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 > > > > 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... >> >> >> >> 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 > > > >
