extragear/multimedia/amarok/src/images

[Martin Aumueller]

It appears that I didn't yet notice the new slogan of Amarok, but from what I 
gathered in this thread it seems that the new slogan should be simply 
"Rediscover music".

I like "Rediscover your music" mainly because it leaves more room for 
interpretation and thus makes you think about the slogan. Of course, the first 
association is "rediscover the forgotten treasures in your music collection".

"Rediscover music" sounds wrong to me as it seems to address people who have 
forgotten about music in general and now should rediscover the hobby music. 
But I think the users that Amarok is targeting are more music aficionados, at 
least people who already have a certain interest in music.

The "your" in the slogan is also very important, as music is a very personal 
thing, it is very much dependent on taste, on your taste. And you want to 
discover your music, the music that you like. Also, music is very often 
related to precious and personal memories. Another variation of the original 
slogan that would perhaps make more sense for the new Amarok is "Discover your 
music", but in my opinion that's to straight.

In summary: I think it's very hard to come up with a better slogan than 
"Rediscover your music" - I don't know who invented it, but I think (s)he's a 
genius.

Martin

PS: For German readers a recent article I found about last.fm: 
http://www.zeit.de/2009/14/Last-fm - I was especially baffled by the last 
paragraph.


On Monday 30 March 2009 10:27:24 Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen
>
> <admin at leinir.dk> wrote:
> > On Monday 30 March 2009 09:25:39 Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> >> SVN commit 946727 by markey:
> >>
> >> Go ahead and commit one of Wade Olson's new splash screens.
> >>
> >> After some real-life testing with different images, I chose #6, which
> >> really looks awesome, and especially also harmonizes well with many
> >> desktop color schemes.
> >>
> >>  M             splash_screen.jpg
> >
> >  Definitely looks good, i can live with that choice :) The slogan is
> > wrong and needs fixing, but other than that it looks good :)
>
> The slogan thing is something we should probably discuss and decide on
> ASAP (especially before printing 100 t-shirts;)
>
> I know that this has already been discussed (I think I was _pro_
> changing it back then), but now I heard complaints from people who
> missed this discussion and were unhappy, or taken by surprise.
>
> You know, in case this starts to become some kind of epic controversy,
> I'd rather keep the old one and not make a big fuss about it.
>
> *shrug*