Jon Bartlett asks: Are there vehicles for the kind of discussion Brian is looking for?

Hi, Jon-
Take a look at some of the threads Richie has been working on lately. Here's an example:

/thread.cfm?threadid=163826

I think that Richie has done half a dozen or more of these guided, edited PermaThreads, and they have been wonderful. I'll be glad to set up a PermaThread with editing rights for anyone who wants to try one.

I'm very proud of Rickaby's Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin, because it's a collection of songs from home. I've been meaning to do a project researching the songs in that book, but I haven't gotten around to it. I have been working for years off and on, studying Sandburg's American Songbag; and another study of the songs of Malvina Reynolds and Jean Ritchie. I'm also working on a study of the songs in the pocket songbooks from Cooperative Recreation Service/World Around Songs, and on School Songbooks.

I hear all sorts of complaints about the format of Mudcat, but I've found that Mudcat's 1996-era format works very well for guided research projects; and I'll do anything I can to support such projects.



-Joe- joe@mudcat.org