Official Discussion Thread (Ghost Edit)

[ExoBassTix]

We could really use some powerful initiative that we all wanna contribute to together.

Perhaps, I got an idea ...
Yes, I'll do some thinking. Not too organized, just something casual and fun that'll be a great way for us to do something fun together again.

I'll get to thinking.



Also I leveled up an hour ago.

[Bronies Are Cool]

I'm getting pretty hyped over Them's Fightin' Herds

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

That "country" is basically a small farm.

[ph00tbag]

Yeah, for the most part, micronations like that are a great platform for observing the heights of lunacy. The wiki article on them is some fun reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation.

[Acsii]

That "country" is basically a small farm.

Yeah we don't talk about those people.

[Bronies Are Cool]

I never realized how paranoid I am until I started doing the night shift solo.
I'm constantly looking over my shoulder to see if anyone or anything is there. :/

Also, celebrating luna tonight with the lunar eclipse. Yay
Can't say that I actually saw the Eclipse. :/ I must have been too busy working (or other was cloudy when it happened).

I can't believe that this thread has almost reached 80K views. Holy cow
I say we celebrate at 100K

[Bronies Are Cool]

I sort of want to crowd fund an album. Not sure though. My idea is that if people are interested in my music and support the crowd funding process, then in return I can give people better music and physical CDs. All I'll be able to commission an artist to help make great cover art. Plus, possibly have my music available on iTunes and other medias would be cool. (Even if only a few people decide to buy them.)
If I were to do a crowd funded project, I would probably use either kickstarter or indiegogo. I would want to raise about $500. Sounds like a lot, but let me break it down.
-I wold want about 20% of the raised money going into Physical copies. ($100)
-I would like to give an artist about $200 for legit cover art which is about 40% of the goal.
-I want $180 to go to digital release. This would cover the cost of adding my album to itunes, as well as many other music outlets. (Spotify? Beats? Music Unlimited? Etc.) I would try to get it out onto many different platforms to satisfy many different people. I would also be using part of that $170 to make sure that my music stays on those outlets for longer than just a year. This section is about 34%.
-I want to reserve 6% to pay for any fees that come from using the funding sites.
And I doubt I'll get enough support to need stretch goals, but if any more money is raised, it would go towards creative elements. This could be samples, buying new tools to create new sounds, or paying even more for a commissioned cover art. All the money would be put to good use.
I realize that this all sounds like a lot of money, but if a bunch of people just gave a little and helped to spread the word, this could actually go pretty swell. I think crowd funding is a great idea because it lets me see how many people are actually interested and who is not interested.
idk
What do you all think? Is crowd funding lame?

[ExoBassTix]

Uhm... Do funding sites require fees? And holy mackrel, $200 for a cover art?! That sounds like a shitload man!

I personally don't really care much about crowdfunding actions like these. I encourage you to work towards that goal of $500 yourself. I have no real reasons why I think that, but I do.

[Bronies Are Cool]

I could certainly raise money to contribute myself. It would just take a bit of time.

And also, I just figured I would leave a large amount for the commissioned art since I want to be able to make sure that the cover art is rendered in a format that would fit on several panels for the inside of the CD case. Imagine seeing like 3-5 pieces of art inside the cover, plus the cover. I feel like thats a reasonable amount. I dont just want some sketchy art, I want something noticeable and notable.

I'm going to prepare a great presentation and figure out some more exact figures and re-present them to have a more clear goal.

[Freewave]

Honestly it sounds like you're dreaming a bit too hard BaC. Only you know how popular your music is and how much $ you are currently making. Asking for money in advance for future production sounds like something that will be hard to meet and get the results you are looking for. Not to mention for all those sites you have to meet the goal to get the money otherwise the startup company generally keeps / refunds the funds. Stick with bandcamp sales if you think you need to be making money and see how well that works.

[Bronies Are Cool]

Honestly it sounds like you're dreaming a bit too hard BaC. Only you know how popular your music is and how much $ you are currently making. Asking for money in advance for future production sounds like something that will be hard to meet and get the results you are looking for. Not to mention for all those sites you have to meet the goal to get the money otherwise the startup company generally keeps / refunds the funds. Stick with bandcamp sales if you think you need to be making money and see how well that works.

I'm going into this project expecting to lose money in the end. However, raising money will help to lower just how much I am likely to lose. The reason I want to do this project is not because I want to sell my music for profit, but rather I want to spread it out as much as I can. A decent number of local people in my life support me here and there when it comes to music. I sort of want to allow them to have easier access to what I have to offer.
Plus, if the funding did happen to go well, I could literally give away all my CDs for free (or half of them at least) since they would all already be paid for. idk. I'm actually in the process of creating a kickstarter right now and working all the math. For example, I know I want to raise money anywhere from 250-350 minimum for getting the disks, the art, and the distribution. Any more money raised would be to improve quality. The way I will be establishing my kick starter will be by setting a lower goal for minimal stuff, and then have stretch goals to improve the quality of the stuff. (better / more commissioned art.)(higher quality disks.)(higher quality disk cases.)
Right now I am carefully planning my campaign. This is because I want my campaign to look legit. Because it will be a legit campaign.

you'll all see what it will be because I am pretty sure I'll be falling through with this plan.

