Website for Production company | Makin' It Magazine

Site Overview - This will be a user based website designed for selling beats. Visitors will be able to browse samples of audio files but only registered users will be able to purchase beats. Since all files will be customized to the users specification there will be no need for a digital delivery system. Users will select the tracks they want and then complete purchase through Paypal. Once payment is received customers will be prompted for detailed instructions for customizing each track purchased. Customized audio files will then be uploaded to site and made available for download for 30 days. After 30 days audio files will be removed from the system. This is not a social networking site by any means. Our objective with this site is to build personal working relationships between the artists and site administrators.

Artists - We wish for artists to be able to Browse, Listen, Rate and Save beats to a favorites list to listen to later, Purchase beats online and submit detailed instructions on how to have music customized, download customized beat for up to 30 days. User will also be able to upload songs for review and comments.
We wish artists to have a messaging center where all communication between admin and artist will be documented and email notifications will be sent out when new messages are posted (similar to Personal Message Board on rentacoder)

Producers - will be able to upload and manage their beats as well as review artists songs. We wish producers to also have a messaging center where all communication between admin and producers will be documented and email notifications will be sent out when new messages are posted (similar to Personal Message Board on rentacoder)

Admin - will need to be able mass message all users based on roles. Admin's main function is to facilitate the needs of the artists and process orders so it is important that an effecient means of organizing all communications between artists and producers.

• Home - Informative text about program, News blog, featured song block and Makin' It Magazine download
• About Us – Information about the program producers and sponsors
• Contact Us – Contact form and information
• Track Star Application – User sign up page
• Browse beats – View listing all beat nodes with filter and search section. Similar to browsing through profiles on myspace but for beat nodes
• Toolbox - links to software downloads and resources (users only)
• Terms & Agreements
• Artists listing - Listing of artists that link to profile pages (Admin only)
• Producer Listing - Listing of producers linked to their profile page
• Artist Profile page - A Node containing information about artist gathered from registration also would like page to display member status and options to promote or demote on page.
• Producer Profile Page - Photo and information about producer and # of tracks available on the site as well as a blog for producer's news updates
• Producer's Admin - This page will include a listing of beats submitted by producer including Name of beat, # of plays, Average Rating and options to Edit or Delete the beat node.Page will also include an area for messaging
• Artist's Admin - Artists admin area will include the following features: Messaging center, My Favorites listing, Recent purchases, My songs, and shopping cart.

User Roles
Guest
Provisional artist
Basic Artist
Elite Artist
Basic Producer - Beats must be appoved before publishing
Elite Producer - Beats automatically published
Admin

Node Types

Beats - Submitted by producers
Track title
Producer
Tempo
List of Instrument Tags
List of Style Tags
audiofile (flashplayer)
Rating (only artists can rate node but results only viewable by admin and producer)
Buy now (only viewable by artists)
Add to favorites (only viewable by artists)

Song Node - submited by artists
Title
Artist group
Audio File (Mp3 player)
Title of Beat used
Producer
Rating
Comments enabled

Views
Browse Beats & Filter options
Producer (Selection box)
beat name (text field)

Tempo range (Min-Max text fields)

Style of beat (Check boxes - Club, Street, Pop, R&B, Ethnic, Techno, Ballad, East coast, West Coast, Down south, Commercial)

Instruments (Check Boxes - Samples,Brass,Synths,Guitar,Piano,Sax,Flute, Bass,Other, Strings,Vocal Sample)

Sort By (Producer,Tempo, Date Added, Rating)