Arkhi Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 So, most people like music, yeah?Well, that's good. Reborn's 2014 Winter Party was great fun with all the festivities combined. One of those festivities was live music as brought to you by Cowtao and myself, including suggested songs from over twenty people, using the site Plug.dj. The feedback from the party was great, and there was demand for use of the site to continue. Thus, I am glad to announce that we will continue to use the website for parties and the like! Our radio station can be found here.Seeing as our first time using Plug.dj for Reborn was just yesterday, there is little to go on in terms of rules and establishment. To begin, there must be some ground rules.-Follow all of Reborn's Community Rules. Enforcement can be more tight or lax depending on how these events go.-When suggesting a song in the chat, use "@DJ's Name" followed by the YouTube link. Abuse of the mention system will result in a mute or ban.-No songs' lyrics, imagery, or overall meaning may conflict with Community Rules.Those joining for the first time must, unfortunately, make an account. Accounts need not be validated, so worry not about needing to ascertain your account through email verification.The Radio will not always be playing, (so it isn't a radio?) but if anyone would like to request a time for the radio to play, simply message a DJ with the time, event in question, and any songs you'd like to hear. In addition, a snap judgment was made concerning monthly parties; each month, either at the end of one or beginning of another, some DJ(s) will be hosting a party. Details to follow.Active DJs (if you are interested in acting as DJ, shoot me a message)-Arkhidon (myself) (Primary: Progressive House, EDM, GalaxyMusic, Alt. Rock, Suggestions)-Cowtao (DJ Bovine): (Primary: J-Core, Alt. Rock, Hip Hop, Rave, Dubstep)-Tacos&Flowers (Primary: Nightcore, Electronic, Pop Punk)-Maelstrom-Godot (Mixed: Takes suggestions)-DobbyTheElf-Yash (Primary: House, EDM)-Hilda [Nona Severa]-Damiano (Primary: Hip-Hop) -Eternal Nutcase (Primary: Rock, Alt. Rock, Oldies Rock, etc.)As a new project, there are sure to be suggestions, improvements, and details to be tacked on. Feel free to comment on the matter and make this enjoyable for everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Request for some non techno music because there is no variety a radio should have at least some degree of variety 99% of the songs played yesterday were electronic basically alienating a portion of the community. it may as well have been Skrillex radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Request for some non techno music because there is no variety a radio should have at least some degree of variety 99% of the songs played yesterday were electronic basically alienating a portion of the community. it may as well have been Skrillex radio If you didn't like it, then you didn't have to stay there. I understand it may have not been to your taste but there's not need to bash what others like. Additionally as near as I could tell there was only one Skrillex song, skrillex does dubstep, not techno. It's fine if you'd like to ask for something else, but do so more respectfully, or you could ask to become one of the DJ's yourself and at certain times play things more to your liking. Music at a party is usually selected to appeal to the masses, there's no pleasing everyone's palette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 yeah but by skrillex radio i meant that genre sorry if i didnt make that clear but its not really a radio if there isn't variety , i didnt bash the music at all i requested something that isnt techno , at no point did i say the music was bad , i said it alienated some of the listeners and can you honestly say im wrong? you seem to have got the complete wrong idea from what i posted sorry if it offended you but at no point did i attack anything i asked for a variety is that too much to ask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 yeah but by skrillex radio i meant that genre sorry if i didnt make that clear but its not really a radio if there isn't variety , i didnt bash the music at all i requested something that isnt techno , at no point did i say the music was bad , i said it alienated some of the listeners and can you honestly say im wrong? you seem to have got the complete wrong idea from what i posted sorry if it offended you but at no point did i attack anything i asked for a variety is that too much to ask ? It didn't offend me personally, but I know for a fact that there were multiple people last night that thought you were out of line constantly negatively criticizing what was there. If you don't like it, it's as simple as temporarily muting it and/or giving it a 'meh'. As I said the default music was selected to try to appeal to as many people as possible. The whole reason requests were taken was to try to throw in some variety at times and appeal to those who thought they may have been overshadowed. I understand you picked SOAD Chop Suey on Cello, which is okay to listen to once, things likely that too often will kill the vibe at a party if overplayed. Just stay in contact with Ark and company and try to find some mutual ground to work with. Side note: Skrillex is anything but techno, and hardly anything from last night was similar to his music. I don't much care for him, but that's not what his music is like mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacos Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 yeah but by skrillex radio i meant that genre sorry if i didnt make that clear but its not really a radio if there isn't variety , i didnt bash the music at all i requested something that isnt techno , at no point did i say the music was bad , i said it alienated some of the listeners and can you honestly say im wrong? you seem to have got the complete wrong idea from what i posted sorry if it offended you but at no point did i attack anything i asked for a variety is that too much to ask ? No, it's not too much. Just please do so a little more considerately. Your suggestion would have been taken easily without the complaint about choice of music at the party. It also wasn't just the DJ's fault considering they did take requests. To deny someone their requested music would just be incredibly rude. And while I was there, it wasn't really "99% techno". Whether that changed after I left, I have no clue. While I wasn't a fan of all the music, I kept an open mind and found that I enjoyed quite a few of the songs and that I ended up using the 'grab' feature quite frequently. I'd be willing to DJ. Used to do that a lot since I had a really bad obsession with Plug.dj a year ago. If only my old account wasn't erased. Salt salt salt salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 basing that comment on what i said last night , you quoted my text and what i said here had nothing to do with what your text claimed try to be more specific. Okay ill be the first to admit i wasn't at all pleasant last night but in my defense it wasn't just me disliking the music every time there was 4-5 people disliking the tracks they just didnt state the fact they disliked the repetitive same genre music. And the chop suey cover was just a tester to see if a half neoclassical approach might be appreciated xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 sure some of the songs had 4 downvotes. But at the same time, some of those had as many as 12 upvotes. Part of the music selection and what everything a lot of people were suggesting were in the spirit that it was a party, so something upbeat or something you can dance to. So that's were a lot of the music with electronic and synth elements came in. Also, I think there's a community creation thing when you get up just a few levels. I think that means you can create your own room and play tracks of your choice and invite people to join you. In this way, you won't be limited to just the one that was made with the Christmas party in mind. You might have enjoyed some of the stuff Godot and I were playing after hours when things were winding down. Anyhow, a lot of us enjoyed it and nabbed some new music and someone suggested doing another big music party on a monthly basis or so. Cuz you gotta put together your lists and find new stuff to spice it up, right? So that's another thing to think about and set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 sure some of the songs had 4 downvotes. But at the same time, some of those had as many as 12 upvotes. Part of the music selection and what everything a lot of people were suggesting were in the spirit that it was a party, so something upbeat or something you can dance to. So that's were a lot of the music with electronic and synth elements came in. Also, I think there's a community creation thing when you get up just a few levels. I think that means you can create your own room and play tracks of your choice and invite people to join you. In this way, you won't be limited to just the one that was made with the Christmas party in mind. You might have enjoyed some of the stuff Godot and I were playing after hours when things were winding down. Anyhow, a lot of us enjoyed it and nabbed some new music and someone suggested doing another big music party on a monthly basis or so. Cuz you gotta put together your lists and find new stuff to spice it up, right? So that's another thing to think about and set up. Yeah, it was certainly different with Godot, I don't recall seeing you up on stage, but I'll take your word for it. I enjoyed it. It was once things were winding down and there was less of a party atmosphere involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Oh yeah, he was running it for a while and I jumped into the DJ turn list so it was going back and forth. As for a request system, I suggest putting requests in a chat reply that specifically mentions the DJ (just type @name or click on their avy and use the mention option. Because I noticed there's a chat option to view only posts that mention you, so the DJ can use that to quickly look at requests without having to scroll all up and down the chat. Honestly, I think this site is a neat little tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 20, 2014 Support Squad Share Posted December 20, 2014 This sounds like a cool idea all in all. I picked up plenty of awesome songs last night that I've been listening to all day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I would certainly like to do this again sometime when I don't have to turn it off and have a million things to do at once. It was cool when I occasionally got a minute to stop and appreciate the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 As for a request system, I suggest putting requests in a chat reply that specifically mentions the DJ (just type @name or click on their avy and use the mention option. Because I noticed there's