A Cold Hard Slap

It’s time to suck it in and stop myself becoming lazy with the blog.

True to form I’m burning the candle at both ends, continuing to overload myself with work until eventually the work machine aka me grinds to a halt and that is just what happened a couple of weeks ago, knackered, kaput, shot, f****d, out for the count.

I have skipped music nights out with icy cold beer or whatever that fizzy stuff is The Charlotte sells, for cosy nights behind the pc doing really crappy, boring text based work for OSOM that has to be fulfilled before I can have the project funded.

One of best things to come out of my little ..shall we say .....break down was the regular conversations with a friend Rob who is one proud part of the duo robandkal.com, a brilliant and daring website allowing anybody to see and hear how their music is created step by step, even asking for the public to interact and offer their opinions both good and bad. So Rob being a talented musician and web genius (well I think he is even if he doesn’t himself) is interested in OSOM and would like to see the project do well, so we chat regularly and he just like myself is very honest and if something is rubbish he would instantly say so! During one of our regular chats Rob said something that has niggled away at me, something that is so right and is echoed through other people but indirectly, more of a murmur than a slap in the face, he said;

“I love the idea of OSOM. I’m subscribed to your blog so have usually read it before you send out the updates on Facebook, but every week I read it hoping this will be the one that explains OSOM, the one that makes it clear.”

If those words were a punch in the face I would need hospital treatment, but what really got me thinking was what he said after;

“If I’m talking to somebody and wanted to explain OSOM, tell them what OSOM is, what it’s about, I’d struggle and not know what to say because I don’t know myself.”

Cold Hard Fact is that there is no escaping from it, he was right, what’s the point in having a great product with a great purpose if people cannot simply explain it to one another. Having chewed on this thought for sometime I put pen to paper, fingers to keys and started to shine the light on OSOM and simplify the complexed project it has become, so thank you Rob, this one is for you and the many more people that were stood in your shoes.

Simply put;

OSOM is a new social website with music at heart, making it easy to find great music locally for fans in search of new music and the next big thing.

With OSOM finding music locally and promoting music locally has never been easier.

OSOM with a little more detail;

To get the most from OSOM all users will be required to sign up for a free account that will best reflect their position e.g. musician, venue, promoter, manager, fan etc. Upon registration the user will be asked to fill out various details. The information asked for will then be translated to be used in many different ways, recommending music to fans, put musicians in correct categories, venue location markers on a localised map and many many more was of simplifying all your music needs.

All users will be encouraged to express their individuality by creating personalised accounts.

These are the bare bones and the beginning of OSOM as a website, I wish for OSOM to be a people’s website and ask for feedback regarding all aspects of the idea and website asking for any thought and feeling and maybe even potential idea’s you the public would like to see. If you would like to express your thoughts or suggestions pleas send all emails to iwanttosee@oursoundourmusic.com.

Well I hope this clears some of the unanswered questions that lurk around OSOM, but if at any time I don’t make things clear please feel free to tell me and I will do my best to correct my error in later blogs.

All the Best

Adam @ OSOM

Keeping Music Live