More presentations

Today I will hand in my mp3 recording on CD. I'm glad that that part is over! Now to concentrate on my blog. There were two more presentations today.

The first one is by Logan. He talked about the AFL Dream Team. It has been operating since 2002 and can be found at the following website: www.sportal.com.au. There are a number of dream teams including AFL, NRL, V8 and F1. Logan has his own team called the Cougars but it's not going very well. There is a "fantasy football competition" which is based on real statistics.

The home page has information about a players total score for the year, the ladder and round by round performances. The team page has the entire list of players. The stats centre has stats on players, who's improving and players of the week. The coaches box was where players can post comments to or on each other. I thought it would be more about the coaches themselves. I found it interesting about trading players if they were injured for example to bring up the average. I'm just wondering if people have a choice in whether they are traded. Logan also talked about a number of forums such as www.bigfooty.com. I also thought it was interesting that podcasts were used.

The second presentation is by Tristan. His talk is on Triple J Unearthed. The website is: www.triplejunearthed.com
It started in 1995 and was similar to the battle of the bands. It was originally for rural towns but is now open to people in Sydney and Melbourne. Last year the competition moved onto the internet. It found over 100 new artists including Missy Higgins and Grinspoon. The website is a place to plug your own bands and to check up and coming artists. You can also vote for artist's that you like. There are guest reviews, like the latest one by Josh Pyke, featured playlists, charts and latest uploads.

On the band's profile page there is information about the band, their influences and who they think they sound like. I liked the idea of the Unearthed jukebox where you can add songs to your playlist. I thought it was an interesting idea. The charts page shows the top 100 bands and the top 25 for each genre. On the resources page I thought it was good that it tells you how to do recordings and make MP3s etc. This website had podcasts too. I found it interesting that songs had to between 3-5 minutes to be considered for radio. Although this makes sense, it sort of is unfortunate for bands who have songs over this time limit. Triple J Unearthed is basically a way to get your stuff out there, just like myspace but you can actually enter competitions and win money. Since the competition has been hosted online, it is easily accessed by anyone.