Thomas, I stopped displaying the Top 10 Requested songs on the website because the artists on the top 10 list were groups that no one had ever hear of ... meaning that the soloists performing and named were flooding SAM with requests to make their performance hit the top 10.
One group that had only recorded 5 songs on a single album organized their family members to request their five songs ... Of course, the settings in SAM prevented hundreds of plays of the same 5 songs from ever playing. While one popular group that had more than 250 songs in the playlist and was the number one independent artist of the station could get a single son in the top 10. Once I deleted the top 10 playlist from the website and set -up SAM to remove any song request more than 100 times (and notified the offending persons of the new policy that would permanently remove their songs from the playlist) the requests suddenly stopped. I'm sure that was just a coincidence, since they both pleaded ignorance of anything being done by whomever was doing it. You know how crazy fans can be. <grin> I even threatened to stop allowing requests, and even set the time limit for more than 2 requests per day to more than a week ... but nothing slowed them down until the top 10 list was removed and the added threat to remove their songs after the request limit was reached. I love listener participation but with Indy artists who think they are rigging the Billboard TOP 100 ratings ... you have to put a stop of abuse before all of your listeners are driven away. Loran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Barstow" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [General-discussion] Request Problem > James I understand that it only doing request but I need to make sure it > plays. What happen is someone figured it out and just hit request about > 100 times. Song didn't played because of request rules so I'm trying to > have it only add it to top request if it plays. This will stop this. > Other than deleting this option. > > Thank You > > At 10:27 AM 5/12/2009, you wrote: >>The list shows the top requested, not the top played, so even if it is not >>being played it is being requested. >> >>James Henline. >>Help Desk Manager >>Development Manager >>Spacial Audio Solutions LLC. >>972-739-6420 ext: 110 >>www.audiorealm.com >>www.spacialnet.com >>www.spacialaudio.com >> >>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, contains >>information from SpacialAudio Solutions LLC., which may be confidential or >>privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the >>individual >>or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware >>that >>any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this >>information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, >>please >>notify the sender immediately by "reply to sender only" message and >>destroy >>all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including >>attachments. >> >> >>On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Thomas Barstow >><[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > I have noticed today that if you do a request for a song it shows up in >> > the >> > Top 10 Request. If I hit a song and it comes back and rejects it for >> > whatever reason it adds to my Top Request song as being played. So if >> > you >> > request any song it will show up as being played even is the system >> > rejects >> > it for my rules. Anyone else having this problem. >> > >> > Tom Barstow (aka DJ Bear) >> > Visit our sites @: >> > >> > >> > Moyock Weather Service >> > www.moyockweather.com >> > >> > Wunderground Weather Moyock >> > http://www.wunderground.com/US/NC/Moyock.html >> > >> > Internet DJ's >> > http://www.myspace.com/internetdjs >> > >> > Sound Machine Radio ~ Juke Box ~ >> > www.soundmachineradio.com >> > >> > My Country Space >> > www.mycountryspace.com/djbear >> > _______________________________________________ >> > General-discussion mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion >> > >> > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > with the subject 'unsubscribe' >> > >>_______________________________________________ >>General-discussion mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion >> >>TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to >>[email protected] >> >>with the subject >>'unsubscribe' > > Tom Barstow (aka DJ Bear) > Visit our sites @: > > > Moyock Weather Service > www.moyockweather.com > > Wunderground Weather Moyock > http://www.wunderground.com/US/NC/Moyock.html > > Internet DJ's > http://www.myspace.com/internetdjs > > Sound Machine Radio ~ Juke Box ~ > www.soundmachineradio.com > > My Country Space > www.mycountryspace.com/djbear > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject 'unsubscribe' >
