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Album Covers for the Audio Portal?

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I've been telling any small musicians/ bands I've met in the past they should upload their music to Newgrounds. Think there's potential for NG to be a SoundCloud alternative for musicians. They'd get the benefit of being added to a large library of tracks that users on the movie portal will want to pull from for their entries.


I see a big issue with the audio portal that keeps the musicians that are posting their tracks here from getting seen is how small the audio icons are. Adding larger more traditional style of album covers would help grab the attention of people who aren't actively looking for music on the front page to listen, and would encourage more collaboration between audio and art users on the site : )


Originally was gonna PM @TomFulp this pitch, then thought it would be good to post on here to see how everyone feels about this idea or would want to add onto this with extra ideas I might not have been thinking about. Thanks if you read this.iu_1370068_5988985.webp

Response to Album Covers for the Audio Portal? Mar 18, 2025


At 3/17/25 06:53 PM, Jaster wrote:I've been telling any small musicians/ bands I've met in the past they should upload their music to Newgrounds. Think there's potential for NG to be a SoundCloud alternative for musicians. They'd get the benefit of being added to a large library of tracks that users on the movie portal will want to pull from for their entries.

I see a big issue with the audio portal that keeps the musicians that are posting their tracks here from getting seen is how small the audio icons are. Adding larger more traditional style of album covers would help grab the attention of people who aren't actively looking for music on the front page to listen, and would encourage more collaboration between audio and art users on the site : )

Originally was gonna PM @TomFulp this pitch, then thought it would be good to post on here to see how everyone feels about this idea or would want to add onto this with extra ideas I might not have been thinking about. Thanks if you read this.


We have been planning on changing the thumbnails to square album art (maybe with a record poking out of the sleeve) for a good while now, still no ETA though.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Album Covers for the Audio Portal? Mar 18, 2025


At 3/18/25 08:20 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 3/17/25 06:53 PM, Jaster wrote:I've been telling any small musicians/ bands I've met in the past they should upload their music to Newgrounds. Think there's potential for NG to be a SoundCloud alternative for musicians. They'd get the benefit of being added to a large library of tracks that users on the movie portal will want to pull from for their entries.

I see a big issue with the audio portal that keeps the musicians that are posting their tracks here from getting seen is how small the audio icons are. Adding larger more traditional style of album covers would help grab the attention of people who aren't actively looking for music on the front page to listen, and would encourage more collaboration between audio and art users on the site : )

Originally was gonna PM @TomFulp this pitch, then thought it would be good to post on here to see how everyone feels about this idea or would want to add onto this with extra ideas I might not have been thinking about. Thanks if you read this.

We have been planning on changing the thumbnails to square album art (maybe with a record poking out of the sleeve) for a good while now, still no ETA though.


why not have the cover be a banner though?


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I upload some of my album covers to the Art Portal. I also put them in the description of the audio upload. Just makes sense to do so imo.

Response to Album Covers for the Audio Portal? Mar 20, 2025


At 3/20/25 11:59 AM, TheJayJay wrote:I upload some of my album covers to the Art Portal. I also put them in the description of the audio upload. Just makes sense to do so imo.


I've seen people do this and it makes sense for the way the system is rn, but I think less people are hearing the music bc of how small the icons are. Basically less people are seeing the description then people who would be seeing the album cover.