I like the idea of celebrity plugs, but I think we need to be celebrity
worthy first.
Our -- albeit terrific -- DAW lacks many basic professional grade features
and tools which should be implemented prior to any celebrity endorsement.
Furthermore, we have dozens of producers right now that have the capacity
and talent to become big name musicians.
Lastly, switching DAWs is tremendously difficult and time consuming. It
takes months (not days) and it is something we should be very careful not
to be too pushy about IMO.
My opinion has always been that if we make our product good enough, it will
speak for itself. I tend to favor that approach and let the Best Of LMMS
v1 and v2 winners do the showcasing for us.
-Tres
- tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Spekular R <spekul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had this idea for a while but haven't pitched it, because I don't
> think now is the time to do it. Of course pitching it doesn't mean it has
> to be done immediately though, and this way I can get feedback on it, so
> here goes.
>
> I'm thinking that perhaps we could contact semi/professional musicians who
> produce in other DAWs and see if they would be willing to try out or even
> produce a song in LMMS. Since they're probably very familiar woth their
> DAWs, they should be able to provide feedback on what sort of features
> they're (hopefully not) missing in LMMS.
>
> Of course one issue with this is that at the moment, we have tons of
> requests, features, bugs, and so on that are "on the radar" or "planned for
> 2.0", and it's not exactly useful for artists to tell us what we already
> know. That's why I've been considering this as a post 2.0 initiative, so we
> know what to work on next.
>
> Another issue is the possible negative effect this could have on LMMS's
> image if done wrong (which is the main reason I'm asking for your
> opinions). I'm thinking of a text along the lines of "Hi! The open source
> DAW LMMS recently hit version X.Y, and I'm wondering if you'd be willing to
> test it and give some feedback on what we should work on next". What are
> your thoughts on this?
>
> As for which artists to ask, personally I was thinking of some monstercat
> artists (you've probably never heard of monstercat, it's VERY secret, and
> exclusive /s). This is because:
> 1. I like their music.
> 2. I think they're at the right balance between "big" (professional
> feedback) and "small" (easy to contact/get a response)
> 3. I'm feel like/think there's a higher concentration of people who are
> interested in producing in the Monstercat fanbase than in, say, the Avicii
> fanbase. I'm not sure of this, it's just a hunch.
> Of course if we do this I think more people than just me should reach out
> to their own personal favorites so we get a larger sample size/variance.
>
> So, what do you think?
>
>
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