DudeAsInCool

Lets hope John Ashcroft doesnt see this!

I thought we should put together a list of tasks, and then see how they be divided up. Here's a start: Articles (Music, Technology, other) Site Layout (e.g. keeping focused) Engineering and Technical Moderators for Forums Free, Legal Music Downloads

Team effort sounds good--but if a Queen came along, and she was hot, I might switch allegiances :) I think in the best of all worlds, beatking could write a few paragraphs on the direction he wanted to go, and then we beatles can fulfill the agenda, and magnify from there. There's something about this site that radiates mellow and fun and inclusiveness. I'd like to see us maintain that, while providing a balance between old wave and new wave, and everything in between. As we get more members, we can assign experts to the various music genres. I'm sure others will want to join in the effort.

Hilarious! He was quite sentimental about it, too

I think we are all agreeable to take care of the site for ya--but I think we are all hoping you will eventually come back to what you created. I will offer to put of related technology articles, and music ones when I find them. Anyone have any ideas on how to divide up the responsibilities? This should be fun.

well, it sounds like the king's loyal subjects have all offered to help--where is his royalty?

How cool of you guys to volunteer to help out. I'd be delighted to help either of you, the both of you, or the BeatKing himself. Just let me know...let's make this site happen.

RealNetworks in a Venture With Comcast By JOHN SCHWARTZ • November 10, 2003 The relationship between online music and high-speed Internet access just got a little closer. Comcast Cable, the biggest provider of broadband Internet services, is set to announce today that it will offer the Rhapsody online music service from RealNetworks to its nearly 5 million subscribers If a large number of Comcast broadband customers become Rhapsody users, it would be an enormous boon to RealNetworks, which has about 250,000 subscribers for its digital music services. The two companies are starting their partnership by offering all Comcast Internet customers seven days of free access to Rhapsody. The companies will also offer 10 free "burns" of downloaded songs to users who subscribe by the end of the year. The company usually charges 79 cents for each downloaded track. Rhapsody is not primarily a music download service, like iTunes from Apple Computer. Rhapsody users pay a little less than $10 a month to select songs to be played through their Internet connection. If they want to download a specific song to their computer, they pay extra. The company said that its users listened to an average of more than 100 songs a month. The songs come from a digital library of 30,000 albums of music provided by all five major music companies and more than 200 other labels. The number of songs delivered by the service has been growing rapidly, from 12 million songs on demand in July to 28 million in October, according to Rob Glaser, the chief executive of RealNetworks. The program is still in its early stages, Mr. Glaser said. It is not being offered as part of Comcast's bundle of services, and Comcast will not handle billing for RealNetworks. Mr. Glaser's company has previously announced similarly "co-branded" versions of its service with Best Buy, Gateway and other broadband companies, including Cablevision Systems' Optimum Online, Time Warner Cable's Road Runner, and Verizon Online. But no single deal has involved anywhere near the size of the Comcast's subscriber base. Mr. Glaser opened negotiations with record companies for the rights to offer music over the Internet eight years ago. For him, this moment is particularly sweet. Comparing his company to a yeoman rock band, he said, "After eight years on the road, we're an overnight sensation." Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/technology/10real.html

thanx, and i will help out here from time to time.

wish i could take over--but professional duties and commitments won't let me. this is a cool site--you did alot of work..you should be proud . there's no need to put pressure on yourself. i know plenty of sites, professionally funded ones, that often go on hiatus. this is normal in the scheme of things. treat beatking as a hobby--and nurture it on your own time, and let it grow...which it will. maybe what you need is a partner--that way you get to keep your investment and share it with someone cool im willing to help post some articles if that will alleviate some pressure (you will have to give me some of your source leads). And I'm sure others will chip in. All you have to do is reach out and ask and we can help you in the meantime. anyway, thats my advice. :D

yum!

im in the shameful category. what does this mean about me? lol 0 the first time. 13 per cent the second time. i give up...

led zeppelin

yes, anybody else?

Dawn Kinnard (New artist)

(until) the end

guillotine

Can anyone else?

rainbow, king of the queen fans

arrowsmith

He's a dick!

can you guess?

get back (beatles)

eminem

whip