Monday, January 23, 2006

Mixoffs on ccMixter?

Seems there a movement afoot to have mixoffs at ccMixter. Do we think this is a good idea?

I tend to favor it since it is coming from the community, not top down.

[UPDATE]
Feel free to jump into the discussion so I know what to code

4 comments:

teru said...

I like the idea. Not too sure about the source material.

fourstones said...

ha! yea not amen break ;)

but something from the site.

my preference is to let the community ead on this one (much like this blog ;)) and take my cues from you/them...

Gurdonark said...

I agree with your reasoning, Victor--anything the site grows organically that adds to the enthusiasm is good. To me, mix-offs are a bit, well, not my thing. But "battles of the band" and "mixoffs" and competitions are as old as music, and if they grow organically, that's a good thing.

fourstones said...

I hear you g, this is definitely not a feature I would have come up with or even pushed, but I rationalize by comparing it to all the great jazz legends that battled improvs. Some of the best spontaneous composition ever created by humans happened under just those conditions. I'll hold my nose and think of those giants and forget that American Idol ever existed.