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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: bluesjamtracks back online with new Guthrieness!
Whoa, that was painful. It's so frustrating, having to take a site offline because of technical difficulties created by someone else (stand up, Paypal )
However, we're back online with a better payment system, a new site design, all the old stuff and, as promised, the new Contemporary jam tracks set with ten solos by Guthrie!
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:
Hi Adrian,
All this is great. Congrats on getting the new site up.
Do you think you'll also be working on some non-blues type of backing tracks? Perhaps something heavy-progressive, something really jazzy, etc.? The blues stuff is great, but there are guys who'd like to jam over other kinds of stuff. Plus, we'd also love to see Guthrie improvise over other kinds of progressions.
It does seem that some of the faithful are getting a little bored with Guthrie just jamming over the blues tracks.
Thanks, _________________ Ed Yoon
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:
Things must be bad when the Petrucci fans are getting bored They've got a point, though... we also want to start looking into some fusion and other rock/pop ideas for our jam tracks.
We're somewhat restricted in terms of genre by that site (it is "bluesjamtracks" after all) but we'll stretch the definition of "blues" as far as we can, and if necessary we'll start up another site
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:57 am Post subject:
adrianclark wrote:
Things must be bad when the Petrucci fans are getting bored They've got a point, though... we also want to start looking into some fusion and other rock/pop ideas for our jam tracks.
We're somewhat restricted in terms of genre by that site (it is "bluesjamtracks" after all) but we'll stretch the definition of "blues" as far as we can, and if necessary we'll start up another site
adrian
Hi Adrian,
I don't think you really need to start a whole new site to offer other types of styles. As you know, it's a lot of work to get a new name, new business and new site started. You've done a lot to establish bluesjamtracks.com, so my thinking is that you just need to offer alternative style backing tracks from the same site. The thing is that Guthrie excels in so many styles and you'd also reach a wider audience - especially the shred and fusion maniacs. _________________ Ed Yoon
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:
Yeah, we'd certainly want to keep any extra work to the minimum, Ed. One thing I've had in mind for a while would be the possibility of simply cloning the site (maybe changing the colour scheme), and using the clone for non-blues stuff. I've already registered rockjamtracks.com, so that'd be an easy way of creating a whole new project, while using the same hosting, payment code, etc.
All that sitting about doing nothing getting to you and Mr Cyrka?
Of course, new site and Contemporary Blues package totally totally rocks! \m/
Everyone must buybuybuy! The Backings are awesome and the added bonus of a Guthrie solo is mindblowing.
P.S - *yawn* @ the petrucci forum guys who are finding it boring, clearly they don't see the seemingly limitless depth the 'blues' can offer musically, too busy watching for technique rather than listening to the notes . _________________ Cheers
Mark.
Yeah, we'd certainly want to keep any extra work to the minimum, Ed. One thing I've had in mind for a while would be the possibility of simply cloning the site (maybe changing the colour scheme), and using the clone for non-blues stuff. I've already registered rockjamtracks.com, so that'd be an easy way of creating a whole new project, while using the same hosting, payment code, etc.
adrian
You mean you haven't already registered jazzfunkfusionprogrockfolkbluegrassjamtracks.com?
Ha! I'm going to register it right now & you'll have to pay me a fortune to buy it back!!!
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:
adrianclark wrote:
Yeah, we'd certainly want to keep any extra work to the minimum, Ed. One thing I've had in mind for a while would be the possibility of simply cloning the site (maybe changing the colour scheme), and using the clone for non-blues stuff. I've already registered rockjamtracks.com, so that'd be an easy way of creating a whole new project, while using the same hosting, payment code, etc.
adrian
Yeah, it's like us covering a lot of different products segments. We're primarily known for guitars but we also produce, market and sell basses, amps, pickups, cabinets, and other guitar-related accessories and parts. As long as you have that one central place that people are familiar with, then you can slowly start building other kinds of clientele from there. The same basic look but a different color scheme with few other visual tweaks to appeal to a different kind of crowd is a good idea. It's like us making a relic type of '52 Butterscotch Tele for that vintage country type of crowd and also making the new sleek Floyd-equipped 24 fret axe for the shred/fusion crowd. They're all good I say! _________________ Ed Yoon
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You mean you haven't already registered jazzfunkfusionprogrockfolkbluegrassjamtracks.com?
It's so last year, man... all the cool kids are into jazzfunkprogrockfolkbluegrassgrimejamtracks these days
adrian
Damn! I'm sooo uncool!
Have you considered expanding the site to include tuition clips at some point?
Actually, one trick that I think Guitarist and Guitar Techniques have missed is to sell mp3s and pdfs of previous lessons online in the way that Truefire.com have done with Guitar Player lessons. There are tons of old lessons that I would pay to have the whole series of e.g. Guthrie's Blues and Rock Mutations, Pete Callard's Jazz series etc. I assume that there aren't any copyright issues with these and it wouldn't be majorly difficult to set up.
Yeah, we'd certainly want to keep any extra work to the minimum, Ed. One thing I've had in mind for a while would be the possibility of simply cloning the site (maybe changing the colour scheme), and using the clone for non-blues stuff. I've already registered rockjamtracks.com, so that'd be an easy way of creating a whole new project, while using the same hosting, payment code, etc.
adrian
Yeah, it's like us covering a lot of different products segments. We're primarily known for guitars but we also produce, market and sell basses, amps, pickups, cabinets, and other guitar-related accessories and parts. As long as you have that one central place that people are familiar with, then you can slowly start building other kinds of clientele from there. The same basic look but a different color scheme with few other visual tweaks to appeal to a different kind of crowd is a good idea. It's like us making a relic type of '52 Butterscotch Tele for that vintage country type of crowd and also making the new sleek Floyd-equipped 24 fret axe for the shred/fusion crowd. They're all good I say!
Hi chaps,
Part of the trick is seperating your css (stylesheets) into layout, typography and colour-scheme. Try and retain the layout and typography as they're the best definitions of an online brand - also the hardest things to get right for browser compliance and accessibility.
Next up, NEVER name a CSS item GreenButton... eventually you'll change the colour.. at present you're using Dreamweaver, Ade, it will become trickier as the the sites increase in number or variety.. so do think of splitting the style from the content... it'll pay dividends. The sooner the better too
It should be possible to simply reuse the existing PHP maybe revised a little for each location.. that way you save yourself the bother of having to update more than one site's code base - although it depends if they all evolve along the same lines.
Hope that helps and isn't patronising, obscure or annoying ... you guys are doing a great job on fun sites _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:
frankus wrote:
Next up, NEVER name a CSS item GreenButton... eventually you'll change the colour.. at present you're using Dreamweaver, Ade, it will become trickier as the the sites increase in number or variety.. so do think of splitting the style from the content... it'll pay dividends. The sooner the better too
It's not me personally... after having trouble keeping up with all the problems and support queries, we got a new tech person to do a more thorough job of overseeing the workings of the site. I was a bit surprised how much "old-fashioned" code he was using (where I'd probably be incredibly anal about making everything standards-compliant) but then it's nice to be in a position at last where Jan and I don't have to babysit the site constantly
Nuff said, congratulations on being able to stand back ... that thar is the first steps to greatness _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:43 am Post subject:
Hey Adrian, so any progress on rockjamtracks.com? Seems Guthrie's got a cool new blue axe and some new amps that will be perfectly suited for that? _________________ Ed Yoon
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.strandberg* Guitars USA
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