Selma or Patty -

This place houses a caring community of music lovers, at it's core. Since it is an open forum, it is inevitable that some flamers/trolls/stirrers will drop by, and as others have pointed out, there will at times be real differences debated here for all to see. I think if you give this site a good, long look, you will find something special about it. It may hit you slowly - an answer to a help message one day, a back and forth exchange of humorous jibes with someone another day, and if there is some unfortunate occurence happening in your life, such as a friend becoming very ill, or a family member dying, or a breakup of a relationship, you will find some very caring and intelligent people here who will go to bat for you with messages often showing wisdom and sage advice as well as moral support. There is a sense of community here that is not apparent from the beginning, but emerges as one becomes more familiar with this site. I logged onto another music site earlier this year, and found alot of flaming, alot of people making nasty remarks at the drop of a hat, and little of the sense of community that is here. Coming back here was like coming home. There's nothing like it on the web, so you might want to stick around and give it awhile, and as Catspaw said, choose the good stuff here.

-chanteyranger