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The DM 'Listen To My Music ' Syndrome

SinisterX	Date: August 19, 2003 @ 10:10 PM Yup, I just gave it a new name. The 'checkout my music' Syndrome that has flooded this site lately. I can't wait till school starts. I don't know how the people actually interact here. So, whether you agree with this or not doesn't matter. I don't come here to lisen to plugs.
jackschitt	Date: August 19, 2003 @ 11:21 PM Hey damn I'm down with that..... that's exactly what I've been saying all along bro' ........ So ........ ya'll come check out my music.
outofgravity	Date: August 19, 2003 @ 11:35 PM Mine too
Jennae	Date: August 20, 2003 @ 2:07 AM yeah peep my
Veracohr	Date: August 20, 2003 @ 4:24 AM For instance, I will now plug my newest song "Technopagan", because although it has been up for a week or more now, it still has only 8 plays. So, PEEP MY :poop: ! :D Just joking around with you here!" id="59266">If you're talking about the continual plugging on the community shoutbox and stuff like that, I can agree. But when we upload new songs, you can't expect us not to plug them a bit. I'm talking about plugging new songs specifically, not the general "peep my " as Jennae put it. For instance, I will now plug my newest song "Technopagan", because although it has been up for a week or more now, it still has only 8 plays. So, PEEP MY ! Just joking around with you here!
Izekial	Date: August 20, 2003 @ 5:27 AM You're on a music site and you didn't expect anyone to plug their own stuff? Dude. There's a board with a big sign that says PROMOTIONS here, so... Just stay out of there and you'll be fine. And if more plugs start popping up, take it in stride. Or hey, it wouldn't kill you to go listen to it.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 20, 2003 @ 12:22 PM Peep my - - now isn't that just a fuckin' lovely thought.
Jennae	Date: August 20, 2003 @ 3:10 PM Gene...I bet you are into that ... but that is discusting
SinisterX	Date: August 22, 2003 @ 7:12 PM " id="59576">Plugging isn't interacting. It's redundant on a music site to keep repeating to other artists & members to: "Checkout My Music." Don't you think??? This site is all artists 99 percent. Is that the only catch phrase that DM artists know or, what? Every other thread in these forums is a plug. Duh, we're on a music site, so what? I don't need to be told to " Checkout my music on a music site" Does everything have to be a plug???
ronnie71	Date: August 22, 2003 @ 10:01 PM yeah but sometimes it has to be... when artist have new songs come up or what some feedback ... there is a fine line i agree but this is a music site and what great place to promote your music. I thought DMusic was all musicians too, but Larry said around two hundred people can be on here at a given time. Plus not all us are as fortunate as some to grace the featured artist spot every month..
Pagan	Date: August 22, 2003 @ 11:26 PM how about the "check out another artists" page? you can plug anyone but yourself. reminds me of a cruise i went on one time.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 3:37 AM I do like excreting - with this assumption you are correct - but waste removal as a form of sensual entertainment is foreign to me, abstract and pretty gross. Not an indulgence I partake in or recommend. Not that I've ever been ask. However..... other uses for implied orifices are quite another subject - which shall remain on the floor - open for future discussions.
Izekial	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 7:45 AM What the fuck did you just say? I can't tell if you were trying to sound like a highbrow or you're just on White Fluff. Anyway, as I said, stay away from the Promotion Board and count back from ten when someone pushes their music on you. And if it bugs you that bad, find an administrator and plead your case. If he or she won't take the plug out of your ass, tough shit.
