General Music Chat

There's a lot of folks who want to talk politics and such - and a lot of folks who come here to talk about music only.
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How about a separate forum for all the posts that don't have anything to do with music?

How about talking about music and asking your musical questions on your own thread and don't look or read other threads that don't interest you. It really is that simple. The forum is named general chat and that is exactly what is going on here. Apparently when some people look at other threads that have some political content it anoys them more than they can handle.

You know Alan,

Most discussion venues, whether online or even on the radio, have an "anything goes" thread, or on radio, it would be an anything goes "day" of the week.

The point is, that most vehicles for discussions, recognize that people need a venue for talking about "anything else".

Here on Bandmix, the "General Chat" section suffices.

You don't even participate here, except to get attention for your own musical endeavors. This makes it especially lame of you, to try and restrict the free speech of others (it should be a cardinal sin, in the first place, for ANY musician, to restrict free speech)

As mentioned many times before.... you want more musical threads, then START SOME of your own, and stop bitching at others!

Are your threads going down to fast, and it pisses you off, because you could always depend on this place being a graveyard, and your thread staying on the front page for 5 days minimum? There's a solution to that too... "BUMP" your own threads, if you need to, to get them back in the top again.

Why don't you stick to the American Section?

Why don't you stay out of the threads you don't like PERSONALLY?

There are MANY options, more preferable to your trying to be a discussion nazi, and decide what is appropriate for OTHERS to discuss or not.

You should be ashamed to call yourself a songwriter, while being an enemy of free speech.

Do you write original music, only about.... music itself, too?

Or are you a hypocrite, and write about non-musical topics too?

There should be a separate forum but who is going to police it ... BandMix ... they're a joke!!!! There are no mod's on this forum ... it's the wild west.

If you can't stand the heat......

The forum is named general chat and that is exactly what is going on here.

There is a subheading that gives this description: "All users can post to this forum on general music topics." So that means the threads should be musically centric.

Have you people tried signing up for a political forum? I think sites like that would be more effective for your discussions.

The fact is, pure music threads die much faster than other topics. Why? Because musicians are interested in much more than your audition process, or which bands you like, or what your favorite guitar is. Those things are good but for the most part DONE TO DEATH. A real musician cares about the world around him or her, not how many positions a G chord can be fretted. I think a balance is the best policy; I post about both musical and other topics. It's just like the TV; don't like American Idol? Change the channel.

I moderate for the Ultimate-Guitar Forum, Harmony Central Forum, Ibanez Forum and my own jsantos.net forum. The musical threads are very active. The topics range from Music Theory to Gear Acquisitions and Review. Not too many political threads or rantings unless you go to the specified forum. I think that the age differences play an integral part in forum activity. Where the membership has musical neophytes (younger beginners), the forum is bound to receive an increased share of "How do i" posts—also questions about general music and gear. In my perspective, as it was pointed out, older member rosters have passed that stage and are more concerned about current events. Its all good!

Hmmm...been down this road already, and don't feel like traveling it again. Alan has put it into a pretty simple form:
If you would rather see non-musical topics posted on a separate forum, vote yes.
If you want to post (and read) non musical topics on THIS forum, vote no.

Do we really have to debate it...AGAIN? The points have all been made, let's not regurgitate them all over again.

I would also suggest that all who vote here leave a response (as I have done), so that everyone can see that the tally of votes matches legitimately.

You've practiced your right to free speech, now practice your right to vote (and leave the politicking to the politicians).

I vote "No" because it is NOT NECESSARY.

These forums are NOT IN THE LEAST overcrowded. Topics typically stay on the front page... well, hmm... let's just check....

Yep... Topics from the 13th are STILL on the front page right now.

That's almost a FULL WEEK of threads just sitting on the front page. You don't even have to click to the second page if you don't want to.

So.....

What is the real problem, other than, oh yeah....

CENSORSHIP!!!


That's all this is about.

PERIOD!


Can't you folks at least be HONEST about it?


If there was ANY true inconvenience about this, I would capitulate the point with no problem. But there really IS NO inconvenience, other than that some people, cannot seem to handle even reading THE SUBJECT LNE of conversations they don't personally like.

Just because YOU want to live like an ostrich with your head in the sand, or have nothing to offer on these issues, doesn't mean everyone else has no meaningful opinions either.


Why can't those of you like that, just LIVE and LET LIVE?

Aww, c'mon Craig, geeze.
What a load of fly-covered horse-puckey you just served up.
That's a bunch of BS and misdirection, - and you know it.
Or, you should, anyway.
. . . calling a poll which suggests a more prominant social forum - as limiting free speech?
Far from limiting it - it HIGHLIGHTS it . . . I'm suggesting that Bandmix offer you your own special forum - far from restricting free speech - it puts your speeches right out in front of everyone.
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I posted a poll - and you're blasting me for asking everyone what they think?
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Hmm, now - wait a minute - are you trying to restrict MY speech, by attacking me as you just did?
You ARE, you know . . .
Don't be a hyppocrit, my friend - just let it ride . . .
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Huh . . .
I posted a poll - and you attack me, personally, for asking everyone something which you diagree with?
Pretty juvenile - you're a better man than that.
Maybe you were drinking or something, but I'm not going to get involved with name-calling and personal attacks against someone who disagrees with me.
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It's a free country, and I can ask any questions I want to.
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Get your hackles down - we all know what you think, ok?
You are just one man, and I am just one man.
Maybe most folks will agree with you . . . if so, you can stick your tongue out at me and go "nyahh."
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Now let the silent majority vote, ok?

OK.

Lets take a poll on how many people think that Abe Lincoln may be having second thoughts about now.

The bees are on the what now?

The forum is named general chat and that is exactly what is going on here.

There is a subheading that gives this description: "All users can post to this forum on general music topics." So that means the threads should be musically centric.

Have you people tried signing up for a political forum? I think sites like that would be more effective for your discussions.

The threads on the Bandmix General Chat ARE general music topics because the posters ARE musicians. I'm with Craig on this one. Of course I assume that those people who post on the Bandmix Forum are in fact musicians. What musicians have to say about ANYTHING I find musical, because those of us musicians who write music and listen to music have opinions about general topics. Some of our song lyrics reflect our different views on non-musical topics: religion, politics, science, etc. I WANT to hear what musicians are thinking about everything, thus the term "general chat." I think creating another thread on here for non-musical topics wouldn't make any sense. Who would police all these different topics to make sure that we are putting appropriate content on each thread? Who and how does anybody determine that something on the "general chat" is inappropriate. Also have you noticed that people post things under different headings and then the topic digresses away from the original post (I'm probably the biggest digresser on here.) How do we police forum digressers? I just say leave things the way they are. The Bandmix posters (musicians I hope) who post on the "general chat" are posting musical topics because they ARE musicians. Some of us musicians have interests outside of music, but it all influences our musical tastes to one degree or another....

I too, think everything should stay the way it is. I like the general chat topics. It gives everyone the chance to get to know each other on deeper levels.

Us musicians go by our own rules, so General Chat will continue to be General Chat...anything and everything.