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: 2017-03-16 11:32 pm (UTC)Definite:
Ordinary World - Duran Duran Youtube | Lyrics
Pondering:
All Moments Leading to This - Lucid 3 Youtube | Lyrics
(I love the mood of this song, anything that responds to that would be amazing.)
Beautiful Stranger - Madonna Youtube | Lyrics
(I just like it, heh. I especially like the sense of ecstacy.)
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac Youtube | Lyrics
(Interesting dynamic - plus I like songs that are fun to interpret BOTH in terms of totally literal fantasy systems, and as metaphors that make everything make sense in the mundane world)
Glorious Dawn - John Boswell ft. Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking (Song) Video | Lyrics
(this gives me a lot of feelings of hope and anxiety about humanity's progress and future and what we can hope to see in our lifetimes)
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac Youtube | Lyrics
(it gives me shivers; potential for fun worldbuilding)
Golden Years - David Bowie Youtube | Lyrics
(Interesting dynamic, gorgeous sense of another place/time, ambiguous lyrics you could take many ways, BOWIE)
King of the World - Steely Dan Youtube | Lyrics
(Explictly post-apocalyptic song, yet with an oddly joyful tone. Could be super dark, could be almost light.)
Outlook for Thursday - DD Smash Youtube | Lyrics
(Because I need to expose more non-Antipodeans to this delightful, weird, catchy song)
Spectrum - Florence + the Machine Youtube | Lyrics
(see reason for The Chain)
White Room - Cream Youtube | Lyrics
(There's just so much open space to explore in this song between the gorgeous details.)
Yellow Flicker Beat - Lorde Youtube | Lyrics
(A fun. ominous, aggressive tone, and excellently weird images to play around with.)