Not trying to revive an old post for nothing but I was wondering where bandcoach was and came upon this topic through the search.
I'd like to drop my 2 cents and hope moderators will read and hopefully, my comments will add something.
I do agree with Konkoss. The site could do with an update, although I don't think that would be a problem attracting ppl to the forum.
Also, social media , youtube and all that stuff attracts a lot of people but it doesn't fulfill an easy approachable medium for people to ask questions. I hate reddit as it gives me a certain feel of not having a proper structure.
IMO, a problem on FP is the lack of active moderation/progression. How long have those stickies been there? How many times do you see a moderator reply to a topic and point to a sticky post where that question get's discussed? The forum could do with a proper structurization in stickies. Also, it could do with some additions to the stickies. Like 'What Monitor to buy?' 'What AI to buy?' and 'What DAW to use?' . Then, when the millionth person comes to ask us what monitor he should buy, he should get a nice reply that points him to check the sticky and use the search function on the forum.
Also, moving topics to the right section.
Other then that, it might have been dead in 2014 (I've been busy for a while and been way less active), I can't really see it's dead at the moment tbh. Ppl come and ppl go. Nothing said about how long I'll be posting on here. This could be my last post, It might well be I'll stick around a lot longer. Trying to learn new stuff and trying to pass on what I already grasped to others. Posts still get made, questions still get answered every day on FP.
Another thing that strikes me , on FP, is that a certain portion of the ppl that frequent this place, are really focussed on making beats, producing hiphop/rap stuff. This forum (which consists of it's members) tends to be slightly blind for all the other genres out there. Also, hiphop goes further then trap
Think of oldschool hiphop with lot's of blues and jazz influences. Think of modern hiphop like what Kanye did with production for instance. That's only what already happened in hiphop.
EDM for instance, is only covered by a small portion of FP. Usually, if I have specific issues with EDM , I go to gearslutz but somehow, I don't like the ambience over there.
I think there could be some investment in trying to broaden FP peoples mindset and views in answering their questions. Referring to origins, pointing to highly informative reads or views (youtubes for instance). Take one of my last topics about the documentary " Soundbreaking " .
https://www.futureproducers.com/for...-/soundbreaking-new-series-520713/?highlight= . There's a part that covers hiphop but it mostly tries to cover past 80 years. I think this documentary is a must for every person that loves music and music making.
Another example of something that is IMO majorly inspiring, ' All things must pass: the rise and fall of tower records' . Off topic? I don't think so. It explains you a good bit of how commerce worked in the past and how it changed over time. It might as well give you a new view or mindset about how to adapt in the modern world to new media to get your music out there for instance.
