Threads on the meaning of Folk

Subject: RE: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: Alice
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 11:32 AM

Thanks, Allan, you just added it. The link is to this thread, so any more that start or were missed can just be added here.

Subject: RE: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: Allan C.
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 11:10 AM

Good job of collecting, Alice! You may want to add: Folkies vs Singer/Songwriters

Subject: RE: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: GeorgeH
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 06:58 AM

Commendable work and bravely spoken, IM(newcomer's)O, Alice. Thanks.

G.

Subject: RE: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: Alice
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 02:06 AM

As I went back looking for these threads and reading them, I was struck by how much more thoughtful the posts seemed to be in 1997 and 1998 compared to recent months. In the thread regarding the Mudcat's Future (Jan 99), we were anticipating the forum being deluged with requests for pop lyrics, but we did not anticipate the type of chat room transformation the threads have developed. Max has created a good method of sending personal messages, in addition to the forum, as well as alternative chat room. I hope to see more of the type of insightful and memorable discussions we have had in the past. Yes, I enjoy the fun of some of the threads, don't get me wrong, but there is a difference between memorable BS threads and BS threads that are only fluff. It's hard to know what will change from fluff to memorable as the thread creeps, but I think if you go back and read some of these discussions, you will see what I mean. no offense intended

Subject: RE: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: Alice
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 12:21 AM

You will now see a new category for links called "Memorable Mudcat Threads". I am off to add "Spancil Hill". -alice

Subject: Threads on the meaning of Folk
From: Alice
Date: 17 Aug 99 - 12:06 AM

This thread is a location for links to the many discussions on the Mudcat regarding the meaning of folk music, the folk "process", what is a folk song, definitions, etc. If you have any threads to add, please add them. I found as many in a forum search as I could, but I know there are others that did not have obvious thread titles.

alice in montana
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click What is a Folk Song?
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=2224

click Acceptable in Folk Club
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=2225

click How to Create a Folksong (FS for Dummies)
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=2624

click young folkies?
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=3532

click Methodologies
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4110

click Methodologies - - who writes the songs?
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4215

click The demise of Folk Music
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4255

click The demise of Folk Music, Part II
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4914

click Oldest Folk
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4913

click Shortest Definition of folk
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4892

click Old Folkers
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=8373

click Mudcat's Future
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=8715

click Brand new folksongs available
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13012

click Art Thieme, Allan C.
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13044