Lets start a fresh thread on this, and please, no jokes.

The community and project formerly known as The New Funk Order needs a new name.

Please note: I would like to remove Funk from the title so it is clear that we welcome all genres of music.

Milty suggested: Groove Defenders

Tal suggested Free Music Collective

Taureau's idea: Free Range Music



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Milty's idea is Groove Defenders.

As long as it's not "New Funk Revolution" or "New Funk Order", it's cool with me.


JD

So it's going to be a site that hosts any style music, of any calibre, with an online community, and sells products to help fund the site?

How about calling it Soundclick.com?

Without a direction or a niche, you are now aligning yourselves with every other free indie mp3 site out there, which then loses any focus you might have had previously.

When it was directed, you might have lost potential visitors, but you gained credit because you were focusing on a niche market that had been forgotten my most large music sites. By opening up the scope, you are now a tiny fish in a big pond.

I like Avant Purple.

otan said:

But it does! We do not only have Funk, so the title is misleading anyway.

otan said:

Maybe the difference is that we put out compilation projects? And everyone offers at LEAST 1 mp3 for free. You don't have to make your mp3s downloadable at Soundclick AND you don't have to sign up to download the tracks.

How 'bout ' The New Breed Revolution"?

otan said:

That is an excellent point. Funk does incoporate a lot of styles though. I like to think Funk is like Jazz, but you can dance too it. Did you ever try to dance to John Coltrane? I got a pretty funny video of that somewhere, I'll have to share.

Unlike jazz, it's often more lyrical as well.

Vina, I see where you're coming from though. I'd still like to see a BOLD name with or without the word funk. I agree that all people are welcome. It's the melting pot that makes a good stew.

Perhaps every six months, there is a new genre compilation album?

Old Funky Disorder - "It's stank!"

i understand but i still love that title. And that work i put in for that art i am not takin back.

Maybe Love Haters..no jus playin

Um .. The New Order I dunno.

LittlePill said:

That's coo 2, The New Breed Leaders

paisleypark4 said:

Maybe we can come up with something with the same initials. I love what you did too and would look awesome on a T-shirt/album cover.

NFO said:

I know! That was time i put in2 that thing. I am definitley not doing that over again. Free 2? hell naw. im madder than a mf. sorry.

Thanx for the big ups brutha / sista.

VinaBlue said:

I really like Milty's idea.

I have been reading the posts, and Flashpointe has contacted me, and I will not be supporting the "new" project either. Please remove my songs from the "new" project. That was wrong of you, NFO whoever you are, to post what you did. I was there on NPGMC, and I read what you said about Dodson. JD is a cool cat, and is only out to help you all, but this is the last straw for me.

I will be joining Jason on his new site.


WB

Ummm...how about Purple Underground? Or Purple Underpants?

artist08 said:

Ooooh, I do like the word underground...


Underground Sounds?

VinaBlue said:

What about the word underpants?

What about FunkyUnderground or FU for short?

artist08 said:

We're trying to keep it tasteful.

How about: The Underground?





Jshua

FREE WORLD MUSIC COLLECTIVE or WORLD MUSIC COLLECTIVE

NFo that was wrong for u 2 do. Although because of the artwork and time i put in2 it, i really really dont want that 2 go 2 waste. That is the first in a very very long time i have took the time and worked night long on some artwork.

I would like 2 submit a new jam 4 it. Is that aiight?

Ima have 2 org note u sumthin though...
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talmuzic said:

I do like this, however we run the risk of sounding like it's about World Music, ie Celtic, Brazilian, Reggea (or however that is spelled, lol).

Free Music Collective maybe...

Styles said:

Cool, but I think we have to imply music somehow. I thought of Underground Sounds. I think when the message board goes back up we can create a poll and have people vote and see what happens. Maybe.

Digital Music Network, its quite a widely used term for sites offering free mp3s. Perhaps something incorporating that.

Well isn't this interesting. All a learning process and that's how ya take it. Nothing's lost. Contiinue.

V has a good point about the 'funk' label. Although it may have started out focused on the funk, it wasn't all about the funk...it's a broader genre.

And this time, instead of just making music and giving it away to the people, how about also throwing up 30 - 60 second snippets targeting studios, tv/film production and advertising agencies... to buy a tune for less than a record company or big name artist would charge. I see this as becoming a huge business. Awe, this stuff shouldn't even be in a forum. But I give it freely...2 U.

Whatever...don't lose the flow.

New Names:

The Download Society...gotta say...love that name.
New.Wav Productions
Vox Populi Productions (Voice of the people)
D2D Productions (Drag2Disc)
One-Stop

oh stop Red. They'll find it.

This is a good thing. Keep On Truckin' guys. But for cryingoutloud...IF you are going to continue this, ya gotta get a decent server. Can't play with something nebulous. I know this part of it takes gooey, but a really good product will sell itself in the end. Just keep going.

Best,

Red said:

I really really like The Download Society, but we all know that is Dreamfirstborns :i:dea, and a very powerful and good one.

How about "The Nu Sound Underground?"

Red said:

Red, Thank You! That is the absolute BEST reaction to all this. Because you know what? NOBODY knows what happened except for me, Jason and NFO. A few others saw the thread that started this whole mess over at npgmc, which has since been edited, BUT I tried to mediate the situation and found that it was impossible.

Because even though NFO apologized for attacking Jason in a series of extensive and leading posts, he still felt the way that started it all. And Jason, could not trust him anymore because NFO did it in an "anonymous" way with yamomma's user name over at npgmc. Anyway, I kept going back and forth between them on the phone, trying to reach a compromise, geting migraines, and I could see it wasn't going to happen. Trust was broken.

And even though I don't quite feel comfortable with NFO anymore, I felt it was best to keep the community in tact and just change the name. We were just going to shut it all down and start from scratch, but in the end I couldn't do that, because this community is bigger than any personal disagreements we may have.