Listen Along.

downwardspiral · 11-05-2010, 04:37 AM

Right, I spoke about this to a couple of members the other night in the shouty who seemed to think this could be a good idea.

Basically, on another forum I post on, one of the members came up with this idea of creating a poll of a few albums.. whichever one with the most votes would be listened to by anyone who wanted to participate, but it was synchronised listening. So the idea is we all listen together in maybe an irc/tinychat channel and discuss it and whatnot, as we're all listening at the same time.

The aforementioned forum is pretty much exclusively people from the UK, so time difference hasn't been a problem there, but obviously with MB we have people from Europe/USA/Australia etc. so if this gets many hits, we should all agree on a time and I'll create a poll with 5 albums on for you all to vote. The poll will run for one week and on the seventh day I'll close the poll at midday and count the votes. The winning album will be listened to that night/day (at the agreed time, could be night here for me but day for those in the US). After the listen along is finished, any one of the participating members can volunteer to pick the next five albums and the process will start over again.

Anybody interested in giving this a whirl? I hope it doesn't die on its arse, though I feel it may.

I've made the poll anyhow just incase this was to go ahead.

Week 1, Chosen by myself:

Slint - Spiderland
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley

Poll! Get your free poll at http://www.phptower.com!

OctaneHugo · 11-05-2010, 08:04 AM

Done this before, pretty cool if the albums aren't sh‎ite

Easy solution is to hold multiple listenings of different albums on one day, thus allowing a multitude of people in a variety of places to participate

Arya Stark · 11-05-2010, 08:04 AM

I love this idea. I know you guys are 5 hours ahead of me.
Just letting you know.

sidewinder · 11-05-2010, 12:05 PM

Then do you discuss it?

downwardspiral · 11-05-2010, 12:11 PM

You discuss it while you're listening to it (hence the irc/tinychat channel). We discuss as we listen, but obviously comments in this thread afterwards are welcomed.

+81 · 11-05-2010, 12:53 PM

I'm in if it's not at some awkward-ass time.

sidewinder · 11-05-2010, 12:56 PM

Actually I chatted with a few of the other geezers on here about doing some thing similar a while back, could never coordinate though - it's not too easy. But it's a good idea so good luck. Depending on the day/time/album I might participate.

+81 · 11-05-2010, 12:59 PM

We used to get a quite a few people together on tokbox so it could be possible.

downwardspiral · 11-06-2010, 07:07 AM

Added the poll onto the original post. Liaise amongst yourselves about when this will go ahead!

~~James~~ · 11-06-2010, 12:06 PM

I'm in.

11-05-2010, 04:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	Listen Along. Right, I spoke about this to a couple of members the other night in the shouty who seemed to think this could be a good idea. Basically, on another forum I post on, one of the members came up with this idea of creating a poll of a few albums.. whichever one with the most votes would be listened to by anyone who wanted to participate, but it was synchronised listening. So the idea is we all listen together in maybe an irc/tinychat channel and discuss it and whatnot, as we're all listening at the same time. The aforementioned forum is pretty much exclusively people from the UK, so time difference hasn't been a problem there, but obviously with MB we have people from Europe/USA/Australia etc. so if this gets many hits, we should all agree on a time and I'll create a poll with 5 albums on for you all to vote. The poll will run for one week and on the seventh day I'll close the poll at midday and count the votes. The winning album will be listened to that night/day (at the agreed time, could be night here for me but day for those in the US). After the listen along is finished, any one of the participating members can volunteer to pick the next five albums and the process will start over again. Anybody interested in giving this a whirl? I hope it doesn't die on its arse, though I feel it may. I've made the poll anyhow just incase this was to go ahead. Week 1, Chosen by myself: Slint - Spiderland Dinosaur Jr. - Bug Massive Attack - Mezzanine The Shins - Oh, Inverted World Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley Poll! Get your free poll at http://www.phptower.com! __________________ Last edited by downwardspiral; 11-06-2010 at 01:03 PM.

11-05-2010, 08:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
OctaneHugo Goes back & does it again Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: philadelphia Posts: 807	Done this before, pretty cool if the albums aren't sh‎ite Easy solution is to hold multiple listenings of different albums on one day, thus allowing a multitude of people in a variety of places to participate __________________ If Any Major Dude Has Yet To Tell You, Click Here

11-05-2010, 12:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Then do you discuss it? __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

11-05-2010, 12:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	You discuss it while you're listening to it (hence the irc/tinychat channel). We discuss as we listen, but obviously comments in this thread afterwards are welcomed. __________________

11-05-2010, 12:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,609	I'm in if it's not at some awkward-ass time. __________________ My Music on: Facebook Last.fm My Last.fm My Poor Ol' Neglected Journal

11-05-2010, 12:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Actually I chatted with a few of the other geezers on here about doing some thing similar a while back, could never coordinate though - it's not too easy. But it's a good idea so good luck. Depending on the day/time/album I might participate. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

11-05-2010, 12:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,609	We used to get a quite a few people together on tokbox so it could be possible. __________________ My Music on: Facebook Last.fm My Last.fm My Poor Ol' Neglected Journal

11-06-2010, 07:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	Added the poll onto the original post. Liaise amongst yourselves about when this will go ahead! __________________

11-06-2010, 12:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	I'm in.