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How about a new addition to every posting made?

I'd like to see a new addition or at least an option made to us on every post that we make. That is, one should be able to list the specific recording and performer that they are listening to at the time of submission. It would also be nice to have an area to submit whether the source was a CD, vinyl, satellite radio, FM broadcast, tape, computer based playback, etc...

All of this should be strictly optional and at the discretion of the poster. This would save those that didn't want to be bothered with such things the trouble of having to check certain boxes and / or those that are sitting in their office cubicles and not listening to music the trouble of having to check a box, etc... to post without including this info.

I think that this would be a "neat-o" addition to Agon's posts. Not only would it bring more of the attention back to the music, it might also give others a chance to get to see what we listen to and how we listen to it. This could lead to further discussions of specific recordings, performers, etc...

I've seen and used this over at AudioCircle and kind of liked it. What do you folks think? Sean
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sol322
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Interesting new angle!!!
At home office now listening to "Coast of Malabar" cut 7 of Chieftains Long Black Veil
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boa2
1,551 posts
 
Excellent idea, Sean. After all, it is the reason we all showed up here in the first place.

About to cue up the soundtrack to "Tous Les Matins du Monde"
sean OP
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Not my idea. As mentioned, i liberated it from Audiocircle, so someone over there deserves the credit. I'm glad that others appear open to the idea.

I would ask that if you like this idea, let's come up with exactly what features we want to be able to take advantage of. In order to keep it simple for Agon to institute, my recommendation is to just list the band, the name of the disc and the format being played. If one continually sees interesting musical info being listed by individual posters, it would not be hard to click on a few of their more recent posts to see what they've been listening to.

Using this approach, you may be able to find others that share similar listening tastes. This in turn can be used to spread the word about good discs and / or less popular finds that are worth checking into. I've always liked finding music that i enjoyed that was off the beaten path and i'm sure that others do to. Such a system would give us the opportunity to do so with one additional line of text. As mentioned, this should be optional, so if you didn't want to bother with it, you would do nothing different than what you do now to submit a post.

Did i miss anything? Remember, Agon already has their work cut out for them, so let's try and keep it simple. Sean
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jmcgrogan2
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I like it. It may give a chance to open some other discussions, more music related than the typical 'What preamp power cord supporting device should I use?' threads.

BTW, I'm currently spinning John Coltrane's Lush Life. On Licorice Pizza of course.

Cheers,
John
jeffjarvis
257 posts
 
Great way to find new tunes.

Etta James = CD = Live from San Francisco = song#4 Sugar On The Floor

This song has emotion. Had the pleasure to see Etta a few times in Monterey.
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