New.Myspace.com! →
I’ve always liked myspace, spent hours tweaking my ex-bands profile page, and then had to sadly watch it fade out of limelight.
The redesign looks f$@#in awesome & it may well be the mother of all comebacks!
Silence is the new LOUD!
A little over 2 weeks since we went a”live” & yet we remain in silence.
Why?
‘cause “Silence is the new loud!”
What did we get?
Loud Feedback, Loud Opinions, Loud Changes, & Loud Announcements!
What we did?
Domain Changed!
http://moshbag.in now redirects to http://moshbag.com.
Signups from international artists meant we had to go international & open all doors. Which also means subscribers can now enjoy music, movies, & books from artists anywhere around the world!
UI Changed!
We’ve tweaked & rearranged & redesigned our website! Making it all the more easier for you to know exactly what we’re doing & how we plan to do it!
Artists acquired!
There’s nothing more inspiring that artists coming forward to support us & let us know that they believe in us!
We have onboard:
Will Sid Smith - A 17 year old singer/songwriter from UK!
Fallen Manga Studios - Fantasy Comic book writers from Virginia, US!
Head over to our “Moshlist” a.k.a Artist feature page from more info & links on these amazing artists! You’re also welcome to comment & rate these artists!
Are you an artist? Wanted to be listed as well?
Then, needless to say, Signup!
Subscribers acquired!
We continue to get more subscribers & more so their personal preferences on genres of music, movies, & books they like.
Yes, you can too! If you are a music addict/movie buff/book lover/all three you can download a whole lot of it! Signup already!
What more?
- We’re heavy duty busy building our full feature awesome looking mind bending new website!
- We’re stalking & talking to artists anywhere and everywhere left-right-and-center!
- Last but not the least, we’re having fun do it all! :)
Come on now! Follow Us around! We love Stalkers & All paparazzi!
Cheers!
Comet
Founder, Moshbag
We are giving birth. Literally.
“Beta” literally translates to “son” in Hindi language. So yes, we’re in labor trying to give birth to our one ‘n only and our much awaited “son” - Moshbag beta. The only question is when?
Now I have to admit, we had initially planned to launch Moshbag in July to coincide with our birthdays (Yes, both founders are July borns!). But we both knew that it was far fetched. There are 2 reasons for this: first, we started work on Moshbag only in June this year & second, we have day jobs (this is of course to fund this project. We don’t intend to meet any Angels at this juncture & would instead prefer to meet Bootstrap Bill!)
We have a ridiculously short gestation period, going by the principles of Lean. So, we’ve compromised on a fancy UI & you won’t find a zillion features to begin with. Just the basics - artists will be able to upload their new stuff on Moshbag & subscribers will be able to signup & stay updated. That’s it!
I’m also not embarrassed at all to reveal that the entire UI was built using Weebly! It has allowed us to mock-up a quick website with limited coding skills. But don’t worry, we’ll be working on our Moshbag Baap version once we celebrate our baby shower & set things rolling. Oh, and btw, “Baap” literally translates to “father” in Hindi!
I still haven’t given out our launch date, have I? The doctors say we’re due sometime in the first week of next month, i.e. September, 2012. So here’s hoping that all goes well & we have a healthy happy Beta arriving!
You can have a look at him once we’ve confirmed the delivery. Till then, I thank you for your patience, support, & encouragement!
Cheers!
Comet
Founder, Moshbag
More artists mean more subscribers on Moshbag! Here’s how:
How do you rate an artist?
Art they say is relative. So it must be the artist who sells. Fame is a good indication of how good or bad he is. But surely, there must be more to it.
I’m often confounded by this question, “How do you rate an artist?”. Is it the number of facebook likes or the number of twitter followers? Is it the number of visitors to his blog/website or the number of comments he gets? Is it number of gigs/premieres/publishings to his name or his sales figures?
Quantifying artists is not the same as the quality of artists. How would you measure the uniqueness of his art? The unlikely chord changes, the lyrical genius, the abstract passages, & the unexplained mind provoking scenes.
While envisioning Moshbag (http://moshbag.in), our new platform for independent artists, I had to take these questions into consideration. ‘Cause for one, subscribers who wish to discover new music/movies/books often expect the unexpected. It is foremost, that they truly appreciate what we’re offering & that they find the best artists out there in the industry.
We on the other hand have the liability to showcase the most underground, the often unnoticed, & equally deserving performers to our subscribers along with other known celebrities on our platform.
So it is imperative for us to be brutally selective of the artists we accept on Moshbag. We’ve decided to take a holistic approach to rate artists. We expect every artist to have at least a Facebook page/ twitter account, & a simple website to start with. We are eager to learn and discover every gig/story/movie they have their names associated with. We’ll take pains to follow & track their every artistic activity. We’ll also give a personal listen/read/look at every work they’ve published.
As as sidekick, we are also hoping established artists will recommend other awesome artists to join our platform & help us find them.
We recommend every artist to often blog about their work & journey. We wish to see them pursue their art feverishly & tell us all about it. We’ll soon study & feature their amazing stories.
So here’s me calling all introverted artists to write to me at comet@moshbag.in with their story & extroverted artists to step in.
Signup with us at http://artists.moshbag.in & learn more about what we’re doing. Here’s a short video (http://www.youtube.com/embed/7HzHgqi5-k8) that’ll help you understand our true intentions.
You can also follow our Quora board http://quora.com/moshies or our blog (http://moshbag.tumblr.com) for new posts & updates from our end.
Or Like our Facebook page (http://facebook.com/moshbag) or follow us @moshbag on twitter, If you prefer social networking.
Cheers!
Comet
We’ve made a new video for Moshbag using some simple free tools! Chk it out!
I used Prezi to create a visual flow of the storyboard, screencast-o-matic web app to capture the screen, & windows movie maker to add music & final touches.
We need to make more videos explaining things & this little experiment turned out nice.
So what do you guys think? Give us some feedback!
Useful tip:
You can find an ocean of music free for commercial use
here: http://dig.ccmixter.org/free_music#. (Give credit to the artist in the video!)
Cheers!
Comet
