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Revision as of 05:56, 22 October 2010

Welcome to M3P: the Malta Music Memory Project
a collaborative database of Maltese music and associated arts
currently holding 4,876 items


Getting started

If you would like to know how to get started contributing or editing the M3P database and website have a look at this basic step by step guide to getting started.

We're still working on developing our simple help documentation even further for users of this website who want to collaborate on this project. Also check out the Editorial Policy for some practical content guidelines. Meanwhile, please feel free to explore and check back later if you still need guidance.

You may also want to consult the Mediawiki User's Guide for information on using the wiki.

What we're up to right now

  • On 28 June 2010 we started exploring the basic information architecture by developing entries related to Xtruppaw.
  • We've also developed a page Exploring Music Genres as a checklist for potential music genres that may be applicable to Maltese Music. Another exploratory list relates to Digital Audio Distributors. Both pages are fully open for contributions from the M3P community.
  • Further updates and discussions on the back-end work can be found in the talk page for this Main Page, while some of the more transient work on the front end is listed below...at least for now.

Contributions from the scene

There are now 12,903 M3P registered users contributing at various levels.

  • Pierre Portelli created the M3P logo and after several iterations we settled on the one you see on the site right now. We're hoping to have a page about the history of the logo as one of the project pages in the near future.

M3P Launch

The project was launched during Notte Bianca: Lejl Imdawwal in Valletta, Malta on 25th September 2010, with an Inaugural Symposium and Networking Workshop at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity. The launch events included evening concert called You Rarely Hear This On the Radio! at Hastings Garden.

Academic Research

Academic research is an essential dimension of this project. The collaborative partners on this aspect of M3P are from the University of Hull (led by Dr Toni Sant from the School of Arts & New Media and supported by researchers Alex Grech and Tony Grimaud) and the University of Malta (Dr Ing Saviour Zammit from the Dept. of Communications & Computer Engineering and Dr Albert Bell from Youth & Community Studies). A position paper by Toni Sant appears in the current issue of the Journal of Music, Technology & Education. An academic conference is being planned to take place in Malta in late Spring 2011 to address this particular aspect of M3P. Support for this event is partially provided by the Malta Arts Fund of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.