The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16747   Message #158186
Posted By: dick greenhaus
04-Jan-00 - 11:16 PM
Thread Name: Needed? Song history FAQ ?
Subject: RE: Needed? Song history FAQ ?
HI- I don't know if anyone realizes just how much time this eminently worthwhile suggestion would take. I'm delighted to add notes to existing (or new) entries, and I do so when the material is available. Remember, though, that Digitrad was, and is, and probably always will be a songbook; hopefully the world's biggest and best, but nevertheless a songbook. If we stopped to research and provide notes for every song, it might be a more valuable reasearch tool, but it would definitely be a worse and skimpier songbook. The DT numbers, and the keywords were instituted to make searching easier. They're not complete, and if you will let me know where we've slipped up, I'm make every attempt to correct omissions and inaccuracies. Remember though, that every time we add a song, we have to do some check on whether other versions are in the DT before we can attach a number. Since I sincerely doubt that any one person is familiar with the DT's entire content, it'as not surprising that many slip by. If yiou know about the history of any song we already have, please post it. I'll try to incorporate it into the next edition.

dick