a chat option to view only posts that mention you, so the DJ can use that to quickly look at requests without having to scroll all up and down the chat. Honestly, I think this site is a neat little tool. I didn't notice this. That simplifies taking requests, then. I'll edit the OP to reflect this. Also, would you and Godot be interested in acting as DJs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'd be down to it myself, but I know for a fact my sense of music that I'd put on doesn't necessarily mesh well with others'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I wouldn't mind. And yeah, it's a challenge to look through your stuff and find things you think most of the crowd will enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacos Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'd be down to it myself, but I know for a fact my sense of music that I'd put on doesn't necessarily mesh well with others'. You don't always have to put on the things you like. Suggestions are a great thing. If you're not sure what to play, start off taking suggestions, get a feel for what the crowd wants, and then make music selections based off of that. The time the suggested songs are playing is ideal to search for said music. And if you want to play something you're more into, that's not something to worry about. You never know what music the crowd likes until you experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ikaru Posted December 20, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 20, 2014 Not to beat a dead horse, but I'm pretty sure there are stations on the radio that only play specific genres of music, for the record. And if I recall, your suggestion was pretty well-recieved, at least. As for the the topic itself PEOPLE MAKING FUN OF MY FORCED AVATAR ASIDE *cough* I can get behind more music like is that even a question???Depends on what excuses people can find to host stuff for this to be used with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtao Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'll still offer my services on occasion. >>; Granted if anybody is around. It'll be secret. Mmkay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bagel Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 So far what you guys have been playing is perfect for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) you know why it was well recieved ? because it wasn't wasn't the same old generic dance music, and yes there is thats why i refereed you to a hypothetical "skrillex radio" it may as well have been Skrillex radio by which i meant a dance music radio channel. my point was this isnt a dance music radio channel this is supposed to be a reborn radio :3 last time i checked reborn didnt have the same definition as dance :3 Sorry for being so umm rude but it kinda needed to be said Edited December 20, 2014 by Hypa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Drop the bickering. I'd like to know how to improve, not discuss past failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 20, 2014 Support Squad Share Posted December 20, 2014 Whilst It isn't being said too well, Variety is something to be encouraged, but that has been addressed by multiple DJs with different tastes as well as the suggestion of suggestions. I'd also say maybe a bit of lenience on the mehs? Last night the rule was more Mehs than woots means a skip, but I feel like it should be two more woots than mehs, to at least get a more solid idea that the crowd dislikes the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 or just dont be a douche and meh songs. there's a snooze function for a reason. it just silences the song until the next one comes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ikaru Posted December 20, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 20, 2014 Whilst It isn't being said too well, Variety is something to be encouraged, but that has been addressed by multiple DJs with different tastes as well as the suggestion of suggestions. I'd also say maybe a bit of lenience on the mehs? Last night the rule was more Mehs than woots means a skip, but I feel like it should be two more woots than mehs, to at least get a more solid idea that the crowd dislikes the song. ^ this seems good; maybe a minimum play time on top of that just to make sure everyone who cares to gets to hear a good bit of the song in question before forming an opinion of it? Or some kind of majority system I guess, where there has to be a noticeable/considerable number of downvotes- I saw last night there were a few songs that were dead even in terms of woots and mehs, with maybe one extra vote either way, and that sort of thing is kind of hard to call. Personally, though, So far what you guys have been playing is perfect for me. this. I think maybe the best way to appeal to everyone, suggestions aside, is to have DJs with varying tastes so that in the event person A doesn't like DJ A's song, DJ B can come out and be like "okay what about this" idk. You and Cow in particular are somewhat similar so variety was limited outside of suggestions (while I was there, at least (which admittedly wasn't very long (sorry! (parenthesis)))) and while that doesn't bother me... well. you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I really enjoyed DJing and would be more than happy to do it more than once a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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