Website Improvement - Make a Suggestion

Hello guys i just wanted to give you an update of where we are at.

Im still looking on ways to be able to upload and organize mp3's. I could turn on attachments but it wouldnt be property organized and im looking for something that handles files a little better with categories and member music portfolios so stay tuned for that.

Suggestions are needed for categories.

Ambient? Classical? Techno/Trance?

Vote for your 5 favorite style forums categories to be created. We will also have a general categories for styles that dont have that much interest.

There will be more upgrades within this week but we are gonna take one step at a time.

I guess one category would be psychadelic/experimental synthesizer. I've never seen a forum for this category, but I know I'm not the only one out there who wouldn't mind asking questions about this. The description could be something similar to "Using synthesizer to manipulate sounds in a way that is notably 'space-like,' unworldy, and new and innovative techniques." Something like that.

Well, on the topic of genre sections, I think it's best to have the sections on the broad and related fields where keyboards generally perform the same function in music

In metal/rock, the music and sounds coming from the keyboard is usually supplementary to the rest of the band, so lead parts are less prominent and orchestral and classical sounds play a bigger role. Sequencing, arranging and sampling, I expect, is almost never used, and synths are sometimes used.

In classical, well, I suppose it just deals with classical piano peices.

In electronica, synths, samplers, arrangers and sequencers are used.

The main thing is the approach used in creating music for these different groups. Something along these line.

So my suggestion for sections is metal/rock, classical electronica(does ambient fall under this?).

Ive added 6 forum categories to the electronic music style section.

Ambient, Classical, metal/rock, experimental, new age, techno / trance

Feedback is appreciated.

Moving onto the main keyboard forum categories. Im going to need some more suggestions.

I would like to hear the other members feedback regarding which categories they think would be best for organizing the threads.

A couple are synthesizers, piano, workstations, midi. Im thinking since alot of people are new maybe we should have a beginners corner section?

Another section i think we should setup is a computer support type of forum for syncing the keyboard and pc's and so on.

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Upcoming features that we are looking to implement within the next two weeks.

-Ability to upload mp3's,portfolio, tagging system, and category listed.
-keyboard review system - so members may review various keyboards.
-knowledge base area - tech articles n so on

oh... one more thing... is there any way to get rid of that keyboards video bot!?

I'll go nuts with those silly videos

They have been removed...

Uhm, I don't know if the section you put up called classical electronica is because of that, because that is a typo. It was meant to be classical and electronica as two seperate sections.

But seeing as you have ambient, experimental, new age and techno/trance, an "electronica" section seems redundant, it should be only classical unless I'm missing something :P

Sorry for the fuss.

The new improvements are way legit!

Good job, webmaster. I like where this is going.

Hasn't anyone suggested a buy-and-sell section yet? maybe I wasn't looking hard enough...

Maybe a section for QAs for the uninformed such as me?

Dunno if anyone suggested a product review section... where buyers review their purchases...

Perhaps someone may want a music clip section? For Those showing/ displaying their compositional ideas/ keyboard skillz/ keyboard's tonal qualities.. errm

I PROPOSE A WHOLE SECTION TO THE KEYTAR!

Wait a minute, we need one more style section- Jazz! I can't believe I didn't think about this until now. Please add a jazz section, I have a topic to post about it, and I don't know where else to put it.

Thanks