a new "new music" music site

(x-posted to reaktor_romp... I'm posting this here to try and gauge 
interest, or perhaps have someone whack me over the head because a site 
like this already exists)

"Would any of you be interested in a website featuring -only- the 
latest, bleeding-edge, ground-breaking computer music? All artists who 
would be interested in joining would either mail a CD along with an 
artistic statement, or email a few links along with a statement. The 
artists would retain all rights to the music... completely 
non-exclusive, etc. All songs offered would be free and available for 
download (no streaming nonsense). Users of the site would receive a 
newsletter once a week via email introducing new artists and songs, 
along with the respective information, etc. Real personal-like. The 
site would require no signing up, no logging in, no cookie nonsense, 
etc. Just an optional subscription to the newsletter. Received 
materials would be screened to ensure that the artists definition of 
bleeding edge isn't "techno with a twist", but something actually 
attempting to do something new... something actually experimental. 
Regardless of weather the reviewers actually like it or not doesn't 
matter so much. The idea behind the site is to allow artists who are 
trying to break down walls an opportunity to share their work with a 
community. The site itself would be white, clean, and free of any sort 
of style and imagery that might take away focus from the music.

I would also possibly be interested in allowing artists to submit video 
works, flash works, etc. I would definitely also like to get some 
articles written by the artists giving their opinions and viewpoints 
about anything and everything. I have no interest in running a site to 
keep people up to date though on the latest happenings... there are 
sites like rhizome.org for that. It would be strictly for showcasing 
work, be it musical, textual, or possibly visual (bandwidth is a 
bitch).

Does anyone think there would be an interest in this sort of thing? 
Perhaps even interested in contributing music? If enough people say 
yes, I could get this site up and running in about a week."

- John Nowak

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