Reply To: Introducing LinkedMusicians Mixtapes

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On jeff (jeffdrawscomics) said

This is such a great idea!

Thanks.

As you know, this site is my passion project, my love letter to music, music-making, and recognizing, holding up, and encouraging others to make music in an environment that is committed to being open, friendly, respectful, and inclusive. Why? I believe that the toxicity commonplace on the big composing, plugin, and gear forums and the major social media platforms stifles honest conversation, is too focused/driven by commerce (the blogs I once enjoyed have turned into product promotion machines) and causes people to hesitate or cease to have honest conversations for concerns that they might face a less than welcoming response.

While I need to be the curator of the Mixtapes to get this feature off the ground, I do plan to expand it so that we get the community involved in creating future Mixtapes and also, having some of the featured artists put together their own Mixtapes — possibly of underappreciated artists that inspire them. But at this stage of the community, it’s not realistic to have crowdsourced Mixtapes, so the reality is, I’m presently the sole curator. I am contemplating having some of the featured artists as curators. We just had a suggestion to do video Mixtapes, and that was an easy yes, so that’s coming in the future.

I urge everyone to feel free, if they have an idea they’d love to see come to life  — even if it’s really wild (and likely beyond my meager budget for the site) — to post it in the Suggestion Box. Even if don’t have the budget to fully execute an awesome idea, there can still be ways to do a more practical execution, so I urge everyone to share their ideas, that’s what the LM Suggesstion Box subforum is for:

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