10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS | PMR Information file v. 1.5

Q: Is PMR on the Net, Fido or something else?

A: As stated in section 9, we are represented on FidoNet, Mountain Online Services (Mountain BBS), CMNet (Computer Music Net), Mountain Net, Internet and some other nets using the FidoNet technology (look for Mountain BBS or Bruno Olsen).

Q: How many members are there of PMR?

A: There are 7 members of PMR and we are always looking for new members. Although the goal, of course, is to make people think 'great, yet an other brilliant module for my PMR collection' and download it instantly, whenever they see the name PMR or Pantheon Music Releases, experience and skill is no opstickle to become a member. We are all beginners sometime, and an other goal is to make people see they will have good opportunities to get far via PMR.

Q: You have said you were making an album-player. How does that work?

A: Unfortunately that program is not in sight in the near future. I still have plans for it, but there are several things that pushes it into the future, like time and economy. But when (NOT if) it's finished, it works like this: You gather several modules into an album. The program will then play back the album like a CD-player plays back a CD. The album-player will have the same functionality as a CD-player, and there will be added some visual possibilities. I don't know how and what those visual possibilities should work or be, yet, but I have lots of ideas, so it's practically just a question of my skills and my own possibilities.

Q: 'PMRINF13.TXT' sais that an album is first released as shareware and you have to send a small amount to PMR after 14 days. Could you tell us more about that idea and what the amount is and what the money goes to?

A: The idea with the shareware-albums is simply for us musicians to have an opportunity to make just a little something of our creativity. As I picture it, it will be something in the lines of making a 'demo-album' with parts of the songs on the album, perhabs all of previously released singles (singles are what we are already making), and when people pay for it, they receive the 'real' album, with all of all the songs. As of yet, I don't know what the amount should be, it has never come that far yet, but when it comes that far, we'll find out :)) The money is solely for the artist/group who made the album that people are paying for. PMR, as an organisation, takes nothing. The only thing to take into consideration is taxes, but PMR will leave that up to the individual artist. It is ordinary modules that are used for the albums, but in regards to the album-player, formats like XM can't be used. As a programmer you sometimes have to compromise.

Q: How are the albums/singles released on the Net, Fido etc.? Is there made some kind of cover (icon) or how does it work?

A: So far they are released the 'normal' way. Perhabs you've seen the archives of our releases, and that's how it will look like when they are released. They are put on Mountain BBS for downloading, and when I get that far with the homepage they will be downloadable through that one too. New releases are announced on FidoNet and there are so called file conferences available, so people can get the new releases automatically. Regarding cover and icon, that's something I thought of as a part of the concept of the album-player (ie. the visual possibilities).

Q: What is a membership of PMR? Are there some kind of rules, will PMR own the rights of the modules or are they still ours?

A: You will notice that I put an 'Copyright 199x Pantheon Music Releases' on the file_id.diz', but in reality it's a 'split-deal'. That means the artist(s) and PMR share the rights, most of them of course the artist(s) themselves. The reason is, we'll appear as a bigger unit, and if some time there should be rissen doubt about the rights for a module from people outside of PMR, we'll be more people to stand up for our rights. In addition it's a question of motivation. The motivation to help each other are simply bigger. It's not a question about me taken away your copyright, not at all.