help with archive naming

[ford prefect]

One other thing, though this isn't affecting anything...it's best to label your folders as .flac16 or .flac24. If they just end in .flac, they could be confused for FLAC files.

Good advice!!  Thanks Dave (working on 50...)

[millhouse412]

I can def send an email authorizing their music to be on Archive.org. He is one of my best friends (i grew up with him) and we have discussed this before and i have been working on some of his recordings for this so i feel very good about authorizing it for him. If you can let me know where i need to send the email to that would be grerat.

Thanks
dan

[ford prefect]

Send it to etree AT archive DOTT org

Explain who you are, your relation to the artist that gives you the ability to speak on their behalf, and tell the archive that they now have permission to add the artist's recordings to the Live Music collection.

Please include (if available)

• a link to the artist's website
• a copy of the artist's taping policy
• stance on lossy files - is the artist interested in seeing lossy files hosted next to the lossless files or would the artist prefer to see strictly lossless files?

Thanks!

[millhouse412]

done and done

New band on the ARchive!!!!

[Diana Hamilton]

so just curious as to how long it takes for the band to be active so the files can be imported.

Thanks again!
dan

Hi Dan, I'm another volunteer admin there who is one of the ones helping with band setups. A few of us volunteers go on a week-by-week rotation and depending on the person's schedule (RL job, etc) it could take up to about a week to see the band section go active. Like, up through yesterday has been my week but the last few days I've been sick/tending sick family and now have an "OK backlog" (dangit, also missed Great Backyard Bird Count). I just activated the roc section on the basis of this thread and will pretty it up/send email later today or this evening after I help my son with his book report!

(So BTW uploader folks, the rule of thumb is to make sure the artist's section is active *before* initiating any uploads, and things will go smoother.)