Jazz Music Archives needs some more attention!

moshkito wrote: I find it scary that we take an Italian band, and it sounds exactly like 10 others already listed, and they are American or English ... that just shows how local cultures are falling apart, because of the internet that considers one thing great and the rest, just poopoo!

Now regardless of Jazz, Prog or whatever human expression, this is a discssuion worth having. In the early 2000's the internet felt like a godsend to me (and many like myself). I suppose I went online searching for some additional music, albums or info about Univers Zero, Samla Mammas Manna or some other band I had just heard for the first time - thanks to a flatmate with eclectic tastes. And man did I fall down one rabbit hole after the other. I stumbled over a whole planet of sounds and "local scenes in every corner of the world" that I had virtually no prior knowledge about. I was part of both the discovery, rediscovery and ressurection of progressive music made in Italy, France, Sweden, Japan, Quebec (I know, Canada), Brazil, Germany etc... And you know what; a huge part of the attraction was that most of the music felt rooted in local musical traditions, but pushing those traditions forward, creating something that was new. New to me, at least.

Point being, the internet opened up the world. It really did. We gained something - or rather a lot, but we also lost something. I don't know exactly what. It's like everyone became a professional, a living encyclopedia... and gone was our wide eyed innocense? I'm rambling, I know. And this should probably be a thread on it's own.

lastly: Some of my relative disinterest in "modern prog" is that IN GENERAL (and not always), I often feel that there's less distinct (local/regional) identity in the music made post internet era. I even feel there's a recipe for creating "avant-garde". Again, there's always exceptions. Everyone should be free to do what they love, but I can't pretend to be exited about it when I'm not.

Matti wrote: ... Definitely JMA is too inactive. I don't mind about the lack of conversation in the JMA forum, but I've been wondering why the new artists adding process has radically slowed down. That is, new suggestions are piling up. ...

In my most active (and now fading) JMA era from August 2023 to recent times, I reviewed albums there more than here. Probably 90% of them for previously unreviewed artists, which actually was motivating me in the first place. The fact that so much of the JMA artists are still unreviewed is rather sad, isn't it?

Edited by Matti - December 12 2024 at 23:56

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I go there about once a week to research stuff. Good site, could use more forum chatter

I don't know of any jazz sites that have any chatter. AllAboutJazz closed their forum about 7 years ago. Any other site I know of doesn't even have a discussion board. Jazz sites tend to focus on new albums and recently released archival albums. That's fine with me, I rarely participate in the discussions at PA either, its just not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for music I haven't heard yet, especially new music.

Edited by Easy Money - December 10 2024 at 18:38

Easy Money wrote: ^ I will look into it.

Easy Money wrote: Grumpyprogfan wrote: ^It's because there is no interaction of forum members. Great site but a graveyard. Not a graveyard at all, JMA has more artists than PA and almost twice as many albums, all of this even though PA had an almost 10 year head start. There is not much chit chat on the forum because that is typical of jazz sites. You won't find a jazz site with much conversation anywhere. Jazz fans are mostly into the music. If you like jazz music, JMA posts new album features every day, check it out: https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31242&PID=152476&SID=8c39785e7z31z6ae6343e42bcb87b5894907407&title=jazz-albums-for-2024#152476

I need to re-start going there more, I joined it in 2011......need to spend more time there. Prog is boring...

Edited by Catcher10 - December 10 2024 at 17:07

Grumpyprogfan wrote: ^It's because there is no interaction of forum members. Great site but a graveyard.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - December 10 2024 at 15:52

^It's because there is no interaction of forum members. Great site but a graveyard.

Easy Money wrote: Progishness wrote: I find the jazz archives to be an excellent reference resource, tho I've never bothered to join the forum, but I'm not sure how frequently the site gets updated/maintained. Updated every day my friend, just added three new album features, go listen to some new jazz music everyday, its good for you.