einstein magoo
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Looking at the forum stats there are 164,984 members. Since the inception of the forum there are no doubt a huge number that have drifted off into different hobbies, lost interest, or died. That said, there must still be a very large number of members, many of whom from which we never hear a peep.
After the last couple days following a controversial thread, I was reminded how passionate we all can be about our own ideas and how that passion sometimes turns into hateful hurtful mud slinging. Guilty myself of poking fun in that very thread. In my opinion though, nearly every response by the regulars in that thread was reasonable and not really argumentative.
I hate to see a newer member give up and quit over a stupid ill-conceived squabble. Accidentally shooting oneself in the foot can be painful, especially to we fragile ego types. The very passion that we display in our songwriting, performance tracking, and mixing is a GOOD thing! We just need to reign that passion in when dealing with people we don't know or know very slightly on a public forum.
I went back this morning to see if 42low posted an introduction when he joined. He did and here it is:
Hello. 42low overhere.
After tens of years playing several instruments, were main always was guitar, and somewere in the past started recording analogue, about 15 years ago there was the moment of recording and producing digital with audacity sometimes.
But with some years doing hardly anything with music my kids exposed the interest and i picked it up, where i got teased to accompany them and show them possibilities of it.
It's fun! It's a great hobby, and learning more and more so it becomes greater and greater.
Making music is alway's fun to do. And with more it is more fun.
Last edited by 42low; 03-31-2017 at 04:03.
Sounds like a reasonable, nice guy looking for fellowship with like minded souls. I think maybe he got off track a little due to that passion we all have for our music. Always better to crawl before you walk, and walk before you run, but sometimes that passion drives us to unfavorably color other folk's perception leading to a bitter end.
I'm not making a plea for any one individual's return and maybe a reset, as much as I am trying to show newer members (including 42), and older members as well, that we are not assholes on this forum. Just a group of passionate individuals.
Here's hoping that a good number of the silent members show up, check in, and begin to contribute to the forum threads. Don't be shy and don't be intimidated by one or two rogue, frictional threads.
Gibberish? Maybe...just trying to make some kind of a point.
After the last couple days following a controversial thread, I was reminded how passionate we all can be about our own ideas and how that passion sometimes turns into hateful hurtful mud slinging. Guilty myself of poking fun in that very thread. In my opinion though, nearly every response by the regulars in that thread was reasonable and not really argumentative.
I hate to see a newer member give up and quit over a stupid ill-conceived squabble. Accidentally shooting oneself in the foot can be painful, especially to we fragile ego types. The very passion that we display in our songwriting, performance tracking, and mixing is a GOOD thing! We just need to reign that passion in when dealing with people we don't know or know very slightly on a public forum.
I went back this morning to see if 42low posted an introduction when he joined. He did and here it is:
Hello. 42low overhere.
After tens of years playing several instruments, were main always was guitar, and somewere in the past started recording analogue, about 15 years ago there was the moment of recording and producing digital with audacity sometimes.
But with some years doing hardly anything with music my kids exposed the interest and i picked it up, where i got teased to accompany them and show them possibilities of it.
It's fun! It's a great hobby, and learning more and more so it becomes greater and greater.
Making music is alway's fun to do. And with more it is more fun.
Last edited by 42low; 03-31-2017 at 04:03.
Sounds like a reasonable, nice guy looking for fellowship with like minded souls. I think maybe he got off track a little due to that passion we all have for our music. Always better to crawl before you walk, and walk before you run, but sometimes that passion drives us to unfavorably color other folk's perception leading to a bitter end.
I'm not making a plea for any one individual's return and maybe a reset, as much as I am trying to show newer members (including 42), and older members as well, that we are not assholes on this forum. Just a group of passionate individuals.
Here's hoping that a good number of the silent members show up, check in, and begin to contribute to the forum threads. Don't be shy and don't be intimidated by one or two rogue, frictional threads.
Gibberish? Maybe...just trying to make some kind of a point.
Just found the referenced thread. 
Worse yet, some of them are drummers. 
). I'm a trustworthy person, and most are very happy with that bot not all can handle it (other interests? 
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