Welcome Back & Brainstorming Post
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jukebox_festHello! I am so excited to start Jukebox up again for this year. I can't believe it's the fifth year already.
You may notice that both this community and the LiveJournal community look a little different. With a bit of help, I re-jigged the theme and colours and added link lists. My hope is that the new design is a) more legible and useful, b) more consistent across the two communities, and c) a little prettier (though that is a very distant third). I'm happy to take further feedback; otherwise, if you add ?style=mine to the end of a URL in this comm, it'll show you the page in your own journal style. Maybe there'll be a sticky post with a nice picture later.
Currently, the links list includes the collection, the tag set, and the schedule; later I'll add other things like the canons, the letters post, and the beta post. Suggestions welcome. What makes the community easy to use for you?
Small changes for this year include:
Art minimum
I tweaked this to remove the pixel requirements, which didn't really work last year, and specify that if you are submitting graphics, at least 3 separate pieces are required; otherwise, please just ensure that the work is checked for obvious problems (don't draw on lined paper, make sure you have a reliable scanner or camera, check resolution, etc) and is complete. EDIT: Now changed to: collages, manips, and similar graphics may be given as treats to people who are open to them, but may not be used to fulfil an assignment.
Nominations limit
Last year I allowed 8 nominations; I'd prefer to make it 7 this year. That is solely because it seems to take around the same number of total hours for me to put together the link tables as there are nominations per participant. Weird, I know, but it's consistent. I can commit to 7 hours in one day to put the tables together, but 8 was stretching it and I don't want to delay sign-ups. If this is a large disappointment to y'all, I'll reconsider.
Requests limit
Last year you could request 3-8 pieces of music. It occurs to me that 8 is a bit arbitrary since AO3 goes up to 10 easily. Does anyone want me to change the possible request maximum to 10? The minimum will not change.
Pinch hits
Are you all happy with me continuing to post them to the community?
Any other feedback is welcome.
Since nominations will open on Friday (approximately), please use this post and its Dreamwidth equivalent to share what you're thinking of nominating! This is an optional part of the exchange and so is nominating, but it's a good way to get ideas, see if other people are excited about your music choices - or at the very least, bring your favourite music to other people's attention.
This post on LJ
Journal style changes
You may notice that both this community and the LiveJournal community look a little different. With a bit of help, I re-jigged the theme and colours and added link lists. My hope is that the new design is a) more legible and useful, b) more consistent across the two communities, and c) a little prettier (though that is a very distant third). I'm happy to take further feedback; otherwise, if you add ?style=mine to the end of a URL in this comm, it'll show you the page in your own journal style. Maybe there'll be a sticky post with a nice picture later.
Currently, the links list includes the collection, the tag set, and the schedule; later I'll add other things like the canons, the letters post, and the beta post. Suggestions welcome. What makes the community easy to use for you?
Rule changes
Small changes for this year include:
Art minimum
I tweaked this to remove the pixel requirements, which didn't really work last year, and specify that if you are submitting graphics, at least 3 separate pieces are required; otherwise, please just ensure that the work is checked for obvious problems (don't draw on lined paper, make sure you have a reliable scanner or camera, check resolution, etc) and is complete. EDIT: Now changed to: collages, manips, and similar graphics may be given as treats to people who are open to them, but may not be used to fulfil an assignment.
Nominations limit
Last year I allowed 8 nominations; I'd prefer to make it 7 this year. That is solely because it seems to take around the same number of total hours for me to put together the link tables as there are nominations per participant. Weird, I know, but it's consistent. I can commit to 7 hours in one day to put the tables together, but 8 was stretching it and I don't want to delay sign-ups. If this is a large disappointment to y'all, I'll reconsider.
Requests limit
Last year you could request 3-8 pieces of music. It occurs to me that 8 is a bit arbitrary since AO3 goes up to 10 easily. Does anyone want me to change the possible request maximum to 10? The minimum will not change.
Pinch hits
Are you all happy with me continuing to post them to the community?
Any other feedback is welcome.
Brainstorming
Since nominations will open on Friday (approximately), please use this post and its Dreamwidth equivalent to share what you're thinking of nominating! This is an optional part of the exchange and so is nominating, but it's a good way to get ideas, see if other people are excited about your music choices - or at the very least, bring your favourite music to other people's attention.
This post on LJ
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Date: 2017-03-15 06:55 pm (UTC)I've also just realised all my noms this year are East Asian songs, oops, but they're all mainstream songs anyway:
TT - Twice (Music Video) (Translated lyrics)
Knock Knock - Twice (Music Video) (Translated lyrics)
Sweet Refrain - Perfume (Music Video) (Translated lyrics)
風生水起 - 農夫 (FAMA) ft. 麥玲玲 (Music Video)
When I last checked, there's no English translation so I'll provide one if I do decide to nominate it. To sum up the song, it pokes fun at people seeking fortune tellers because of how badly they think their life is going. So there's a guy who thinks he's never going to get lucky and wondering why some people are born with silver spoons in their mouth; then there's a meta part about FAMA wanting to become celebrities (and getting better seats at award ceremonies); and someone wondering when they'll be a famous footballer. Mak Ling Ling, the woman featured in the song, is a famous feng shui expert in Hong Kong, so her verses contain little bits of physiognomy advice, and she sort of reads FAMA's fortunes, so it might sway into RPF territory a little here...
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Date: 2017-03-16 06:24 am (UTC)Thanks for offering an English translation of the FAMA video! That is not strictly required but it probably helps to encourage people to offer (or request) it.
'Swaying into RPF territory' is OK if the song has references and in-jokes to the actual band. If requesting, it's safest to request it with the understanding that the person offering to write (or draw, etc) for you may not know any of the references and is likely to treat the music video as its own world. But I updated the rules last year to say that musician RPF is okay if the piece of music has an autobiographical element.