JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum So Where Does Your Song Rank On Ourstage?

Jim - it's not naive to think my fans can, and do, vote honestly. Andrew, sgx, Audix, and myself all come from an online community of amateur musicians similar in some ways to JPF: www.ocremix.org. All the music there is completely free, and we and the other artists make it solely because we like to. We're not in it for money or prizes, and we have been actively participating for years.

The fans on ocremix.org admire our music, yes, but they are used to critiquing and evaluating other artists because there are over 1500 songs on the site, and there is a public reviewing system. We didn't just tell them about OurStage so that they could vote for us, but so that they can enjoy the community as a whole. They are hungry for new music, and genuinely enjoy having a hand at evaluating it because that is how ocremix.org works. And many of them are entering there own songs now, too!

I would appreciate it if you could try not to pigeonhole me (or anyone else here) into your views of "fickle humanity" unless it's completely warranted. I haven't been posting here for very long yet, but hopefully you will give me the benefit of the doubt... that I'm an honest and friendly person.

Making reasonable and constructive suggestions is great, but your complaints have been edgier - and you're only offending people in the meantime. There should be a way to make them that isn't insulting or generalizing. And the people who matter (like OurStage staff) would probably be more receptive if we can pose our suggestions in that way.