Re: [linux-audio-user] opensourcemusic.info

Hey John,

My two year old son is named like you, actually, Andrew John.

I'll look up your website. Although I do not code much in PHP, I've been
with Postnuke and now using Mambo. I can help manage your content on the
website. Wanna exchange links?

Have a nice day.

Art Inion

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 22:16 +0100, John Mulholland wrote:
> I am the person responsible for opensourcemusic.info.
>
> Please allow me to introduce myself. I am twenty six, and a sometime
> student living in Southampton, UK. I live and breathe music, and I guess
> I would be referred to as a geek by most of my friends.
>
> I registered the domain sometime ago. Until about two weeks ago the site
> was actually quite broad. There was a glossary, downloads, a reading
> lists, downloads (culled from sharewaremusicmachine) and lots and lots
> of news items (creative commons, p2p, patents, stuff like that.) I was
> working on getting the site to show in several different languages
> (using a tool called mamblefish) when it all went badly wrong.
>
> The server guys have kindly provided me with a backup with which I am
> looking to rebuild the site. There is some truth in the sentence that
> the site is run by a group of volunteers. In as much as that there are
> one or two other people who have expressed an interest. However, I have
> done the vast majority of the work on my own. And (as I am by no means
> an IT ninja, so this stuff takes me a long time) ... there has been many
> sleepless nights.
>
> I was just thinking about the site when I saw these emails pop up in
> Thunderbird.
>
> I would love it to be a community run (not for profit) site. This was
> always my wish for the site. I think a mambo powered CMS could be of
> great benefit. However, I have not so far had much luck in attracting
> help. (This really is my fault as I am not very good at asking for
> help.) If people are interested in developing the site and making use of
> it as a community resource I would be delighted. I dont think I can do
> it on my own. I have neither the time, money or knowledge needed to do
> it justice. So far I have paid all the server bills, and I will be happy
> to continue to do so for as long as I can afford.
>
> Should there be no interest in developing the site this way then I think
> I'll do the following. Write an introductory piece for the front page
> for those new to open source computing, and then suggest three or four
> programs for each section. And then leave it that.
>
> I would like it to be used in the best possible way that benefits
> others. I guess this list is the best place to raise the question about
> its use. It's up to you all. I am not looking for any money from it. If
> you are interested in helping please do get in touch.
>
> Thanks all for the oppurtunity to introduce myself, and I hope this has
> gone someway to answering those questions. As for the programs in the
> wrong categories, yep thats all my fault.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Brett McCoy wrote:
>
> > Jan Weil wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone happen to know who's behind
> >> <http://www.opensourcemusic.info>?
> >>
> >> "The site is run by a group of volunteers who devote lots of time, and
> >> many many sleepless nights." seems a little vague...
> >
> >
> > Why do they have Audacity listed under samplers and Ardour and Wired
> > under sequencers? Actually, Rosegarden shouldn't be under sequencers
> > either... it's far more than just a sequencer. I think 'DAW' would be
> > a more accruate category for these...
> >
> > -- Brett
> > -----------
> > Programmer by day, Guitarist by Night
> > http://www.chapelperilous.net
> > http://www.alhazred.com
> > http://www.revelmoon.com
>
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 7 16:17:18 2005