Information, FAQ, and other misc stuff
This was meant to be a site about my opinions of the Popstars bands, I suppose… Now that I'm getting quite a few people visiting it, and because there aren't any other sites like this out there, I'm wondering if I should change that! But please don't get offended if I don't particularly like your favourite band! Remember, this is not any kind of official site and everyone is entitled to their own opinions! Here are some common questions and problems you may have regarding my site. Please read before e-mailing me with any complaints! Thanks!
Q. What's wrong with the backgrounds?
I kinda like the sunrise backgrounds, and they are also only small images, so that's why I have them! It's just a bit too hard to make them all blend in properly so that they don't have sudden colour changes. Maybe I'll try to fix them up sometime!
Q. Did you steal my graphics?
erm....*looks innocent* I hope not! But I do have to get my graphics from somewhere! This site is designed to inform people about Popstars, and to give them links to further their research. I should have linked your page if I borrowed your pictures, and if I didn't, let me know. But if you think I'm using some pictures from your site, think about these points before complaining, please!
Q. Why do you knock my favourite band?
Even if we're fans of someone, we have to be able to accept the fact that they are not perfect. You just have to be able to step back from worshipping them for a moment to see them for who they really are. Maybe a person has some good songs, but does that necessarily mean they are a good singer? I don't think so. And before you criticise me for picking on a band, think about how much you really know about music first! And your unfounded opinions don't count as 'knowing' something! I'm not saying that I know everything, but this is my site, so I can say what I like!
Q. Don't you know it's not nice to pick on someone because of their looks or weight?
Yeah, I know and I'm sorry for that! I am usually nice to everyone, but for once I just wanted to give my real opinion! And don't try to tell me that looks don't matter when it comes to musicians! They shouldn't matter, but the fact is that they do. Do you think most of the singers around these days would be as successful if they looked terrible? No! It's sad but true, people! Well, I'm trying to get rid of all such offensive comments about bands, though!
Q. Why did you say something incorrect about this band?
Let me know what it is and I'll change it. I can admit that I'm wrong! **g** I tried to get correct information, but when I don't speak every language and don't live in every country, it's not as easy as you might think!
Q. Why don't you have the band from my country here?
Because I don't know about it! I've tried my best to find out about all of the bands that I could, but I know I'm missing some. Please help me by letting me know what I've missed! **g**
And now for some information about the site and Popstars.
Q. What is Popstars?
If you are wanting to know this, then how did you get to this page, and why are you still here?! Popstars is a 'reality' TV show where people are audition to be in a band. Much like any audition, except that all the auditions and judging and behind the scenes stuff is shown on TV. The winning people form a band, choose a bad name and start to release hastily-prepared songs straight away.
Q. How did you find all of your information?
It took me ages! I knew about the Popstars bands in Australia, and also New Zealand, the UK & US to some extent, just from watching Popstars and seeing all the media about the show. I visit the entertainment site
www.worldpop.com regularly, and that helped me with finding out about a few other bands. I did a lot of searching for Popstars and various countries, which is not really a terribly useful method. Without band names, I didn't have much luck. Trying random website addresses is a surprisingly good way to find sites about Popstars! That's how I found www.popstars.fr ! Unfortunately, some countries try to trick people like me by making their addresses things like 'www.popstarsonline.com', and 'www.popstarsusa.com', so they are harder to track down! In that case, I try to find out what TV station the show is on, and work from there. Searching with an mp3-finding program like WinMX is a good way of finding things too!Q. Why did you make a website about Popstars if you don't like them?
It's not that I don't like them! I just have small problems with most of the bands! **g** I was surprised to find that there doesn't seem to be any central website about the Popstars series in general, where all of the different series and groups are mentioned. I really think there should be one. It'd be so much easier for people to find out about the bands that way, and I think a lot of people would be interested in doing that. And because I saw a need for a website like this, I decided to create one. I think I'm pretty good at tracking down information on the net, and so I thought it'd be a good idea!
Q. I have another question!
Let me know about it, then... But please be nice!! I also have some forums for this site where you can go and talk about anything to do with the site. Please go and post!
http://pub97.ezboard.com/bseasonscommunity