Musicians Collab Network

Server structure

Overview

A server for musicians who want to find each other and make something, built so the two halves of that - finding and making - do not share a channel. Looking For is a category of one channel per need: #looking-for-vocalist, #looking-for-guitarist, #looking-for-bassist, #looking-for-drummer, #looking-for-keys, #looking-for-producer and #looking-for-songwriter, each with a slowmode so it stays a list of posts and not a chat, plus #offering-my-skills for musicians advertising themselves. Because Vocalist, Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer, Keys, Producer and Songwriter are self-assigned roles, a post can mention the people it needs. Once a project forms, a Project Lead gets it a room: #project-board lists the active projects, #project-room-1 to #project-room-3 hold them, and two Project Voice rooms sit alongside. Demos go in the #demo-drop forum tagged by how finished they are, finished collaborations in #finished-showcase, and files in #stems-and-files. The business side is deliberately plain: a read-only #contracts-basics primer, #splits-and-credits, #distribution-and-rights and #ask-a-question. Jam Room and Writing Room are for playing, and the Showcase Stage is for the finished work.

When to use it

Every week someone posts 'looking for a drummer' in your general chat and it is gone by the afternoon; the projects that do form have nowhere to work. This layout gives every instrument a listing channel that stays a list, turns a formed project into a numbered room with a lead who can pin, and adds a plain-language business category so the question about splits gets asked before the release, not after.

What makes it different

• Seven looking-for channels, one per need, each slowmoded so it reads as a board and not a chat.
• Instrument roles are self-assigned and mentionable, so a looking-for post can ping every available drummer.
• #project-board and three numbered project rooms turn a formed project into a workspace with a lead who can pin.
• #demo-drop is a forum tagged from rough idea to near final, so nobody critiques a sketch as a master.
• A read-only #contracts-basics primer sits next to #splits-and-credits, so the money talk happens early.

Recommended Vetox setup

• Self-Roles

  Post a Self-Roles panel in #instrument-roles for Vocalist, Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer, Keys, Producer and Songwriter; the looking-for channels depend on those mentions.

• Tickets

  Put a ticket panel in #how-this-works to request a project room; staff assign the next free room and give the requester Project Lead from the ticket.

• Temp Voice

  Point Temp Voice at Jam Room so a fourth project gets its own voice room the night it needs one.

• Embed Messages

  Write the #contracts-basics primer as Embed Messages - one per topic: splits, credits, ownership, sample clearance - so it reads like a page, not a scroll.