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"I was one of those orchestra kids growing up, lugging around my cello, so I'm not entirely familiar with the concept of a guitarpull or a songpull.  But I think I get the gist, and a new site called Songpull is looking to bring the collaborative, spirit-lifting efforts of songpulls to the web.  First, let's start off with a brief description of what a songpull is.  A songpull is an event where a group of singer/songwriters get together and perform original songs they've written in the past 30 days.  \nWhat the Songpull network wants to do with its website is share and promote these songpulls across the web, with videos.  As a member of Songpull, you can initiate a songpull yourself.  These are events, of course, so others can see when upcoming songpulls are, put their name in the hat, and start working on the music they'll be playing once they get there.  Songpull is looking for a certain format for the videos that will be displayed on its site, but it's still up to the users to create the content themselves.  Include an interview from each of the musicians, and the footage of them performing.  \n\n\nThe result is a nurturing environment that sparks creativity and helps singers/songwriters finish their songs.  Online, it's a video network for sharing these events.  Clips can be rated and commented on, shared across other social networks like Facebook, and bookmarked as well.  The  Songpull site features charts so you can see the more popular participants of the community.  User profiles link to the events in which they've participated.  \nThis is quite a unique niche that some could really take to, though it does require a dedicated user base and a driven purpose for its web promotion.  In that sense, I'm slightly surprised to see a lack of \"virtual songpulls,\" which is what I thought the site was initially about.  One way in which the content from the songpulls themselves could be better shared across the web is with a channel or chapter format, so the various clips from one event or one artist can be viewed in sequential order.  This would be particularly helpful for widgets.  \nI imagine other avenues for growth could be the inclusion of sections for lessons, sheet music, or other resources, though I do see that Songpull will be adding an e-commerce arm to its site in the near future."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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