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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 0:16:00 GMT -5
Good morning to you all! I trust that all is well with you this weekend. As you all know, I am one of the few online contributors to the BBC Radio 3 Blog. Recently, Steve Bowbrick, Head of Interactive at Radio 3, invited Radio 3's online community (communities) to help test a new way to listen to concerts online. BBC Radio 3 Blog - Help us test a new way to listen to concerts onlineI noted that a certain Neil McGowan replied that " ... having only recently abolished the R3 messageboards - where you had a huge body of loyal R3 listeners - you're now trying to attract back those whom you kicked off! You are funny chaps, you really are! But I will give your "Concert Club" a try, yes!" Concert ClubTo the best of my knowledge, I have never actually met Steve Bowbrick, although over past decade or so, I have replied to many of his blog and message board postings, both at BBC Radio 4, and latterly, at BBC Radio 3. As Steve is London-based, I therefore suggested that he prom (at some point during the summer), and we could then compare notes on a particular concert, both online and off. Personally, I doubt that he will take me up on my offer. There is, I sense, a certain reluctance amongst BBC technophiles to meet with their users. I don't actually know whether the BBC's geeks feel intimidated by the prospect, or whether they simply do not wish to get involved. Nevertheless, I feel that this is an online experiment which both the Enemies and Friends of Radio 3 (FoR3) could take up with magnanimity. Prom 4? BBC - Prom 4: Les Siècles – The Rite of Spring
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jun 23, 2013 10:10:23 GMT -5
Mr Bowbrick makes great mention of the similarity to book-reading groups...
... whilst simultaneously saying that the new Concert Club won't offer any place where comments can be put, or discussion held.
In fact it's just a mailing list to sign up to announcements of concerts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 2:04:01 GMT -5
I just had a closer look at the software, Neil. It encourages you to tweet with this kind of message: Twitter - I'm listening to 'Erkki-Sven Tüür, Norgard, Henry Purcell, Ian Wilson, Sven Sandström, J S Bach and Giya Kancheli' via Concert Club: concertclub.wearecaper.com/concerts/erkki-sven-tuur-norgard-henry-purcell-ian-wilson-sven-sandstrom-j-s-bach-and-giya-kancheliThe BBC quite likes 'Twitter', but because of the word limit, a bit like texting, tweeting encourages the shortest of comments! Of course, it helps to be succinct, on occasion, but sometimes, a good discussion requires a little more detail and depth! This is, in a sense, condescending to the BBC's online users, because it implies that the BBC is not really interested in their considered opinions. Any thoughts?
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jun 24, 2013 2:32:48 GMT -5
Entirely agreed.
Tweeting is for twits.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 2:48:45 GMT -5
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 3, 2013 3:09:38 GMT -5
I don't need any more spam, so I shall give "Concert Club" a miss
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 3:29:11 GMT -5
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 3, 2013 5:28:19 GMT -5
It all looks like the Beeb going through the motions of interactivity, without actually having to interact at all.
They have their fingers firmly wedged in their ears, and are still deeply rooted in a Reithian "come and marvel at us!" mentality.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 5:10:22 GMT -5
Well, I should perhaps report that to my surprise, Steve 'bowbrick' has joined the Concert Club for 'Poulenc and Ravel' at the Barbican (7:30pm on Sunday 14 July 2013). Concert Club - Poulenc and RavelOf course, the paradox is that 'Concert Club' has got this completely wrong. Everyone else will be at the Royal Albert Hall enjoying suites from Lully’s piquant social comedy 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme', Rameau’s 'Les Indes galantes', Delibes’s 'Coppélia' and Massenet’s Moorish romance 'Le Cid', if only provide more than two centuries of historical context for the work that scandalised and galvanised Paris at its 1913 premiere. It is almost time, once again after more than a hundred years, Sydney Grew, for a riot at the Rite!
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