If they don't .. who will?
Opossum	Date: July 12, 2008 @ 9:35 PM On 12th Jul 2009, elektronz said: all the acid polka house bods say hey yodelay hee hoo ...man I don't know about delaying hee hoos, but I've delayed ye little ol' ladies by buying too many on-sale items requiring price checks!
miraclemaker	Date: July 18, 2008 @ 5:45 AM Thats what i call threading a thread
TameasDust	Date: July 22, 2008 @ 1:05 PM YES YES YES YES YES actually6 saturating is an art form here its better than this No One is SAFE Are EVERYWHERE
BlackMage	Date: October 1, 2008 @ 7:53 PM I stream my own songs whenever I want to listen to my own tunes because I usually don't have the songs at hand.
elektronz	Date: October 1, 2008 @ 8:15 PM new catergory --electro bods-- i dont stream my own tunes as i check them b4 i upload in wavelab then media player so im safe
elektronz	Date: October 1, 2008 @ 8:17 PM catergory/catagory/cats r gory/ toys r us / :tired: leep:
elektronz	Date: October 1, 2008 @ 8:18 PM elektronz = icon noob
vilifiend	Date: January 8, 2009 @ 8:28 AM i farted
TameasDust	Date: January 17, 2009 @ 1:32 AM sometimes I wish people would stream their own music to .. 1. make sure it works 2. it is the right tune 3. the quality that they heard when they performed it is represented by the tune they uploaded.

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