MeFi Music - is it only for music?

January 27, 2007 7:48 PM

MeFi Music - is it only for music? I've been writing some short (>7 mins) stand-up skits recently, and was wondering if mp3's of same would be an acceptable music post, especially as the feedback would be extremely useful...
posted by Jon Mitchell to Etiquette/Policy at 7:48 PM (46 comments total)

I mean (<7mins). Oops.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 7:49 PM on January 27, 2007

Wouldn't you be afraid that people would steal your material?
posted by SeizeTheDay at 8:04 PM on January 27, 2007

Yeah!! Post that shit!!
posted by thirteenkiller at 8:06 PM on January 27, 2007

Doesn't that open the door for spoken word and all other recordables?
posted by dobbs at 8:08 PM on January 27, 2007

I don't see anything wrong with that. How about podcasts? Radio theater?
posted by loquacious at 8:17 PM on January 27, 2007

How about podcasts?

And then people can post individual blog posts to Projects! It'll be awesome.

Seriously, what's vague about "Metafilter Music"? Post standup to own website; link website in profile, Projects.
posted by mendel at 8:31 PM on January 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

Doesn't that open the door for spoken word and all other recordables?

I wouldn't mind seeing spoken word stuff. Standup's a little more iffy, I think.
posted by EarBucket at 8:39 PM on January 27, 2007

popechunk reads you today's comics page, episode 78.....
posted by popechunk at 8:42 PM on January 27, 2007

It's not music qua music, but the site could be renamed sound.metafilter.com

Depends on #1 really. I would probably listen to it.
posted by dash_slot- at 8:44 PM on January 27, 2007

rock and/or roll, like it says in the tagline, yo!

This came up a few times when the site was new, but I have to draw the line somewhere at "music" and yeah, sorry, but spoken word stuff, comedy, and found sound recordings don't really fit too well with everything else. Why not put all your standup on a blog and post that to projects?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:44 PM on January 27, 2007

So my violin concerto on my just acquired Stradivarius is out?
posted by Mick at 8:46 PM on January 27, 2007

violins make music and would be fine, the rock thing was a joke.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:47 PM on January 27, 2007

Yes, I suppose the clue is in the name, really.

Also, Seize The Day, no, 90% of stand-up is in the delivery rather than the material, so that's really not a worry. Unfortunately it's the delivery at which I'm not that great, as I'm mainly a writer, but I like the idea of a Projects blog site once I've got enough material together - trying to get a 10 minute entry a week done would be a great motivator...
posted by Jon Mitchell at 9:07 PM on January 27, 2007

Rock and/or roll, bitches!
posted by loquacious at 9:26 PM on January 27, 2007

Rock Endor Rolls: The Ewok Breadband Story.
posted by cortex at 9:30 PM on January 27, 2007

Go sign up for open mic night at some local comedy clubs.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 9:44 PM on January 27, 2007

I Wanna Rock And/Or Roll All Nite!
posted by amyms at 9:48 PM on January 27, 2007

And re-organize my MP3 ID3 tags every day, YEAH!
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:49 PM on January 27, 2007

You show us every MP3 you've got, and baby baby that's quite a lot!
posted by amyms at 10:26 PM on January 27, 2007

Doesn't that open the door for spoken word and all other recordables?

I want dobbs' spoken word.
posted by stet at 10:56 PM on January 27, 2007

I thought ambient sounds were OK, or did that change?
posted by delmoi at 12:29 AM on January 28, 2007

I believe ambient is OK, Ambien® is not.

Jon, I had similar ambitions long ago in the pre-Internet age, and open mike nights were, are and always will be a total pain for those of us more into the writing than live performing. But the place I did it sometimes had 'surprise guests' when the wannabes were finished, and without that, I never would've met Robin Williams and Dana Carvey.
posted by wendell at 1:52 AM on January 28, 2007

You could sing the rest of that shit.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:42 AM on January 28, 2007

So my violin concerto on my just acquired Stradivarius is out?
posted by Mick at 12:46 AM AST on January 28

Well, it depends, you know? if you are sitting down while playing the violin, it's fine, it's the standup part that has been ruled out.
posted by micayetoca at 5:52 AM on January 28, 2007

Spoken word? I call for fillibuster.metafilter.com!
posted by klangklangston at 6:13 AM on January 28, 2007

"Well, it depends, you know? if you are sitting down while playing the violin, it's fine, it's the standup part that has been ruled out."

