State of the Strut

[Snagglepus]

@DJ-Cityboy


Yeah, I do agree with what you're saying. I really only threw out that idea as a last resort. But, you're right, if we want this collection to serve as a relatively permanent archive of mixes, having them hosted in one secure place is the best option. There are examples of digital libraries (Library of Congress' American Memory being perhaps the largest and most established) that, for the most part, act as digital finding aids to collections housed elsewhere (by trusted institutions). It's an interesting solution to a common problem, but it does require putting a lot of faith in your contributors.

 

[DB_Cooper]

vintageinfants said:i also stand behind whatever decision raj makes, but instead of monthly installments id rather just drop $100 and get a t-shirt or a lock of db_cooper's hair in the mail.




I'm getting a haircut this weekend. LET'S DO THIS.

 

[noz]

vintageinfants said:i also stand behind whatever decision raj makes, but instead of monthly installments id rather just drop $100 and get a t-shirt or a lock of db_cooper's hair in the mail.




Son I'll send you a clump of my mullet for half that.

 

[DB_Cooper]

noz said:vintageinfants said:i also stand behind whatever decision raj makes, but instead of monthly installments id rather just drop $100 and get a t-shirt or a lock of db_cooper's hair in the mail.




Son I'll send you a clump of my mullet for half that.




PSSHHT. AIN'T NO ONE WANT YA RATTY-ASS MULLET CLIPPINGS DAWG.

 

[batmon]

How important are the mixes really?





There's so much music out there, is it so important to petrify this stuff?

 

[JehovWet]

batmon said:There's so much music out there, is it so important to petrify this stuff?




The problem isn't really the total size of all the mixes being stored on the server. All together they're a decent size and growing with new submissions, but that's not really a problem yet. The problem is the bandwidth required to serve the number of requests the mix mp3s get. It eats up available bandwidth and makes other requests slow, so the entire site responds slower for everyone. (And mixes get a lot of requests.)





Pruning mixes probably wouldn't make too much of an impact unless you were really aggressive. As far as I can tell from the logs the requests tend to make a long tail, with the large majority of the requests being for new/recent mixes (and a few very popular older mixes). There's still a lot of listens for older mixes but they're not as big of a dent as the new/recent ones.

 

[noz]

DB_Cooper saidSSHHT. AIN'T NO ONE WANT YA RATTY-ASS MULLET CLIPPINGS DAWG.




Ratty? Never that. I wash my shit in goats milk daily. In fact I hereby challenge you to a blind taste test amongst randomly chosen Soul Strut users to determine who, in fact has the best hair.

 

[holmes]

Just ditch all the mixes & do what someone said earlier, another forum where people post links to their own mixes, like the Real Heads forum but for mixes as opposed to album rips, have the first 5 posts of the mix thread linked through to the main page to keep the exposure up.

 

[z_illa]

I see no reason why Soulstrut needs to host mixes in 2011. I know it's what started this site but it might be time to bite the bullet and become and aggregator rather than a provider..





I think a mix forum would be great. The dj would be responsible for keeping their link active and I'm sure most of us would help out when we can.





This would also protect you more.

The White House is concerned that "illegal streaming of content" may not be covered by criminal law, saying "questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works." To resolve that ambiguity, it wants a new law to "clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances."

 

[DB_Cooper]

noz saidB_Cooper saidSSHHT. AIN'T NO ONE WANT YA RATTY-ASS MULLET CLIPPINGS DAWG.




Ratty? Never that. I wash my shit in goats milk daily. In fact I hereby challenge you to a blind taste test amongst randomly chosen Soul Strut users to determine who, in fact has the best hair.




I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LADY LACTATING ON YOUR LOCKS, DAWGSER. BUT IF SOULONE N' 'NEM WANT TO GO BEANIE BABY WITH YOUR GOAT CHEESE HAIR BALLS, I'M 'BOUT IT.

 

[Jimster]

noz saidB_Cooper saidSSHHT. AIN'T NO ONE WANT YA RATTY-ASS MULLET CLIPPINGS DAWG.




