Competition Upload Thread, How to improve GMC! |
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Competition Upload Thread, How to improve GMC! |
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Mar 24 2010, 10:20 AM |
This is the upload thread for the "How to improve GMC" competition.
Let's keep this thread free from discussion and non-relevant posts. ONLY UPLOAD POSTS here, please! (competition explained here) Good luck and may the best man/woman win! This post has been edited by Kristofer Dahl: Mar 24 2010, 11:51 AM |
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Mar 24 2010, 10:59 AM |
Incorporate SI lessons in REC to boost up that section a bit.
Each SI lesson would have a difficulty level and minor adjustments but those can be easy to implement. (Don't know if it requires further explanation but I'm happy to present it in detail, if required ... It would pretty much follow the instructor lesson format) Advantages - An incentive to share more with the community and develop teaching skills (more lessons = WIN). Some subscription related discounts can also be implemented to boost up the interest and keep advanced players from leaving the site. Will give members incentive to learn these lessons as they can then be graded on it and improve their REC rankings (for those who do it). -------------------- "If the need is deep, you WILL find a way , if it isn't, you'll find some excuse"
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Mar 25 2010, 12:56 AM |
Here is my idea:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...MC_Quick_Access I don't know if it actually is possible to do all that and I am also sorry that I have no pictures or graphics but I don't know how to use any graphic programs... This post has been edited by ZakkWylde: Mar 25 2010, 12:57 AM -------------------- Gear: - Jackson USA Select KV2 King V with EMG 81/85 - Gibson Les Paul Custom Arctic White with EMG 81/85 - Ibanez Rg 8527 J Custom 7-String with DiMarzio Evolution and Air Norton - Peavey 6505+ head with Marshall 1960AV 4x12 cab - Peavey Vypyr 30 Practice Amp - Dunlop Crybaby From Hell, Maxon OD808, Boss TU-2, MXR CarbonCopy, ISP Decimator, MXR Custom Audio Electronics Booster |
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Mar 25 2010, 11:07 AM |
Here is my idea: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...MC_Quick_Access I don't know if it actually is possible to do all that and I am also sorry that I have no pictures or graphics but I don't know how to use any graphic programs... I read it Zakk, You have some very good points here. I will say that full access for a limited time is the way to go. Make it cheap to be a member for a week or so, just to try the site out. Then our community will grow much faster. I also agree to that all payment options must be covered. A nice feataure in the future will also be to make 1:1 person video-lessons, that can be paid in advance. (since the bandwidth here is really an issue) That will require some more server-capacity in my belief, I don't really know what Kris & the guy's have, but if there shall be like 4-5 video lessons on the same time, it will require some raw power. Another idea here is to inco-operate the possibilities of such programs like Messenger and Windows Media Services, which allows the users to watch streams only if they are granted. (eg. have paid for the lesson) //Staffay -------------------- Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Mar 25 2010, 03:49 PM |
That is pretty close to my idea Sted... Guess we had a similiar idea of how to improve GMC^^ Haha! yeah, didnt even realise! I'm even more convinced its the way to go now!! |
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Mar 31 2010, 09:58 PM |
Hey there fellow GMC'ers.
I've been watching some guitar related videos on YouTube and keep stumbling upon shred competitions like "Shred This" and "Petrucci Fever". I am no shredder, so I haven't entered any of them, but I have noticed that hundreds of guitarists submit their entries. Of course, being a SHRED competition, many people, like myself, feel unworthy of joining the fun, but with a more generous view concerning the solo, maybe more people would join? I mean to say that having a guitar-solo or melody competition using a certain backing track would be attractive to a larger part of the guitarist population than a high-level shred contest. In this competition, Tom Quayle and Rick Graham were among the judges. Both of these guitarists are active instructors at infiniteguitar.com and I do not intend to advertise for that website. Obviously, putting their names on a video like that will immediately make people wonder "Hmmm, why would these guitarists be qualified judges?" and of course evoke an urge to learn more about them. Searching Rick Graham on Google, the third link displayed is from Infinite Guitar. People will check out his YouTube videos and also his lessons, and be blown away, and eventually subscribe to the website. http://www.google.no/#hl=en&source=hp&...99f78b6effe3417 Now I am asking myself why GMC doesn't do the same thing, and after a long period of deep meditation I concluded with the following: I don't know. How does this apply to GuitarMasterClass, and why am I writing all of this? GMC is, as far as I know, a private "company" and needs customers to sustain the instructors and people running the site. There are many ways to make GMC a better place to learn guitar, but how does this quality matter if people do not take the risk to join in on the fun? Advertisement or POPULARITY BOOST are keywords here. As many of you may know, GMC has implemented a new tool called "Collaborations" which basically consists of one of the instructors handing out a backing track over which GMC members can record their solos. The collection of the takes will be mixed and posted as an audio file. MY SUGGESTION (finally) 1. A sacrifice is made, in that the GMC community lets the outside community on YouTube download ONE backing track freely in a solo collaboration, just like we already do on GMC, but on YouTube with videos. 