[LAU] Re: Re: Re: My 'works in progress' made with linux

[Ketil Thorgersen]

Thorsten Wilms skrev:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:11:11PM -0400, julien bodd wrote:
>   
>>> Hey, that's pretty cool!  Maybe we should do one like that.  People
>>> could upload beats, bass, guitar, synth, vox, backup vox, etc.  At the
>>> end different people mix it in different ways, all made with Linux.
>>>
>>> Anybody game for this?
>>>
>>>       
>> Of course I game for this ! We should investigate how is that
>> practically feasible.
>> First of all, who has to share something he would like others to complement?
>>     
>
> I would have material. If the number of individuals posting music 
> here from time to time is an indicator, there won't be much.
>
> ccmixter sadly doesn't allow share-alike licensing, don't know how 
> other such sites treat licensing.
>
> You can upload tarballs to archive.org. If you want a collaborative 
> project, just do it, don't wait for perfect fit infrastructure.
>
> Getting such a site up and _keeping_ it running is quite a task 
> and so far there's hardly enough interest/man-power for documentation/ 
> apps/community pages ...
>
>   
I think you're right unfortunately. However I think this is something 
that will grow. As a music educator I know all these students frustrated 
with the lack of possibilities to test their arrangements on real 
musicians, and students looking for alternative settings to play in. 
There are a few major problems in this though: institutions usually have 
a very set and conservative structure where most teachers know only a 
few things - but very well. And - there is as you point to - no viable 
easily accessible way to collabrate via the internet. There is something 
for a live cd to set uo:-) A cd every student can bring home, plug in 
their guitar and lay down the track fr Joe composers rough track.

Ah - what do I know. I would probably find time to participate myself. 
Sounds mighty swell in my opinion!
Ketil