Ratty? Never that. I wash my shit in goats milk daily. In fact I hereby challenge you to a blind taste test amongst randomly chosen Soul Strut users to determine who, in fact has the best hair.




Does your hair have it's own Facebook page?





Game over.

 

[noz]

My hair thinks itself too cool for facebook.

 

[RAJ]

z_illa said:I see no reason why Soulstrut needs to host mixes in 2011. I know it's what started this site but it might be time to bite the bullet and become and aggregator rather than a provider..





I think a mix forum would be great. The dj would be responsible for keeping their link active and I'm sure most of us would help out when we can.





This would also protect you more.

The White House is concerned that "illegal streaming of content" may not be covered by criminal law, saying "questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works." To resolve that ambiguity, it wants a new law to "clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances."

Now we're getting somewhere.





My biggest fear is it turning into another "Music, You All."

 

[noz]

It costs me about $300/month to maintain my hair. What are your thoughts on this, it would be a shame to shave my head but the contents of the head itself seem to be the bread and butter.

 

[RAJ]

noz said:It costs me about $300/month to maintain my hair.

 

[Snagglepus]

RAJ said:z_illa said:I see no reason why Soulstrut needs to host mixes in 2011. I know it's what started this site but it might be time to bite the bullet and become and aggregator rather than a provider..





I think a mix forum would be great. The dj would be responsible for keeping their link active and I'm sure most of us would help out when we can.





This would also protect you more.

The White House is concerned that "illegal streaming of content" may not be covered by criminal law, saying "questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works." To resolve that ambiguity, it wants a new law to "clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances."

Now we're getting somewhere.





My biggest fear is it turning into another "Music, You All."




To avoid another "Music, You All", I'd suggest keeping the format as is ... just post players for content hosted elsewhere. A forum is great for daily conversation but not so great for offering collections of any kind. Old mixes would be too difficult to dig up and would therefore go ignored. It'd be nice to still be able to use the genres, tags, etc to get at specific types of mixes quickly. Granted, you may have to remove posts with dead links from time to time (you could add a "report dead link" button to each entry), but I think that may be the best compromise overall.

 

[RAJ]

Snagglepus said:RAJ said:z_illa said:I see no reason why Soulstrut needs to host mixes in 2011. I know it's what started this site but it might be time to bite the bullet and become and aggregator rather than a provider..





I think a mix forum would be great. The dj would be responsible for keeping their link active and I'm sure most of us would help out when we can.





This would also protect you more.

The White House is concerned that "illegal streaming of content" may not be covered by criminal law, saying "questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works." To resolve that ambiguity, it wants a new law to "clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances."

Now we're getting somewhere.





My biggest fear is it turning into another "Music, You All."




To avoid another "Music, You All", I'd suggest keeping the format as is ... just post players for content hosted elsewhere. A forum is great for daily conversation but not so great for offering collections of any kind. Old mixes would be too difficult to dig up and would therefore go ignored. It'd be nice to still be able to use the genres, tags, etc to get at specific types of mixes quickly. Granted, you may have to remove posts with dead links from time to time (you could add a "report dead link" button to each entry), but I think that may be the best compromise overall.




I agree that the tags help a TON. We can use the existing area of the site and have a field where people can post embed code from divshare, soundcloud, etc. and I can approve the entries.

 

[Burns]

The mixes are the porn of this site. A simple download link is all we need.


Make some t-shirts, we will buy. Make money.





Btw are you moving into another large historic home, or are you downsizing?

 

[RAJ]

Burns said:


Btw are you moving into another large historic home, or are you downsizing?




We are moving to a nearby lake... doing a barn/home conversion.... so, modern amenities with old school charm.

 

[Burns]

RAJ said:Burns said:


Btw are you moving into another large historic home, or are you downsizing?




We are moving to a nearby lake... doing a barn/home conversion.... so, modern amenities with old school charm.




So your converting an old barn into a house? I haven't seen that before, I see a lot of building. I love barn wood.