Community
Recordings & the Community
Sharing videos of your playing, what other players can do with them, and every other way the community pays you Fame.
Recording yourself is the single most useful practice habit there is, and also the one nobody enjoys. riff.quest gives it somewhere to go: a shared wall of playing, where the standard is honest rather than perfect.
Everything the community has posted, plus a tab with only your own.
Posting a recording
Phone, webcam or interface, whatever you have. Nobody is marking your camera work
Recordings are shared as video links rather than files
Paste the link, give it a title, and optionally connect it to the song you were playing
It appears on the recordings wall, where other players can watch, like and comment
Tying a recording to a song makes it show up on that song's page too, which is how you end up watching five other people's takes on the riff you're stuck on.
Why bother
- It's the fastest feedback you'll get
- A camera hears the timing problems you don't
- Recording is a healthy habit
- Tick it when you log the session and it's worth a point
- It's how challenges work
- Monthly challenge entries are recordings, and those pay 100 points and 300 Fame each
- Comments
- People respond to recordings far more often than to numbers on a leaderboard
100 points
300 FameOther ways the community pays
+300 Fame
a challenge recording
+20 Fame
someone saves your playlist
+5 Fame
someone likes your playlist
+5 Fame
a thank-you for an exercise you shared
Plus +1 Fame the first time another player completes an exercise you wrote, and +3 Fame the first time you rate a song's difficulty.
If you want a steady Fame income without grinding, share what you already make: publish the practice exercises you write and the playlists you build. They keep paying long after you've forgotten about them.
Questions people ask
Can I post something private?
Recordings are shared with the community. If you'd rather keep a take to yourself, just don't upload it, and you can still tick the Recording habit when you log the session
Can I delete a recording?
Yes, your own recordings can be removed at any time
Do recordings pay points on their own?
Only through challenges. A recording posted outside a challenge is for feedback, not for score
Who can comment?
Any logged-in player. Notifications tell you when somebody does