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[Neil]

Originally Posted by jsmith

perhaps abdn music should use the money more wisely?

And that is exactly what this thread is about - lets hear everyone's suggestions please!

[NARC]

Aye well done, you do a good job whilst taking a lot of whingey grief from people. So glad my financial contribution helps a wee bit....

[Tav]

I think the radio is a good idea. It was a good laugh before and it could certainly be put to good use for local bands. Also way back when not many people had a broadband connection, now though, nearly everybody does. This would mean a lot more people would be able to listen in.

A quick question that I could probably read else where but I was just wondering if someone could answer it here. Are there other ways to subscribe and pay other than using Pay Pal?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by jsmith

aberdeen music radio sounds like a silly idea, dodgy sounding demos of crap local bands doesnt inspire me at all. as per usual people are jumping on the bandwagon of "yeah that snds great" but just like everything else (chairty gig etc), the support will fade once the novelty has worn off

The radio station wouldn't necessarily broadcast "dodgy sounding demos" as you put it. There would be a wide variety of music from the local scene and from further afield. I would imagine there would be an element of quality control involved when the material is being chosen for broadcast, and if the shows are entertaining, informative, and have a semblance of professionalism about them, then I think it would be a great success.

It would also have the added benefit of attracting a lot more users, advertisers and sponsors to the site, if managed correctly. The site needs to evolve away from being dominated by the forums, and a radio station would be a more constructive way of participating in and contributing to the Aberdeen music scene as a whole. IMHO, anyway.

[chilli]

Originally Posted by Neil

I think you'll find it's actually the bands and musicians keeping this scene alive. After all, if they didn't exist there would be much there for the promoters to promote would there?

And no, this isn't a dig at promoters. They play a very important part in the local music scene, any music scene for that matter, but it is one of the reasons that local bands/musicians are entitled to free forums here while prompters and venues have to become a sponsor first.

well if venues & promoters didn't bring anybody from outside the area to play the music scene would wilt & die.......quicktime

I suppose as a promoter, instead of paying locals well, we could screw them like other promoters & venues & instead pay Aberdeen music the going rate to become a sponsor???

All I am asking for is a reduction to become a sponsor, afterall I send weblinks to here all over the planet to bands (e.g Caribou, jason ringenberg etc ) showing what folk thought of their shows.

Originally Posted by jsmith

aberdeen music radio sounds like a silly idea, dodgy sounding demos of crap local bands doesnt inspire me at all. as per usual people are jumping on the bandwagon of "yeah that snds great" but just like everything else (chairty gig etc), the support will fade once the novelty has worn off

The charity gig at Moshulu raised money, it was a success.

Originally Posted by Dave M_LL

The radio station wouldn't necessarily broadcast "dodgy sounding demos" as you put it. There would be a wide variety of music from the local scene and from further afield. I would imagine there would be an element of quality control involved when the material is being chosen for broadcast, and if the shows are entertaining, informative, and have a semblance of professionalism about them, then I think it would be a great success.

It would also have the added benefit of attracting a lot more users, advertisers and sponsors to the site, if managed correctly. The site needs to evolve away from being dominated by the forums, and a radio station would be a more constructive way of participating in and contributing to the Aberdeen music scene as a whole. IMHO, anyway.

I agree!

[milner]

Originally Posted by chilli

well if venues & promoters didn't bring anybody from outside the area to play the music scene would wilt & die.......quicktime

I suppose as a promoter, instead of paying locals well, we could screw them like other promoters & venues & instead pay Aberdeen music the going rate to become a sponsor???

All I am asking for is a reduction to become a sponsor, afterall I send weblinks to here all over the planet to bands (e.g Caribou, jason ringenberg etc ) showing what folk thought of their shows.

dude its like what a tenner a month?
Hardly bank breaking is it?

Anyway i think the radio thing is a great idea i think its something the "scene" has been missing since the days of DDG and the earlier Aberdeen Music radio, i really believe something like this could help improve attendances at gigs as you find most people wont go to a gig cause, A) they havent heard of the band(s) or B) they havent heard what the band(s) sound like. Introducing something like this would give people the chance to have a listen before paying out money and may encourage more people to come down to the gigs.

[Frosty Jack]

A radio station sounds like a great idea, but would it be purely for playing unsigned bands, demos etc? If you're streaming copyrighted tracks ie commercial cds, there may be licensing requirements if you're planning on keeping this site legal...

Probably best off just giving us staff an increase in salary then. To be frank the £25,000 pittance we're paid just now is just not worth the hassle...

[Neil]

Originally Posted by chilli

well if venues & promoters didn't bring anybody from outside the area to play the music scene would wilt & die.......quicktime

So your saying that unless "outside the area" bands came to play Aberdeen then the music scene as we know it would "wilt & die" ? I disagree with that statement.

Originally Posted by chilli

I suppose as a promoter, instead of paying locals well, we could screw them like other promoters & venues & instead pay Aberdeen music the going rate to become a sponsor???

This is nothing short of an insult to aberdeen-music.com's current sponsors and myself. This is maybe my fault for not making it more obvious but the prices stated in the FAQ are meant more as a guideline rather than the prices everyone must pay. As many of the sponsors know, I'm more than prepared to cater for their personal circumstances and lower the sponsorship rate in order to agree on a deal - they just have to ask. I don't think the likes of Arkade Projects, Moshulu and the GFN? guys, for example, would like to be referred to as promoters or venues that "screw" people over in order to pay aberdeen-music.com sponsorship money. They pay what they can in order to benefit from aberdeen-music.com and in turn attract even more people to the web site. Sponsorship should be mutually benefiting otherwise there is no point in sponsoring the web site.

[jester1470]

Originally Posted by chilli

well if venues & promoters didn't bring anybody from outside the area to play the music scene would wilt & die.......quicktime

I suppose as a promoter, instead of paying locals well, we could screw them like other promoters & venues & instead pay Aberdeen music the going rate to become a sponsor???

All I am asking for is a reduction to become a sponsor, afterall I send weblinks to here all over the planet to bands (e.g Caribou, jason ringenberg etc ) showing what folk thought of their shows.

Ok so what your saying is that you actually dont get anything from aberdeen music ? Its a service and you pay to get the benefit surely. You put on gigs and you advertise on here and people come down to the gigs having seen it on here, therefore you make more money allowing you to put on the gigs you want. You saound likje your doing it out of thed goodness of your heart and getting nothing in return, its like anything else, you want posters for your gigs you pay for them and people see them and come, it's the same principle.

The radio thing sounds like a really good idea, and well done Neil

Cheers

Stuart