2. A video, like the one posted above, is made by somebody on GMC, who should get some form of credit for it. Every active instructor donates 5-10 seconds of recorded guitar-madness, and the sum of these videos will be mixed and we should get something like 2-3 minutes of very efficient advertisement, showing off our instructors. 3. Following the couple of minutes of show-off, we announce a video collaboration, where anybody can upload a 20-30 second take (according to the backing chosen) playing over the backing track. 4. The prizes are announced. Now I don't mean pedals and amps and guitars that we send around the world. I am talking about something virtually free, but very valuable. PRIZES TOP 10 guitar solos / melodies are chosen, mixed and posted on YouTube as a final mix / video collaboration. All of these guitarists get a certain time period of FREE subscription on GMC. Maybe 3 months ? All they have to do in return is write something to advertise for GMC on their YouTube channel, and maybe add a referral link. All other participants get a 50% discount for the first 3 months (an elite referral bonus, as I'd like to call it), given that they also add a referral link on their YouTube channel. SUMMARY and RELATED SUGGESTIONS This kind of collaboration will involve the outside world with what GMC is all about. First of all, they will have the opportunity to experience the great quality of backing tracks available on GMC. All participants will get a large price reduction on their first few months at GMC. GMC does not PAY for this, but can potentially earn a great deal knowing that many of these guitarists will want to stay. GMC members will have a chance to prove their worth by taking the responsibility of editing and mixing the video, and could be given credit or a free subscription for a certain time period. A "GMC Community" YouTube channel can be created, where GMC related events and videos will be posted. This will be GMC's official link to the outside world, much like Kristofer Dahl's channel. Every video collaboration that GMC organises will be posted on this channel, and YouTubers can get more views by taking part in these collaborations. This video collaboration could be standardised and taken care of by a responsible member, and repeated once every month or second month. This is up to the management. All in all, this is a win-win situation. GMC gets a largely increased popularity, and guitarists all over the world can become more famous, as well as become better musicians by experiencing the thrills GMC has to offer. If very capable musicians take part in this collaboration, then these could also be potential new instructors who can help improve GMC's learning community. I hope this is somewhat comprehensible, and I look forward to reading more posts. Good luck to all other participants! Alexander -------------------- My YouTube Channel
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Apr 5 2010, 10:39 AM |
OK, here are a few more coz these have affected me quite a lot as I reside on the other end of the planet.
People in this part of the world seem to miss out on most of the live activity especially the video chats. Since we've experimented quite a bit with video chats now to be confident to put some schedule around it. So my recommendations are: 1. A monthly calender - published on the main page. The highlighted dates on the months calender will depict some sort of collaboration deadline, video chat organized by some instructor etc .. This will act as 'key dates', so serious students/member around the world can adjust their schedules accordingly and not be left out of other key activities. Not everyone uses the "view new posts" feature. So sometimes, key announcements are missed out. I know the "workshops" section covers most of this. Maybe we can incorporate the gmc calender there along with a CLOCK, so we're not browsing time conversion sites to see how many hours are left to the next chat 2. Structured video chats - Would be a great idea if instructors announce the major topics being covered in the next session. Of course I love the current format where anyone can drive the direction of the video chat, so definitely not eliminating it completely. Just a minor tweak. For example if I desperately want to learn sweeping and I know that a lot of this technique will be discussed in the next video chat with x instructor, I'll make sure I can attend, rather than attend and spend most time listening to other topics. 3. Record video chats - Please record and post video chats for us poor b@#$%^&s living on the other side of the world. I wake up and realize I missed out on 2 chats in the night. .. I think this one is the easiest and the quickest to implement and a lot of us will appreciate it 4. MTP Improvements - Needless to say that new MTP rules sucked major donkey poo. They were not well received by anyone. The new joiners should be given a priority to pick their instructors and after this process is complete, the old batch should be able to choose form the instructors left with no students or very few students. A break in MTP is doing me no good unfortunately. I miss it and I'm sure a lot of people support this thought. 5. Moderators in chatroom - For the same reason we have mods on the forums. Some higher privileges should be given to some regulars. Things can get complicated at times This post has been edited by zen: Apr 5 2010, 10:47 AM -------------------- "If the need is deep, you WILL find a way , if it isn't, you'll find some excuse"
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Apr 5 2010, 06:48 PM |
amazing ideas guys!, i'm really surprised of the amount of good ideas, i specially love zakk's one, the iphone one, and the last keilnoth one for the licks
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