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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Topic: turntable.fm prog station Posted: August 05 2012 at 14:38 |
Hey all - has anyone heard of the website turntable.fm? I've been using it for almost a year now, its fantastic. I'm generally a jamband loving guy (first concert was Rush in 94 though), but I've been experimenting with prog heavily of late.
The way turntable works is that there are five DJ tables, and people can play songs to the room (they have a large catalog, and you can also upload things to play). Its fantastic. Its literally like an interactive radio station. Rooms have themes. I've been trying to start a prog station for a while, with no luck - there doesnt seem to be a big enough prog following there yet - so I am hoping that I can make an announcement here and get something started. I am going to start DJing there now, and hopefully some other people will join in and we can get the ball rolling. \ I've started other rooms there that continue to live. Help me feed my prog addiction. I am DJ River there - and here is the link: http://turntable.fm/prog_rock_60s_70s_80s_eclectic_psychedelic_spa This particular room is for 60s, 70s, 80, and eclectic and psychedelic prog - feel free to join in and DJ with me! Turntable.fm is just fantastic. Thanks!
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 14:43 |
Did I mention it was fantastic? LOL
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A Person
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 10 2008 Location: __ Status: Offline Points: 65760 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 14:49 |
The problem we have with Turntable.fm is that none of our non-US friends can join :(
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 14:50 |
Really? I hadn't realized that - its all US?
Any reason? Any known workaround?
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 15:04 |
Also - in the event that someone cant log on (you need to have a friend on facebook who is logged in) - please let me know and I will send an invite.
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 15:13 |
Turntable can be really annoying and is FB required last time I checked. I recommend wavelength.fm, which granted is less pretty but has the same purpose without geographic or "place" restrictions.
You only need to make a username, which takes about 5 seconds.
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MuzikLuva
Forum Groupie Joined: April 22 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 81 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 18:06 |
I just signed up and am currently enjoying Camel. You can skip over the Facebook/Twitter part.
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: August 05 2012 at 22:50 |
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 12:39 |
Well, cant we have our US friends join turntable? If we try to find a solution that fits everyone in the world, we'll be like the UN. Helpful, but ineffective.
The problem I am seeing with wavelength.fm is that nobody is there. The problem with that is none of our Earth friends are using it. :P I'd really love to get some people using turntable.fm. I'm sure that itll open up to the world eventually. Until then, there are no other good solutions. (turntable is such a superior product to wavelength). Ill be at turntable trying to get this room rolling! |
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 12:48 |
I went to Turntable and only you were there, soooo
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 12:54 |
Right, and your reply shows that you didnt bother to read any of the previous comments, or at least understand them.
I am trying to start a persistent room that has some actual value and usefulness. I've done it before and the room stands on its own. |
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Kotro
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2815 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 13:06 |
So why don't we do that, but in a place that everybody can use and enjoy?
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Bigger on the inside.
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 13:09 |
Like where, Kotro? wavelength.fm stinks - and no-one is already using it.
Got any suggestions? I'm open.
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Kotro
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2815 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 13:34 |
We used to have Listening Room, but that's gone. Never really heard of
wavelength.fm until today, took a look, don't really see what's wrong about it.
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Bigger on the inside.
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 13:38 |
So why doesnt anyone use it?
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A Person
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 10 2008 Location: __ Status: Offline Points: 65760 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 14:39 |
When we used to use Listening Room, we would schedule times to be on. Usually sometime after around 9 pm EST, and usually on weekends were times when we had the most people. People don't go on when they don't expect anyone to be there, I guess. |
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 19:36 |
It was a joke bud, I wasn't attacking you. I'm just proposing an alternative site that everyone can use. Turntable is fine, I've used it on a number of occasions, but TBH it's not my favorite site out there. I hope I'm not threatening you somehow, because that's not my intention.
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somecallmetim
Forum Newbie Joined: December 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 06 2012 at 22:38 |
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I took it personally, and I shouldn't have responded like that.
Thanks for your response - I just felt like it was a "perfect solution fallacy" situation. I just want to have something useful and steady out there. |
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Kotro
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2815 |
Posted: September 19 2012 at 15:54 |
As of today we've been using this:
http://www.plug.dj/progrocka/
International, stable, although limited to Youtube, Soundcloud and Turntable uploads. So far I like it very much. |
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Bigger on the inside.
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reliablecar
Forum Newbie Tablet Spam is not good Joined: October 09 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1 |
Posted: October 09 2012 at 01:30 |
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