[LAU] Social Media

[rosea grammostola]

On 08/05/2011 01:12 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 08/04/2011 11:59 PM, rosea grammostola wrote:
>> Unbelievable that we are missing the chances here.
>
> That's no wonder. You'll probably agree with me that there are like 4 
> or 5 people using Linux audio on a serious basis in the Netherlands. 
> The Netherlands has 16,7 million inhabitants, worldwide there are 6,9 
> billion souls so some maths yields: (5 / 16.700.000) * 6.900.000.000 = 
> 2066 serious Linux audio users world wide. If this would be a 
> realistic figure we have a long way to go, it is just a too small user 
> base.
>
> My 2¢: social media don't work for Linux Audio. I think the only thing 
> that does work is good video tutorials, that's really big at the 
> moment, good blogs and decent articles on authorative sites and in 
> printed magazines. All the other things are imho not useful. Twitter, 
> Facebook, Google+ won't work, simply too much dispersion, people don't 
> collaborate on these platforms, they only click on buttons and leave 
> pointless comments. My girlfriend just bought me the latest Linux 
> Format and the only audio related article it contains is an article by 
> Jono Bacon who recommends using Jokosher. Ok, it's about podcasting 
> but we can do better than that! There are so many people making music 
> with their computers and still Linux is considered not a viable option 
> because it's supposedly for geeks, nerds and technically savvy folks. 
> I call BS, with the band I convinced the others to ditch Cubase in 
> favor of Qtractor because every rehearsal session we were totally lost 
> again on how to record a simple track. And it takes me longer to 
> properly configure a Windows machine than a Linux one for audio usage. 
> People need to open up and look further than what they get crammed in 
> their mouths. And some others on the list have said it before, musical 
> breakthroughs don't always come from talented artists but also from 
> people who do things differently. Who cut up speaker cones to get a 
> distorted sound 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_distortion#History), who 
> experiment with multitrack recording while it doesn't even properly 
> exist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitrack_recording#Process) or 
> who start using autotuners as an effect 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotune#In_popular_music). And you know 
> what? Linux Audio is the perfect starting point imo for doing things 
> differently, not only because it is different but also because it's 
> completely free. And that's what musicians might appeal in the near 
> future, sheer freedom. Within 50 years the record labels have managed 
> to destroy their own businesses simply by taking away the musician's 
> freedom, it's a matter of years before musicians start to follow the 
> examples of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails and regain their freedom. So 
> yes, we have to play that political card, the time is right, more and 
> more people are considering FLOSS as a viable option (that includes 
> Neelie Kroes, the EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelie_Kroes#Commissioner_for_Digital_Agenda) 
> and those are not just the people buying biological food or pieces of 
> land in the Amazon to reduce their ecological footprint.
>
> And what we really need is quality stuff, quality music, quality 
> videos, quality live stuff. There is waaaaaaaay too little available 
> at the moment while it is perfectly possible to create quality music 
> with Linux. We need more Ken Restivo's, more Sebkha Chott's, more 
> Louigi Verona's (and any other talent hanging around here that I might 
> forget, sorry beforehand). We need a buzz, a technique, a workflow 
> that yields something unique that makes people wonder how it was done, 
> that makes people crave to reproduce that uniqueness so they can start 
> destroying it again ;)
Wow, you took your time! :)

I agree for 98% with you. But don't you think that we should do both? I 
am not talking about a advertising campaign, but don't you think that a 
active Ardour account on social media could help to make people aware of 
the possibilities of Ardour and Linux for music production in general? 
It's a nice way to inform people about the plans and progress of Ardour 
3 for instance. MuseScore is proven that it works as we speak.

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