Welcome aboard mate! Yup, you have had a lengthy music lesson from Richard Bridge, and a brief introduction to the strange humour of Catspaw and some kind of barely-recognizable pun-kind-of-thing from Kendall (who has the virtue of brevity, considered admirable in his native Maine). There's also a guy named Max who is the brains of the outfit (started and hosts the site and servers; if you like Mudcat send him a nice note and/or a contribution), and the redoubtable Joe Offer, who tries to keep the threads organized and not too duplicitous nor libellous (a thankless task). And there are literally hundreds more of us, from all over the world. There are many many Mudcatters in the UK and the US, plus Canada (comme moi), Ireland, Europe, Australia, and lots of places I don't know about.

The coolest thing about Mudcat IMHO is that it is not a "virtual community", it is a real community. Mudcatters have frequent real-world get-togethers, to share music and good times (after all we are musicians eh!) some of which involve ocean crossings. In particular there's an event called the Getaway which occurs in Maryland, USA, this year the weekend of November 4-5, for which large numbers of Catters come from the UK, all over North America, and God knows where else. You'll hear a lot about it and perhaps be tempted to attend.

So jump right in, participate, enjoy. Good to know ya.

Bill