About Poesybeat

What is poesybeat?

Poesybeat combines music and poetry/spoken word in an online collaborative process - often between two artists who do not even know each other. Here's how it can happen:

  1. Bob writes a poem (referred to as a poesy). He records himself reading the poesy and uploads the poesy to the poesy database in the Poesybeat Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  2. Sally downloads Bob's poesy. She then combines Bob's poesy with a musical composition (referred to as a beat). The result is a poesybeat!
  3. Sally uploads this poesybeat to the poesybeat database in the Poesybeat Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  4. Other members of the Workshop can download this new poesybeat for their listening pleasure. They are also encouraged to rate this poesybeat. The highest rated poesybeats may be selected for the Quarterly.

Here is another way it can happen:

  1. Skippy writes a beat and uploads it to the beat database in the Poesybeat Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  2. Kenneth downloads this beat. He then combines Skippy's beat with a poesy of his own creation. The result is another poesybeat!
  3. Kenneth uploads this poesybeat to the poesybeat database in the Poesybeat Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  4. Other members of the Workshop can download this new poesybeat for their listening pleasure. They are also encouraged to rate this poesybeat. The highest rated poesybeats may be selected for the Quarterly.

Here is another way it can happen:

  1. Hortence downloads a poesy and a beat from the poesy and beat databases in the Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  2. He then combines them into a single poesybeat and uploads it to the poesybeat database in the Poesybeat Workshop at poesybeat.org.
  3. Other members of the Workshop can download this new poesybeat for their listening pleasure. They are also encouraged to rate this poesybeat. The highest rated poesybeats may be selected for the Quarterly.

For more information about this process, visit the Getting Started section of the Poesybeat Workshop

The Workshop FAQ provides answers to common questions.