Rodrica	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 9:27 AM Tell you what...why don't we just turn this into a chat site and instead of a music site - that'll keep the majority happy and the musicians can put their music on another site where nobody minds giving our hard work some full-on support
Jennae	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 12:41 PM
GeneHilbert	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 2:50 PM William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Act 4 Scene 7 "Sometimes it's better to be silent and appear ignorant than to speak and remove all doubt." Mark Twain" id="59670">Maybe one should read more and talk/type less. "Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven." William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Act 4 Scene 7 "Sometimes it's better to be silent and appear ignorant than to speak and remove all doubt." Mark Twain
sinai	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 3:37 PM live life, dun't read about it" id="59671">yeah, so when you die they can put "here lies ( ) - he once read a quantum physics book" live life, dun't read about it
pog	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 4:37 PM I can't help noticing how people like to do things their not suppost to do, so DON'T peep my shit. Really, stay away from it, as it will make your butt look small, you'll get healthy, and it's habit forming.
sinai	Date: August 23, 2003 @ 4:52 PM listening to pogs music has the same effect as crack cocaine? as good a claim to fame as any i guess...
Jesuszilla	Date: August 24, 2003 @ 6:49 AM quitepossiblythefunniestormostannoyingpostinthisthread.dmusic.com" id="59782">Listen to my music at quitepossiblythefunniestormostannoyingpostinthisthread.dmusic.com
pixelmasochist	Date: August 24, 2003 @ 4:56 PM I Tried the reverse of this "Promotion Game" in a thread and found some pretty damned fine music
enoch1	Date: August 28, 2003 @ 10:03 PM man i hate when people plug there music i think it is pitiful to hell with all of you i have never plaugged anything ive done by the way peep my music
DaVillRecords	Date: August 31, 2003 @ 9:24 PM check out my music . naw, 4 real, u really should. but yea, it does get a little annoying. alas, what are ya gonna do? check out my music, thats what .
dsch	Date: August 31, 2003 @ 9:40 PM I can understand the need to advertise; it only irks me when it gets out of the Promotions forum and becomes the bulk of every single thread and post on this forum. A forum full of musicians can discuss MUSIC as a concept, a practice, and an art. It doesn't have to be 100% ads.
pog	Date: September 1, 2003 @ 2:53 AM Personally, I don't agree with artists promoting their own work on a forum thread. IMHO it should be done tactfully, and in shoutboxes... after you've done the same for the artist you're harrassing. I'd even go so far as to say that you can't get something for nothing, so stop trying. Maybe subscribers should be the only ones who can post on the promo threads... now this I would appreciate." id="60652">My sediments exactly. I think the worst offenders would have to be newbies. It's like ... "peep my shit" ...and I go.. "boy that's a new thread idea..." or "Yo check my songs"... "man, I didn't see that coming !" Personally, I don't agree with artists promoting their own work on a forum thread. IMHO it should be done tactfully, and in shoutboxes... after you've done the same for the artist you're harrassing. I'd even go so far as to say that you can't get something for nothing, so stop trying. Maybe subscribers should be the only ones who can post on the promo threads... now this I would appreciate.
Jazzmary2U	Date: September 4, 2003 @ 12:19 PM ..how much would a member peep if a member would peep ??
Lcrowley	Date: September 4, 2003 @ 1:06 PM Well, IMO.. I see nothing wrong with it .. I never do it but that is me ... but I mean come on ... you open a thread it says peep my shit .. you move to another .. what did you waist a whole umm 3 seconds?? I mean come on ya'll ... we are on the innternet .. it isn't like we are standing in front of thise person listening to them go on for 30 minutes about how great they are ... if you don't like that kind of thing .. don't look at it ... I personally find alot of good music that way ...in fact yesterday I found that guy Sigma .. who posted on the board .. I loved his tunes and recommended him to friends at other boards who all listened and liked it too .. So, I say if someone wants to shares their music we should allow that becauce after all .. we are all artists.. no?
Arthen	Date: September 14, 2003 @ 2:40 AM Hehehe. Basically my purpose here is just store my online stuff and serves as a reference to potential interested clients, and that's about it. I do interact alittle in the very free time I have, but usually I just can't. Besides, I don't check out other people's music just for the sake in HOPEFUL return that they check out MINE. It's fucking dumb. It's okay if I'm truely interested in listening but if I'm not; I'm not.
