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So, leading on from the massive success that has come from the SNH BLOG thread that Snypa started, I reckon we've got what it takes to start a free online magazine, PDF/Ebook,Integrated webzine, etc. We've already got quite a bit of content from our blogs, have a big supply of talent from everyone on here, and a big audience to give it to. Might be better to go full blast once the exam period's over and the summer starts, but good to start early.
Could be jumping the gun here, but it could lead to something great.

I've got a bit of experience designing editorials for magazines, and would be willing to put in quite a bit of effort into helping organise. Reckon we've all got the drive on here to make something wicked; It's not like we've got anything to lose.

I've also got some free hosting space lying about.

The Concept
24 page a5 magazine showcasing the latest in bass music and production, especially stuff that's linked to the DSF community, so can make something that not only the whole of DSF will enjoy reading, but that'll get our thoughts and ideas out to an even wider audience. All done on the web (for now at least).

WHAT IS NEEDED

SPECIFICS

A NAME

Graphics
-General design concepts
- Templates
- Colour schemes
- Fonts
-Logos/Graphics

Writing
- Interviews with musicians/labels/graphic artists/video artists
- Editorials about scenes/exhibitions/etc
- Music/Video/Videogame reviews
- Very general production tutorials (advice on mixing down, advice on mastering,etc)

Admin/IT
-Ideas about how to distribute

SPECIFIC OFFERS TO CONTRIBUTE SO FAR
Nowasj - Editing and an article on music production
d_T_r - An interview and some art pieces - DONE
Horse - An interview and some art pieces

LIST OF INTEREST

Graphic artists/Publishers/Photography
-Lloydnoise (graphics and other stuff)
-Wubstep (photography)
-Hayze
-Nowaysj
Writers
-Wub
-Noam
-Hayze
-Belalala
-Nowasj
-Noam
-Knell
-Limb
Programmers/Developers
-Knell
-Nowaysj
-64Hz

If you want to PM me or write in this post if you can contribute in any way to any of the above, that would be awesome. With this many people showing interest it's a bit hard for me to organise everyone, so show some initiative.

What you guys think?

EDIT: Will update this as it goes on, add on all the information as it comes up.

Sounds good

sounds like a plan! shame I cant help, no skills I'll do you a mix you can give away if you want

good idea, I can lend some design stuff and a few music-y things
and some vagueness

dubloke wrote:sounds like a plan! shame I cant help, no skills I'll do you a mix you can give away if you want

This.

Would defo be keen to read. But i'm as useful as a fork in a knife fight when it comes to actually contributing!

yeah but surely in this, alot of us would want intergrated music within the webzine? can adobe even intergrate a music player?

none the less, this is a cool idea

i can write.

will do reviews, articles, interviews whatever... sounds good!

not wanting to discourage anyone - but i think that is one of sooo many (good) plans that will never be implemented.
good luck anyway. i will not write anything as my english isn't good enough, and i can't draw, and i suck at programming - but, i can read

The best laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry!

G'luck with it all the same. Can't really see it working unless you do it as a standalone site...

brettheaslewood wrote:can adobe even intergrate a music player?

I'd say so judging by your sig!

vulvavibration wrote:not wanting to discourage anyone - but i think that is one of sooo many (good) plans that will never be implemented.
good luck anyway. i will not write anything as my english isn't good enough, and i can't draw, and i suck at programming - but, i can read

That's a bit pessimistic.

The point is that we've got a perfect opportunity here. As I said, massive network, massive audience, big stock of talent. Hell, we've got an artwork thread with a thousand pages and a whole database of interviews. Half the job is just asking permission and giving credit when it's due. Giants have been built on far less.

Five of us writing 1 good, quality article each will net us 10 pages. 2 more picture based editorials, 4 more pages. 5 pages of artwork from the artwork thread. 4 pages of interviews from the database. And that's already a 24 page magazine. Easy to do over a couple of months.
That's

10 pages - articles
4 pages - editorials
5 pages - interviews
5 pages - artwork

24 pages.

All it takes is a little bit of time from a bunch of us.

Everyone who's volunteered so far, I'll put in the main post, just so we know what's going on.

Obviously right now it's just a dream but that's how everything starts.

Even if you do write an article/do some graphics and it doesn't pan out, what's the worst that happens? You've done something creative, you can put it on your blog.

Photography badman in da place. I tend to prefer shooting editorials/series too, let a brotha know.

interested in being a writer but need some more info about commitments/frequency of updates/etc. etc.

this is the sort if thing i'd be interested in but i'm not sure in what capacity i would be of any use haha

To any of the haters, just check out the blog thread. Those blogs are rolling. People are working, producing value. So just hate on.

I'm down to write, design and code. Have quality webspace if need be

i would be happy to write, possibly graphic design, plus any sort of admin shit, keeping stuff running smoothly.

Sounds wicked.

Don't think I've got anything to contribute really but I'll definitely read it.

I'd be up for this,


don't know what I'd write about though.

nowaysj wrote:To any of the haters, just check out the blog thread. Those blogs are rolling. People are working, producing value. So just hate on.

I'm down to write, design and code. Have quality webspace if need be

the thing doesn't even exist and you're talking about 'haters' lol