[linux-audio-user] opensourcemusic.info

[Frank smith]

Hi John
Let me know what you need, I'm in Cardiff at the moment.
Can code a website and use only OpenSource to record with.
Would be nice to showcase our stuff
Cheers
Bob



John Mulholland wrote:

> I am the person responsible for opensourcemusic.info.
>
> Please allow me to introduce myself. I am twenty six, and a sometime 
> student living in Southampton, UK. I live and breathe music, and I 
> guess I would be referred to as a geek by most of my friends.
>
> I registered the domain sometime ago. Until about two weeks ago the 
> site was actually quite broad. There was a glossary, downloads, a 
> reading lists, downloads (culled from sharewaremusicmachine) and lots 
> and lots of news items (creative commons, p2p, patents, stuff like 
> that.) I was working on getting the site to show in several different 
> languages (using a tool called mamblefish) when it all went badly wrong.
>
> The server guys have kindly provided me with a backup with which I am 
> looking to rebuild the site. There is some truth in the sentence that 
> the site is run by a group of volunteers. In as much as that there are 
> one or two other people who have expressed an interest. However, I 
> have done the vast majority of the work on my own. And (as I am by no 
> means an IT ninja, so this stuff takes me a long time) ... there has 
> been many sleepless nights.
>
> I was just thinking about the site when I saw these emails pop up in 
> Thunderbird.
>
> I would love it to be a community run (not for profit) site. This was 
> always my wish for the site. I think a mambo powered CMS could be of 
> great benefit.  However, I have not so far had much luck in attracting 
> help. (This really is my fault as I am not very good at asking for 
> help.) If people are interested in developing the site and making use 
> of it as a community resource I would be delighted. I dont think I can 
> do it on my own. I have neither the time, money or knowledge needed to 
> do it justice. So far I have paid all the server bills, and I will be 
> happy to continue to do so for as long as I can afford.
>
> Should there be no interest in developing the site this way then I 
> think I'll do the following. Write an introductory piece for the front 
> page for those new to open source computing, and then suggest three or 
> four programs for each section. And then leave it that.
>
> I would like it to be used in the best possible way that benefits 
> others. I guess this list is the best place to raise the question 
> about its use. It's up to you all. I am not looking for any money from 
> it. If you are interested in helping please do get in touch.
>
> Thanks all for the oppurtunity to introduce myself, and I hope this 
> has gone someway to answering those questions. As for the programs in 
> the wrong categories, yep thats all my fault.
>
> John
>
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> Brett McCoy wrote:
>
>> Jan Weil wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone happen to know who's behind
>>> <http://www.opensourcemusic.info>?
>>>
>>> "The site is run by a group of volunteers who devote lots of time, and
>>> many many sleepless nights." seems a little vague...
>>
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>> Why do they have Audacity listed under samplers and Ardour and Wired 
>> under sequencers?  Actually, Rosegarden shouldn't be under sequencers 
>> either... it's far more than just a sequencer.  I think 'DAW' would 
>> be a more accruate category for these...
>>
>> -- Brett
>> -----------
>> Programmer by day, Guitarist by Night
>> http://www.chapelperilous.net
>> http://www.alhazred.com
>> http://www.revelmoon.com
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