GeneHilbert	Date: September 14, 2003 @ 3:51 AM MP3.au, or any of hundreds that exist – but thank God these sites do welcome us. Most here aren't pros or want to be, or even could be - but there are a few who aspire to earn a living as a musician, and some just feel the need to be artistically appreciated. So leave them to their devices - if they pander - then so be it. I'm not here for your semi-witty, whinny assed repartee, but I deal with it. We are musicians - so get on with it. " id="62084"> That's Good Arthen – that saves the rest of us from being bothered with you. Look people - this IS a MUSIC site.... Promotion is key for us even being here. If you don't like that or have some personal promotional conflict - then don't promote yourself. Also - don't fuckin whine about it if someone else uses this forum as a promotion tool. Don't like it – well no one is twisting your arm making you read and/or participate. IF we could buy ads in the trades - then most wouldn't be on or need sites like Dmusic, or Garage, IUMA, MP3.au, or any of hundreds that exist – but thank God these sites do welcome us. Most here aren't pros or want to be, or even could be - but there are a few who aspire to earn a living as a musician, and some just feel the need to be artistically appreciated. So leave them to their devices - if they pander - then so be it. I'm not here for your semi-witty, whinny assed repartee, but I deal with it. We are musicians - so get on with it.
Arthen	Date: September 14, 2003 @ 4:00 AM Agreed.
erikshawn	Date: September 15, 2003 @ 1:26 PM sinisterx sounds like an asshole anyway
sinai	Date: September 16, 2003 @ 1:17 AM well, that comment ties in nicely to the "I Farted" thread...
johnnygnote	Date: September 16, 2003 @ 3:17 AM PUUUlease!! What are OMS's for but to plug the music we upload DUHHHHHHHHH But,,, please don't check out my tunes I put them on this site to be ignored.
Svensta	Date: September 16, 2003 @ 10:04 AM 'The 'checkout my music' Syndrome that has flooded this site lately' Lately? Maybe you just noticed lately, but this has been the standard of business for the entire time I've been here. And they DO have a Promotions forum. What ELSE should you put there?
Rodrica	Date: September 16, 2003 @ 6:33 PM John Garza rules!
davidcooper	Date: September 17, 2003 @ 8:40 AM I favourite is reverse psychology. Don't listen to my music, it's horrible, it would be the equivalent of eating a bowl of ketchup coated peanuts with a glass shard topping.
davidcooper	Date: September 17, 2003 @ 8:40 AM My favourite, erk.
GeneHilbert	Date: September 17, 2003 @ 9:47 AM Hmmmmmmmm Tasty
erikshawn	Date: September 17, 2003 @ 4:12 PM btw, i got two new songs, so if you wanna chill out with a fat ass joint, in a nice big comfy couch, check them out...does that count as promoting myself?
Alleagenz	Date: September 18, 2003 @ 7:22 AM Excuse me while i up a tune and keep quiet NAH i got 2 new ones
neofatzke	Date: September 18, 2003 @ 9:26 AM there are "peep my music" and "peep my music", i personally prefer the second way :o :biggrin:" id="62350">uhm, i don't like the peep my music shit if the person is not interacting in some ways... and yes, there are some dewds who do not have any communication skills, also when it goes to "peep my -hole-music"-stuff. some posts are just somewhat of redundant... there are "peep my music" and "peep my music", i personally prefer the second way
InsaneWayne	Date: September 23, 2003 @ 11:31 AM Seems to me a part of what Dmusic is about is promotion, online sales, and supporting each other. I look for recording advice as well as humor. Ive been posting links to the songs I like in my MSN chat room. The shout box seems like a good place to promo yerself, and the news articles seems like a bad place to post promo links. The thing I love is seeing who's a posted artist by their icon, clicking on their name, clicking on their band's name and finding the music behind the post. So if I like your post I end up hearing your music. All I have posted so far is some recording expiraments that need work and advice is welcomed. Posting at Dmusic has helped me quite a bit and now if Dmusic can just get me some daycare I can start recording again
furiousBall	Date: September 23, 2003 @ 12:39 PM I agree with Wayne, I've done nothing but learn a lot from the people here about composition, and more so about how to record better.