State of the Strut - 2014 Edition

[RAJ]

Fun fact: This site will be 15 in October.

I'm curious about your thoughts about the site as a whole. I'm thinking of making this place just a message board , an archive, and a space for the SS 100 list. Gone will be the ability to add new mixes (which are just people's mix/sound clouds anyway)....

Do people check this place for mixes any more? How about the Classifieds? The city guide is a dud. Most of the site has 2012 everywhere.

Elaborate.

 

[bassie]

I check for Mixes and listen to them at work, etc., but would be cool if they were captured with Soundcloud/DL links in a forum capacity.





I also definitely check the Classifieds, but like above, that section is 98% auction links. Maybe a forum for set sales strictly?





two cents Canadian which is like $40 USD





ha.


ha.

 

[JectWon]

Damn...I love the mix section. Even if it is just a location for people's soundcloud links.

 

[dj_cityboy]

JectWon saidamn...I love the mix section. Even if it is just a location for people's soundcloud links.




soundcloud is blocked at my work - the SS mix section is not...

 

[Controller_7]

I've been meaning to do a big set sale for a really long time. Need to get on that.

 

[parallax]

FWIW, get rid of the following since they're all dated and hard to maintain:





City Guide


Reviews


Blog/Features


Shop





Keep everything else.

 

[Jimster]

Keep the mixes, forums and shop.





Put some fresh tees in the shop.





Is mixhosting a big expense? Soundcloud links are fine with me. I love the mixes.

 

[phongone]

Congrats on 15! This site may have lost some of its relevance with the advent of Twitter and Facebook, but I still check it on the daily and am thankful for it. Long live the Strut.

 

[dreskieboogie]

Still checking the strut board often and sometimes the mixes. Cloud links are cool with me too.





Congrats on the 15!!

 

[troubleman]

I can't believe it's been 15 years!!! I've been there the whole time and look forward to 15 more!!

 

[yuichi]

I listen to the mixes at work quite frequently. A must.

 

[tripledouble]

mixes are great. definitely one of the great strengths





i still glance at the board most days, altho its usually quick





rarely do i see things in the classifieds that are fun, exciting or well priced





i actually tried to look in the city guide the other day (going to the bay and LA tomorrow!!) but for some reason it was loading far too slow so i figured it was down (might by my connection)





what happened to the old "ish"es ? those were usually great. anyone remember joemojo's color coordinated one?

 

[tripledouble]

mixes are great. definitely one of the great strengths





i still glance at the board most days, altho its usually quick





rarely do i see things in the classifieds that are fun, exciting or well priced





i actually tried to look in the city guide the other day (going to the bay and LA tomorrow!!) but for some reason it was loading far too slow so i figured it was down (might by my connection)





what happened to the old "ish"es ? those were usually great. anyone remember joemojo's color coordinated one?

 

[toby.d]

Keep the mixes. I don't listen to them that often but it's just good to know if I was ever stuck for something to listen to, that there's hours of nice stuff available here.





I've looked at the city guides a few times although some of it is outdated and I tried to edit Amsterdam earlier in the year and couldn't manage so maybe it's already frozen in time..





I was reading the reviews just last week, also I often search soul strut with the title of an album I've been reading about and get lead there. It's a pretty cool resource for newer members.





Classifieds aren't much good to me being in England. I look every now and then and don't see much wants or trades activity going down.





Anyway, this is the only way I've known soulstrut. Wish I'd been here in the glory days but I still check it all the time and prefer it to the other forums.

 

[pino]

toby.d said:I often search soul strut with the title of an album I've been reading about and get lead there. It's a pretty cool resource for newer members.

^ I do this all the time. First Soul Strut, then Google.





Love the mixes. Hope you're going to keep them!

 

[Big_Stacks]

Hey Raj,





I still love Soul Strut and I visited the site daily. Typically, I partake of the 'Strut Central' forum. Also, I check out (and contribute to) the mixes on the regular, as well as looking at the 'Announcements' for potential events in the Tri-State. Occasionally, I have gone to the City Guide when I'm on the road looking for record stores (upon not receiving responses for shout outs here from local 'Strutters). So, in all, I'd say that Soul Strut is pretty much a part of my every day routine. Viva la Soul Strut!!! FYI, the missus and I are in the process of setting up another NJ/NY/PA Soul Strut Spin Party for Saturday, April 26th. I hope you and Mrs. Raj check us out again





Peace,





Big Stacks from Kakalak

 

[shooterali]

Keep the classifieds or make a separate section for E-bay links. Seems no one does set sales around here as much.


For the mix section, it depends. I get mix cloud updates on my Facebook page from fellow record collectors, soul strut members & DJ's all of the time. I've never used the city guide & the review section is still helpful at times for me.

 

[oldnewsoul]

15 years? Damn, I mean really. That's a loong time. I remember this place put me up on soo much. The cool people I've met. I guess life gets in the way. Marriage. Kids. Bills. The lack of time to chase down raers. Leave it how it is. It's all us old folks got.

 

[The_Non]

I've tried to sell stuff on set sales here and no one is out there. Unless I'm slangin Placebo-Ball of Eyes for like $10, which I don't understand. This place used to crush it on set sales, then since the new format, it's awful. I don't get it. Anyhoo, I love the forum, keep that. I don't use anything else on the site except the classifieds, keep that too.

 

[speakmumbles]

incorporate soulstrut into a social network i.e. facebook


topics can be started there and be replied to in the same way. classifieds would hit a bigger audience as well.





city guide is done since there are mobile apps and sites for that.





mixes are cool, but also post them on social networks and soundcloud.





obviously things would link back to the site, but forums are really dead in 2014.