I've been postponing and procrastinating my intention to post a profile. One thing that makes me hesitate (besides inertia/laziness, of course) is reluctance ~ or, at least, indecision ~ to publish my email address, which incidentally includes my real name.

As anyone who has ever gotten into a "PM" conversation with me knows, I'm not absolutely secretive about my real-life identity. In fact, this is the first forum I ever joined under a pseudonym; I'm known by my given name in several other places on the worldwide web. I only decided to use an alias here at the encouragement of the member who first encouraged me to join. Now, I feel pretty confortable about my "semi-secretive" identity here. I can reveal myself to selected real people while remaining completely unknown to robotic snoops.

If I were a fulltime working musician, of course, I would have reason to publicize myself as much as possible, including real name (or, at least, "stage name"), email, and website address. I would imagine that many folks in that position may maintain at least two separate email addresses: one for the vast anonymous public that they post on their websites, and another semi-private personal address.