LoudSon.gs : i <3 lyrics & code

LoudSon.gs is a website that I recently threw together in my attempt to tighten my strangle hold on teh interwebz (by the way, I’m losing)

LoudSon.gs is a lyrics website that focuses on hard to find album artwork and lyrics, mostly for punk, hardcore and emo bands, but the door is open for all types of music.

On the technical site, the site is built using PHP, MySQL, and is the first site that I have built using the codeIgniter framework. There is also some code integration with amazon for the album art, along with some other code wizardry.

But isn’t the internet full of lyric sites already?

Yeah, it is, but none of them specialize in the kind of music that speaks to me, so I built one.

The project started out as something personal for myself in 2004, then became part of notpopular.com in 2005. The original version lived for years at notPopular.com/lyrics, and was build out of some really bad php code and used a really sketch database. Instead of taking it down, I allow it to live on, but all new additions get added to LoudSon.gs.

I also decided to do some different things with this site. In an attempt to make the domain name a bit more memorable, I bought a non .com domain, sort of like del.icio.us. For easy, and for n00bz, you can also get to the site from LoudSongs.com. I also used some SES (search engine safe) URLS. The CodeIgniter framwork made that really easy to do.

Overall, this was probably one if the funnest projects I have worked on in a while. It’s a real labor of love on my part. The site takes time every day to maintain, the only way I will ever mak money from the site is throught the google ads.

Music is a huge part of my life. You can see the “about section” of LoudSon.gs to read more about that. LoudSon.gs sums up a lot about me, code, the internet and music.

Better Late Then Never!

a lot has happened since I have last posted on my blog… Im sure im missing some things

• The United States has a new president
• I have started work on a new lyrics database for notpop
• Thommy and Krissi are dating and Im stoaked for them
• I found out some cool things from Yenny
• I have developed a mean cough that keeps me up most the night
• I build a computer for hardcore Steve, which quickly caught a virus, so now i have to fix it again.
• I have been super busy at work. Busy to the point where I dont have time to post on my blog
• I updated the xdeathstarx website with a new image gallery
• I made notpop a bit more cross browser compliant (something i have be meaning to do for a year now)
• I-rediscovered the joys of bit torrents
• Jason Keller has been staying at my house for the last week
• I scraped the acoustic popcorn style ceiling down in my downstairs
• The dishwasher broke, I need to fix it/get a new one
• I have realized how financially straining having a house is
• I talked to a tile worker who is going to install tile in my upstairs bathroom.
• I need to make another run to ikea for an organizer for my computer room
• I ordered a lettermen jacket online
• I ordered roman shades for my bedroom
• I ordered closet doors for the bedrooms in my house
• Amys sister and Ed decided to move up their wedding date to this coming saturday, so I have to drive to Vegas on saturday
• Friday night we are playing the glasshouse with NIV. Im nervous. I hate shows with barricades. Reminds me of the Atreyu tour. The crowd seems so far away.
• I talked to Sasha last night. I miss her and worry about her.
• I got this crazy tribute to AFI done by this string quartet… wild stuff
• I started playing starcraft again. Jason keller and I spend way to much time playing it. 4 Hours a night is not healthy, is it?
• Im trying to book a show for my wedding at showcase. Bleeding through @ glasshouse isnt going to happen to bad. Showcase is like home anyways. Anyone know a big drawing, headlining band that wants to play in late jan/early feb?
• Young Matt is now a notPop board admin. He wants me to create a record pressing database… I think its a damn good idea. I'll just add that to my list of 100 websites that I need to create.
• We started to have church at the Redlands Bowl
• I told Keller he could live with me for a while