We are pleased to announce the debut of MusicDetour’s new website. For three years, the website used Omeka, an open source library archive that the UTA library helped design. The new site is more user-friendly than ever before. Biswa Nanda and Himat Bhanushali designed the site to allow users to navigate via album title, artist name, and genre. MusicDetour’s front page has a new music player. This is the most comprehensive and user-friendly virtual archive that MusicDetour has produced to date.
MusicDetour’s new website provides a contemporary and efficient online interface that preserves a number of musical genres performed throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (and beyond). Thanks to Nathan “Cole” Baggett, Biswa and Himat for getting the website going. Also, thank you to the UTA College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for support. We’re happy to provide local musicians with a free online resource that both archives and promotes their musical creations. Over fifty local artists store their content in MusicDetour’s online archive and we are continuing to grow. In essence, MusicDetour’s crisp website serves as a permanent record of local music upon which new culture can be produced.
CONTRIBUTING MUSIC
We are always looking to expand the archive. We accept all music from copyright owners (not limited to DFW). All you have to do is sign a non-exclusive copyright agreement – which essentially says you retain ownership, MusicDetour owns nothing. Then submit your music. Please feel free to contact darditi@uta.edu if you are interested in submitting your music
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