I want to encourage all members to vote for the songs in the battle.

A song goes to the list if it has more than 15 votes and the average rate is more than 69%.

So vote for your winner song!

You don't know how to win? Click here:
http://about.bandamp.com/faqs.html#SGIHRvIHdpbiBhIGJhdH

You don't know how to vote? Click here:
http://about.bandamp.com/faqs.html#VmaWnICYgcmFaWnIHNvb

You don't know where the battle songs are listed? Click here:
http://browse.bandamp.com/curr_battle.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SWORDFISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



   WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!   Hitting the big, ummm, the umm..... well,. he's ummm...  25 today!  that's it!!!!  ok not really, but you don't really want to know how old he really is... let's just say he's really really old...


  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


   HAPPY BIRTHDAY YA OLD FART!  

                        LOVE YA!

                                   JimK

OK!  Change is in the air.. Can ya feel it children?  Let me get an AMEN!

   Now, to get these changes, I need 1,000,000.00 by midnight tomorrow, so lets get them credit cards out, and DONATE!..  oh wait, wrong cause... 

   Seriously, though, We all are talking about change, and wanting change, and we have change(I got 35cents) SO, we need to organize our thoughts better, and Marino is our thought orginzer-ey kind of guy, so He has a thread going to help organize them better, I know we have done threads about the ideas we have before, but they end up being a debate about why this should or shouldn't be done, and my idea is better and blah blah blah... This AINT that kind of thread.. PLEASE restrict yourself to ONLY the ideas, and not the banter, If you want your ideas to be considered seriously, then lets keep this serious...  (I know, this coming from the LEAST serious person on here)
 
   But seriously, I'm being serious this time, seriously)
     Here is the thread: http://forum.bandamp.com/The_Pit/2887.html
                       JimK

The site is officially yours What does this mean? I'm giving this website to you, the loyal members of BandAMP. I'm giving away all rights to commercialize this property. This doesn't mean I wont be helping in future development... it just means, now you can participate in bringing this community into its true potential.

So what's next? I'm going to setup a Non-Profit Organization, so BandAMP will not only officially belong to you, but legally as well. This way, you, the members, will have complete control in the future of BandAMP!

Pitch in to help make the website truly be, for musicians, by musicians. Do you know PHP, Javascript, or Flash? Perhaps you're a great website designer, or a writer who wants to extend the FAQs, About Us, et cetera. If you have an idea you'd like to implement, contact Jim who will be divvying out server access to start working on the code. Btw, is there some way you'd guys preferably meet online? We could have developer chats on IRC to get people coordinated. It might be easier for some people if there was a separate chartroom on BandAMP for developers.


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BandAMP code will become Open Source (GPL) once the it's been looked over by a few members (and perhaps some bugs, security issues, ect. may need to be fixed). It will be released on NoFunc a website some friends, and myself, have been depositing random bits of GPL'd code. There's a lot of tidbits in there that could be useful, especially this playlist editor that allows you to reorganize your music, rate music, edit titles in place, and so on. I've not had a chance to tie it into the database or make sure it works in Internet Explorer, so someone could volunteer expedite that. Also, maybe a layout more like this would be more appropriate for the amp... (of coarse with different content)

This kind of development has worked for Wikipedia, Linux, and many other popular projects. Let's make it work for us.