Matthew Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 I've joined the Yahoo Jazz Vine group and I haven't gotten the courage to leap in yet. Does it work like this: Get the email notification, and you respond with your Yahoo I.D. name, hopefully you get on the vine; receive the cd; download, copy cd, and then I reopen the vine and send the original cd to the next person? Anyone else on the vine -- it really as easy as it looks? Signed: 2Chicken Quote
deadcoldfish Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Yes, it is as simple as that, though patience helps, as it all depends on the mail. Quote
Dan Gould Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 I've joined the Yahoo Jazz Vine group and I haven't gotten the courage to leap in yet. Does it work like this: Get the email notification, and you respond with your Yahoo I.D. name, hopefully you get on the vine; receive the cd; download, copy cd, and then I reopen the vine and send the original cd to the next person? Anyone else on the vine -- it really as easy as it looks? Signed: 2Chicken I'm not sure how "download" comes in. Get the notification email your particulars, including snail mail address, and a promise to re-vine, to the person offering the vine Hopefully he picks you (sometimes its first offer received, sometimes its a random selection of one from many responses) if he picks you, look for it in the mail when received, make a copy for yourself and send out an email to the group re-offering the vine send the original copy to the next recipient Patience pays off in this system! You may often wait through quite a few cycles before getting your crack at it. Quote
Matthew Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) yeah, I meant copy the cd. Though the last time I tried that, I made a complete hash of it. I think Lon is still waiting for those Bob Dylan cdr's I promised eighteen months ago. Edited September 7, 2006 by Matthew Quote
RDK Posted September 8, 2006 Report Posted September 8, 2006 Why don't you guys just start a torrent? So much easier... Quote
Matthew Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Posted September 8, 2006 Why don't you guys just start a torrent? So much easier... Oh man! Me and torrents/shn files, don't get along! Quote
Tom Storer Posted September 8, 2006 Report Posted September 8, 2006 (edited) Matthew, Dan described it perfectly. PM me if you have any more questions--I'm the JazzVines moderator. Why don't you guys just start a torrent? So much easier... JazzVines is nice for people who don't have broadband or who don't want to deal with the technological constraints. Once you've set up your bittorrent client it's a snap, but the learning curve can be a hassle for those who aren't especially experienced with that sort of thing ("Forward my ports? What's a port?"). Also, the snail-mail contact gives the experience a personal touch that's lacking in digital-only situations. It's kind of the "slow food" side of music exchange. Lots of people enjoy it--and of course, many do both JazzVines (and/or AllJazz_2) and bittorrent. P.S. Matthew, lots of the vines are in FLAC format--you'll need a little application called FLAC Frontend that you can download free off the web to convert FLAC files to WAV, at which point you can either burn them on an audio CD or make MP3s out of them. But it's so easy anyone can do it. Edited September 8, 2006 by Tom Storer Quote
Matthew Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Posted September 8, 2006 Thanks Tom for the info. I'll get the FLAC thingy, and try jumping in. The Vine has interesting shows that I want to record. Thanks again, and I'll keep in touch if I have any questions. Quote
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