YES.

Poach all of the devs.

I want to see a Zach Lym paid delegate in our future.  (And on that note, can we please elect Toast and the other core devs already?  Seriously everyone!)


Today it is a namecoin dev.

Next year hopefully it will be people named Vitalik and Gavin.    
This is the power of paid delegates.

  Ditto 

Friends don't let friends make music videos

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rRU3pWkiG3k

Good god man, Will ! please... Leave to Caesar !!!

Seriously, with the right on screen talent  bm's first entree could be a success, just be careful with the casting. Protect the brand.

I do have an inner conflict about using this song as it "sacred" and I would be pissed off with any company that 'tampered' with it for financial gain.  It could create a very negative knee-jerk response in anger at a company defacing a masterpiece and I have that feeling myself too, so I would prefer a different song be used!  This could stir up a lot of negativity towards bitshares, what would I tell my friends lol?  This is the kind of thing I would complain to them about, a company using dead artists gift to the world for profit.  Is the song choice open for discussion?  I would go for something more catchy and trivial.  Maybe it being controversial and highly emotive could make it very effective.  I don't know.  Still its a very risky play.

If I have no choice in the matter and this song will be used anyway, I at least want it done effectively so here is my contribution:

Imagine

The song is very sombre if you listen to the original, if it's going to be used for marketing a remix should be used.  I found this remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxKb4AFoes.  Perhaps the creator could be paid for his permission for us to use it.  It conveniently has no lyrics so they could simply be sung over the top. 

These lyrics are be sung melodramatically, emotionally and clearly by an individual man with a small backing choir of girls or a lone very strong black female singer giving humorously dramatic and sexy echoes of the verses as they are sung (echoes are written in brackets)

Try listening though it with the remix starting at 1 minute 30 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxKb4AFoes

In Verse 1 theres a pause between the the main lyric and the echo, with the next line starting just as the echo ends.  In verse two the echoes start immediately or overlapping with the main lyric line.

Verse 1:

Imagine there's free banking --pause-- (free banking)
it's here for everyone --pause--  (for everyone)
Nobody is left outside (no no no)
Not a single one --pause--  (not even a single one!)
Imagine there's free banking (ooh ohh ohh)
All sing:  Earning you interest

Chorus:
You may say we are a business
And we open for you now (wow ohh)
I hope today you'll join us
and deposit to Bitshares

Verse 2:

Imagine there's no borders (imagine theres no borders)
no international fees, (no international fees no no)
hidden bills are sent to the hills (sent too the hills yeah)
And tax payers funds aren't used (yes we're actually solvent) (spoken not sung)
Imagine there's no borders
We have no remittance fees!

Chorus:
You may say we are a business
And we open for you now (wow ohh)
I hope today you'll join us
and deposit to Bitshares

Perhaps there could be images of "give peace a chance" shown at the start of the video and end with "Give Bitshares a Chance"  Thought I'd add that idea in there.

Right on... 
With bm's lyrical genius, your musical talent and my good looks we have the makings of a one hit wonder.
 

  REmarkable, site looks great and feels great!

....................................
I ran a crawl of the site and these popped up, minor stuff or e-relevant