[Bronies Are Cool]

I think the new 15 second clip showing off this week's new episode features big Mac saying more words than he had ever said in the history of big Mac.

[ph00tbag]

So hey, am I seriously the only one who is at least even chagrined that The Martian casts one short of every character, whose race the book does not define, as pretty damn white, and of the two leading roles who are defined, one is an Indian-American played by a Black Englishman? Like, the internet will lose its shit over a Scottish King being portrayed by a white man, but everyone seems positively ho-hum about what could have been, indeed practically demands to be, a paean to diversity, a blank slate, if you will, becoming just another post in the white fence that is Hollywood theater. I feel so damn confused right now, because I would think this is a prime example of whitewashing in American media, but I feel like I'm the only person who sees it.

Like, am I the only one who sees the name, Mindy Park, and immediately thinks, "that's a Korean American woman, because 'Park' is a popular anglicization of 'Pak,' a common Korean name"? I can't be the only person of those who read the book who experimented with reading each of the characters as black, white, and everything in between, and really enjoyed the fact that no matter what race these people were, they were always treated with the same respect, and expected to perform the same duties. All of these characters are basically just white in the movie, and it makes no goddamn sense.

And then there's Ejiofor as Venkat Kapoor. Like, maybe there's a problem in the optics of when a white man says a black man should not have been cast for a given role, especially in a movie so thin on Actors of Color, but I mean... Black people and Indian people aren't the same.. There are totally and completely different cultures and values there. I feel there's a whiff of Exoticism, here, as if Ejiofor was cast as Kapoor because Kapoor is notwhite, and Ejiofor is notwhite, and since anything notwhite is something the production staff can't be arsed to understand, you can cast one notwhite person as another, and that's totally okay. But it's not okay. It African Americans and Indian Americans a disservice in one blow, and frankly, Ejiofor could have served better in another role. I think he'd've made a great Mark Watney.

But then, this is Ridley Scott.

[Freewave]

I think I agree that appears to be a really poor job of whitewashing, maybe one that SJW's won't get horribly upset about but that ppl likely should say SOMETHING about. That said I think having Matt Damon play an astronaut in the lead role is so ridiculous anyway and a far fetched space movie about Mars seems out of place with NASA being as underfunded as it is. I really don't know who's supposed to be excited by the trailer and the whole concept seems so far fetched. This marooned guy can grow food and has enough oxygen and water to survive for months / years? REALLLLLY? Too much fiction and not enough science....

I dunno i think people are more expecting it to flop HARD then get upset about the really poor casting choices. It doesn't even look like a good rental.

[ph00tbag]

If your complaints are about the science, I highly recommend reading the book. I can't speak for the movie, but the book does a good job of extrapolating from what we know what growing food on Mars would look like. In general, the hard facts of what would help him survive and what would probably kill him are pretty damn solid.

[Acsii]

Yeah the author did a dam good about of research when writing the book, yes a lot is guess work but still it's very realistic assumptions.

[Bronies Are Cool]

Im getting excited for the Running of the Leaves Con coming up in about a month. This will be my first mlp convention that I will go to. (Finally)
Kind of not 100% sure what to expect exactly since I'm not going with any friends (since I don't really have local brony friends.) I've been to massive big things before (Like Thescon in Denver for thespians (and those people are generally weird and quirky (Like me)))
But I'm hoping that it'll be really cool.

[FLAOFEI]

Kind of not 100% sure what to expect exactly since I'm not going with any friends (since I don't really have local brony friends.)

In the eternal words of fatboy slim:
Eat, sleep, rave, repeat

And the first two are optional.

Anyway. On a slightly more serious note, making friends is pretty much the easiest thing ever at cons. Sure, they might not last longer than the con itself, but meh. You're sure to get to know someone.
Or you can just go to pannels and buy stuff. That's good fun to.

[Bronies Are Cool]

Im not looking to make new friends so much. Just mostly going to be going to panels and then buying cool stuff. Idk but I really want to bring a friend. Even if they're not a brony. Just want someone to go with kind of.

[Ricky Denzel]

*holds a "bring me" sign* BRING ME!!!

[Bronies Are Cool]

You gotta be close-ish enough if you actually wanted that to happen.

[Ricky Denzel]

*moves closer* Bruh! BRING ME, DAMMIT!

[Bronies Are Cool]

*moves closer* Bruh! BRING ME, DAMMIT!

Putting a couple of *s around something doesn't mean you actually did it.
Legit, if an mlr member was within like 20 miles or so from me, I'd so be down to take them. (Unless I actually have no idea who it is.)
Hey freeware, I don't think you ever answered my really old question: are you going to the con this year?

[Freewave]

Definitely. Should be performing hopefully early saturday night! My third year.

[Bronies Are Cool]

Definitely. Should be performing hopefully early saturday night! My third year.

Finally we could meet up irl.

Also, good luck with the performance! I signed up, but they never responded to me. ;_;