I heard about Mudcat as a folk music resource from Graham Moore and Dick Greenhaus at Whitby Folk Week in August 2000. I already knew about Digitrad as a song base, but wasn't aware of the Mudcat discussion forum until Tyke invited me to the Ducks' barbecue at Whitby Folk Week last year, and Bill Sables suggested I join Mudcat. I usually check Mudcat threads and UK music folk daily, but if I was in a less pressurised job I'd be out singing rather than logging on to virtual substitutes.