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Hey, Hi, How’s Your Weekend Going?

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Oct 9, 2021.

  1. Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    I try not to be too heavy-handed when it comes to pitching our upgrade membership program. I try and keep the big sell to once a year, and as we walk into October, it’s that time again.

    As I wrote about last year, things are bizarre in the online space. Ad revenue has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The place for a small independent, primarily text-based music website and community is extremely not in the mainstream of where the internet is these days. But, tens of thousands of people still come and read our homepage daily, and thousands of people hang out and talk in our forums as well. And, like so many of you, I still have a passion for music that bursts from my seams.

    So, if you’d like to see us continue to do what we do, please consider becoming a supporting member of the website. Doing so gives you awesome perks like a dark theme for the website and removes all of the advertisements. I built the website to be extremely fast to load, and without ads, it’s almost unbelievable how speedy it feels. I know many of you use an ad-blocker, and I could be far more hostile to those that have them installed to incentivize either uninstalling them or becoming a member, but I don’t. But if you do use an ad-blocker, please consider just signing up for our smallest package. For pennies a day, you can get a better experience on the website and can be absolved of any ad-blocking guilt because without the ads and the supporting members, we simply could not exist.

    There are three packages, all of them have the same perks, and you can choose what tier fits with you. The truth is, I’m bad at selling myself but built the kind of system I wish more online businesses had. I think we have a great core product, and we have an easy way to remove all ads and help keep us online. That’s really the entire pitch.

    As always, thank you for reading. In a world dominated by YouTube or hot-take chasing SubStack personalities, it’s often hard to know where we fit into the landscape. But every week, I see how many people still check out our little corner of the internet. And every week, someone tells me they’ve discovered a new band they love because we wrote about them. And every week, I laugh at a joke posted somewhere in our community. So, I remain happy we’re still online, and if you feel the same, please consider becoming a member.

    Thank you.

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  2. Former Planets

    Aaaachem!

    Happy to support. Been coming here for my music news since college.
     
  3. Ferrari333SP

    Prestigious Supporter

    The best one-stop-shop to have engaged and respectful conversations on any and all topics with passionate and intelligent people. A great place to learn and be humbled. Will always be a loyal subscriber
     
  4. xapplexpiex

    sup? Supporter

    I don’t know where I would get my music from without this site.
     
  5. Pakorosen

    Nunca saldré vivo de este mundo Supporter

    i don't know how I got here, but I've been consulting a long time and as a subscriber for a year. I have no intention of stopping paying. from Spain, I support all my support
     
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  6. Damien Davies

    Trusted Supporter

    I've cancelled a bunch of monthly subscriptions lately, but never crossed my mind to cancel my supporter subscription here. Worth it for the Q&A thread alone.
     
  7. fredwordsmith

    Trusted Supporter

    A literally priceless resource for all the joy I get from music in general and this community to share it with.
     
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  8. Noticed my membership lapsed a couple days ago. Immediately renewed. I would be hard pressed to find another music site with this level of professionalism and such a decent community. This is one of the few places I visit that doesn't look like a Facebook comment section every day.
     
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  9. contra11mundum

    I hate spoilers. Supporter

    Chorus is my favorite website
     
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  10. rxbandit89

    probably over-caffeinated. Supporter

    Had to cancel my membership over the summer as some big life changes played out. I'm glad to say that things have improved, and this post reminded me I needed to "renew" my membership. Thanks Jason.
     
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  11. KyleK

    Let's get these people moving faster!

    When the pandemic hit and I began working from home, my internet browsing patterns completely changed - and I likely went over a year without visiting the website. But I didn't end my subscription because I have so many years of AP and then Chorus to be thankful - a few dollars per month of thanks to Jason seemed reasonable. I've tried to recommit to listening to more new music lately and have resumed visiting the site.
     
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  12. Welcome back, have you listened to the new Turnstile record yet? ;-p
     
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  13. KyleK

    Let's get these people moving faster!

    Ha! My youtube algorithm has been pushing live Turnstile performance vids and album reviews for a while now. Inescapable!
     
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