No more Jack Benny.
posted by klangklangston at 6:15 AM on January 28, 2007

I call for fillibuster.metafilter.com!

I feel the Treaty of Westphalia coming on...
posted by languagehat at 7:14 AM on January 28, 2007

Thanks for the clarification, Matt. I've wondered about this myself, and I must say I'm a little disappointed. Surely nobody's waiting for lengthy soliloquys about the contents of one's lunchbox or binaural ambience from the streets of Phaic Tan, but we toyed around with the podcast idea before, and I had quite a bit of fun with it.

I'd love it if there was a place for this kind of thing on Metafilter.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:20 AM on January 28, 2007

I had a spoken word idea, but realized it wouldn't make the cut - I would just read out Metafilter threads, with my added commentary and witty repartee.
posted by Meatbomb at 11:29 AM on January 28, 2007

goodnewsfortheinsane: "I'd love it if there was a place for this kind of thing on Metafilter."

Well, given that Google Pages and Projects both exist, it seems only obvious that someone could easily throw a bunch of mp3s / mpgs up on a Google Page and put it up on Projects. This would probably take all of twenty minutes, too.

I don't know if this is kosher, but it seems easy, and it seems like the thing to do. It would really enrich Projects, too, and Projects always needs enrichment. I hope anybody who's looking to get their stuff out there will do this.
posted by koeselitz at 12:24 PM on January 28, 2007

You could do as Demetri Martin and tell jokes while you strum a guitar.
posted by yeti at 12:40 PM on January 28, 2007

Well, koeselitz, I feel it should be an integral part of the site. Else how would we ever get to hear Anonymous celebrate his 1500th post with a Metafilter Minute?

Posts referenced:

You, Sir (Or Madam), Are A Pontifical Nincompoop - amyms
Donuts - is there anything they can't do? - jimmythefish
Metatalk: Our most troubled of AskMe users, Anonymous, notches up 1500 questions. - Effigy2000
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:45 PM on January 28, 2007 [4 favorites]

THAT is eponysterical, gnfti.
posted by wendell at 1:33 PM on January 28, 2007

Wow, it's so weird to hear my post title spoken, and with a cool accent no less!
posted by amyms at 1:41 PM on January 28, 2007

I nominate goodnewsfortheinsane for his own gold star. That was the best thing I've heard all weekend.
posted by languagehat at 3:15 PM on January 28, 2007

Yes, good stuff. I am suprised at how much your accent reminds me of Welsh, though!
posted by Jon Mitchell at 4:09 PM on January 28, 2007

Surely nobody's waiting for lengthy soliloquys about the contents of one's lunchbox or binaural ambience from the streets of Phaic Tan, but we toyed around with the podcast idea before, and I had quite a bit of fun with it.

Are you fucking kidding me? Gimme!

I had a spoken word idea, but realized it wouldn't make the cut - I would just read out Metafilter threads, with my added commentary and witty repartee.

That, too, would be delicious.
posted by loquacious at 4:29 PM on January 28, 2007

I nominate goodnewsfortheinsane for his own gold star. That was the best thing I've heard all weekend.

Hell yeah, that was awesome.
posted by shelleycat at 5:13 PM on January 28, 2007

<3 gnfti
posted by cortex at 6:54 PM on January 28, 2007

That was awesome.

Anonymous has a very interesting accent which places him somewhere between South Wales and the barn behind my house.
posted by koeselitz at 7:57 PM on January 28, 2007

Anonymous sounds like a sad cyborg from the future.
posted by sugarfish at 9:48 PM on January 28, 2007

Amen, sugarfish. I don't know if Paul was going for it, but I got a strong wave of Douglas Rain's HAL9000 when I first started listening.
posted by cortex at 11:56 PM on January 28, 2007

Brilliant, gnfti, brilliant. Are there more MetaFilter Minutes, or just that one?
posted by jack_mo at 12:18 AM on January 29, 2007

Just this one, jack_mo.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:06 AM on January 29, 2007

I mean, that one and this one, makes two.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:06 AM on January 29, 2007

So the consensus is that if he were to post stand up that would be bad, but if he were to sing the same thing badly it would be ok?

I say let it be all sound files that you've made yourself. Hell, even sound effects? One man's poison is another man's Metal Machine Music.
posted by nyxxxx at 4:13 PM on January 29, 2007