SymphonyShare

[Gustav]

I am looking forward to recruit some quality members from this great forum. I'll try to upload one interesting recording each week, (at least 320kbps mp3), and i hope enough members will start to contribute soon enough.

Before you apply, you must read our Rules , and answer the application questions.

Apply for membership now!

I also extended the right for members to invite other members in the early days, so invite people you know.

Thanks

-Walter

[Keemun]

Can you post a link to the group?  I couldn't find it searching by name. 

[AnthonyAthletic]

Can you post a link to the group?  I couldn't find it searching by name. 

Ditto 

[M forever]

The Blomstedt/SD Bruckner 7 might be problematic because it's not that hard to find, really, and it's still in print in Japan and also available new in Europe.

[Gustav]

The Blomstedt/SD Bruckner 7 might be problematic because it's not that hard to find, really, and it's still in print in Japan and also available new in Europe.

yes, i took it down.

[imperfection]

Come on GMG, join this while you can! I've seen some great recordings there...

[Gustav]

Registration now requires submitting an request to join, a manager will then decide your fate.

[M forever]

It owuld be nice if there was some degree of "quality control" or at least encouragement to post material in good quality. A lot of the stuff on Operashare is crap, "inhouse" recordings, low bitrate stuff, there is really way too much unnecessarily bad material there and often, you only find out after you have downloaded the material which the poster described as "great sound". That is not always a priority and when interesting historical recordings simply aren't available in better quality, that's OK, but there is no reason really to make big compromises in quality anymore these days, with high-quality variable bit rates or flac.

[Peregrine]

Wouldn't let me join.

[Gustav]

It owuld be nice if there was some degree of "quality control" or at least encouragement to post material in good quality. A lot of the stuff on Operashare is crap, "inhouse" recordings, low bitrate stuff, there is really way too much unnecessarily bad material there and often, you only find out after you have downloaded the material which the poster described as "great sound". That is not always a priority and when interesting historical recordings simply aren't available in better quality, that's OK, but there is no reason really to make big compromises in quality anymore these days, with high-quality variable bit rates or flac.

Luckily, i have made it mandatory that every post has to state the bitrate and audio format, so, there isn't much to worry there.

[Peregrine]

 

Chill! Not that big a deal...

[Bulldog]

One can't even see any of the content without joining, so I'll definitely pass.  Also, I find the composer list too limiting.  Put another way, if there's no Bach, there's no Bulldog.

[Gustav]

One can't even see any of the content without joining,

I made it members only, because i don't want spammers to post unwanted ads. It is also extremely difficult to moderate discussions, when outsiders can just drop in, leech the music, post some crap(without ever considering reading the rules), goes away. These people are the people i am trying to keep out.

so I'll definitely pass.

that's your choice. But, it is also very interesting, that the Group includes M Forever who promises to contribute some really interesting recordings ; and Manuel, who is perhaps the hardest working uploader on GMG.

Also, I find the composer list too limiting.  Put another way, if there's no Bach, there's no Bulldog.

The list of composers came from the top of my head. In actuality, there are works by composers ranging from Beethoven to Hartmann. So, obviously, i can't name all the composers ever lived in the short space that was provided. Plus, i also don't have control over what others will be sharing. I expect to find works by all kinds of composers. But, since you passed, because i didn't put Bach in there, i guess you won't have a chance to see that.

P.S You don't look like the type to share anyways, so it's no big loss to me.

-Walter

[Brian]

P.S You don't look like the type to share anyways, so it's no big loss to me.

Well, that's one way to attract new members.

[Bulldog]

But, it is also very interesting, that the Group includes M Forever who promises to contribute some really interesting recordings ; and Manuel, who is perhaps the hardest working uploader on GMG.

-Walter

Interesting to you, not to me.  M forever is already here, and I don't know who the hell the other guy might be.

But I do wish you success in your endeavors within the framework you have detailed.

Well, have to go now and "share" some of my recordings with a few other folks on the Planet. 

[M forever]

I was planning to upload my entire collection of historical Bach recordings.

[greg]

I have a few I'm considering uploading........ is the BBC Music series is OOP?
they're not easy to find, anyways.......
i'd probably upload the Rachmaninoff 2nd and Shostakovich's Cheryomushki.

[PSmith08]

Well, that's one way to attract new members.

Especially when the "other" group has similarly "stringent" requirements for membership. The great secret of the interweb is, of course, that if you are willing to put in the time and effort, you can find all manner of interesting stuff - stuff that doesn't run afoul of copyright legislation, too - without jumping through too many hoops.

I'm sure that's a great solace to Ted Stevens during those long hours in the dock.

[Gustav]

Especially when the "other" group has similarly "stringent" requirements for membership.

If you call applying (by clicking a button on a internet page, where the URL is already given to you), and write a short description of yourself, what sort of music you are into, etc... if you call those "stringent" requirements, i don't know what to say to you. Excerpt, i just want to say, i've always wanted to keep people "in", but unfortunately, over the last week, they have abused my trust and failed to comply with rules. That's why i changed the admission requirements. You can ask others here, when i first started this group a week ago, you didn't have to apply, if you read english and know how to operate a mouse, you were in!

The great secret of the interweb is, of course, that if you are willing to put in the time and effort, you can find all manner of interesting stuff - stuff that doesn't run afoul of copyright legislation, too - without jumping through too many hoops.

What you say is true, but it's also a very weak argument. Sure, you can find "all manner of interesting stuff", but the number of those stuff and quality only go so far. Some people simply have more comprehensive collections and better access to rare to find recordings.

[Brian]

Interesting to you, not to me.  M forever is already here, and I don't know who the hell the other guy might be.

Check out the "Broadcast Corner" in General Discussion. The entire thread, first page to last, is essentially a gigantic virtuoso concert-file-sharing effort by the aforementioned Manuel.