(http://bitshares.org) Link Errors


Page, Error, Context, Referrer
"https://bitsharestalk.org/","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<a target=""_blank"" href=""https://bitsharestalk.org"">Forum</a>","http://bitshares.org/"
"https://bitsharestalk.org/Smileys/aaron/smiley.gif","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<img class=""smiley"" title=""Hi, apparently this text is editable."" src=""https://bitsharestalk.org/Smileys/aaron/smiley.gif"" alt="""">","http://bitshares.org/bitshares-the-platform/"
"https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases/download/v0.4.24/BitShares-v0.4.24.dmg","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<a href=""https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases/download/v0.4.24/BitShares-v0.4.24.dmg"" target=""_blank""><div class=""img-container""><img src=""http://bitshares.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/osx-icon.png"" alt=""BitShares for Mac OS X""></div></a>","http://bitshares.org/downloads/"
"https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases/download/v0.4.24/BitShares-v0.4.24.exe","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<a href=""https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases/download/v0.4.24/BitShares-v0.4.24.exe"" target=""_blank""><div class=""img-container""><img src=""http://bitshares.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/win-icon.png"" alt=""BitShares for Windows 32-bit""></div></a>","http://bitshares.org/downloads/"
"https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6277.msg83830","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<a href=""https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6277.msg83830#msg83830"">https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6277.msg83830#msg83830</a>","http://bitshares.org/general-warning/"
"http://coinport.com/trade","404 - File Not Found","<a href=""http://coinport.com/trade#/BTSX-BTC"" target=""_blank"" style=""-webkit-background-size: 70%; -moz-background-size: 70%; background-size: 70%;background-image:url(http://bitshares.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/partner_gr__0002_partner-coiport.png); ""><img src=""http://bitshares.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/partner_gr__0002_partner-coiport.png"" title="""" style=""max-width:70% !important; max-height:70% !important;"" alt=""coinport""><span class=""logooos_effectspan""></span></a>","http://bitshares.org/partners/"
"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/bitsharesx/btc/30_days","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","<a class=""external external_icon"" href=""https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/bitsharesx/btc/30_days"" target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow"">CoinGecko</a>","http://bitshares.org/press/"
"http://connect.facebook.net/","404 - File Not Found","//connect.facebook.net/","http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/js/main.js?ver=1.4.0"
"http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js","404 - File Not Found","//widgets.digg.com/buttons.js","http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/js/main.js?ver=1.4.0"
"http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/images/ajax-loader-small2.gif","404 - File Not Found","url('../images/ajax-loader-small2.gif')","http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/style.css"
"http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/images/arrow-small-n@2x.png","404 - File Not Found","url(images/arrow-small-n@2x.png)","http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/style.css"
"http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/images/arrow-small-p@2x.png","404 - File Not Found","url(images/arrow-small-p@2x.png)","http://bitshares.org/wp-content/themes/thestory/style.css"
"https://ybitcoin.com/","The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.","(Redirect)","http://ybitcoin.net/"
 

Quote from: unimercio on November 20, 2014, 05:27:14 am

I see tremendous potential for the Music Blockchain and all it's extensions. I have a few questions/suggestions:

What digital media types will be supported  (audio, video, still images) ?
Music Videos
Songs (audio only)
Digital Band Posters
Digital Band art for official T-Shirt

What content types?
Music
Movies
Audio books
Pay per view events
Subscription News Letters
Subscription News Magazines
Radio Broadcast Archives

The blockchain does NOT support any binary data. It's a ledger of ownership and
licenceship. The data as to be distributed in a different manner (for now) ...
Though the profit is shares with the shareholders onchain. Please read the
whitepaper or the FAQ:
http://www.bitsharesmusicfoundation.org/faq.html

Quote from: unimercio on November 20, 2014, 05:27:14 am

Are 3rd parties encouraged to develop clients, support sites, etc  targeting these markets?

Short answer: YES!!!! of course!!!!
Long answer: Peertracks is a company making profit out of the bitshares music
blockchain. The blockchain is owned by the shareholders of NOTES. EVERYONE can
use the blockchain as he likes to. You can add your own assets, add your own
applications ontop of it .. It's a little like Bitcoin vs. Mastercoin vs.
Counterparty, although BitShares tech is alot more advanced

First, thank you both @cass, @xeroc, etc.. your contributions to the community rank well up there with Bitshares greats (no smoke).

I misspoke, regarding what content was welcome and/or compatible with the platform. I meant to say, Peertracks as the repository/library not the actual music blockchain.

But along that thread, I wonder is it possible/practical to integrate a "MaidSafe-Drive" or "Storj-Meta Disk" like storage solutions. Reaching out to these community would add strength to the Bitshares ecosystem and potentially address single points of failure, censorship, privacy and further decentralize the end product.

As an AGS/PTS supporter/investor Bitshares has been mostly a passive investment for me, that is about to change. Waiting for the toolkit to mature is no longer an option and selfish on my part. I'll be posting a series of bounties and requests for proposal in the next fews days. Some will tie back to the 501c(6) non profit foundation I co-founded the other a full commercial venture leveraging my resources in my healthcare business. All will fully honor the AGS/PTS contract.

I'm very much looking forward to engaging, the sidelines can be quite boring !

Thanks again

Voted, Great work Thanks

First round is on me for 2015 ... looking forward to seeing you guys... PM me if you need any help setting up, I'm local and plenty of time on my hands...

Would love to volunteer myself and the Miami International Bitcoin membership.

Let me know.

Enrique (unimercio)

"Something wicked this way come"