It's a milestone, folks! Mudcat will be 10 years old on Oct 1. Lots of amazing songs, people and discussions have come and....sometimes gone again.

There has been good, bad and ugly...like any community, family or group. The good has been wonderful and helpful, and it's 'almost' all still here to read. The bad and ugly? Well...a lot of it is still here, some wasn't worth keeping. Lets not dwell on that.

Friends have been made, songs have been sung, knowlege has been shared, opinions have been given and disputed, jokes have been told, news has been posted...often within minutes of its happening.

I have been here 'almost' all the 10 years (I was maybe 2 weeks late in discovering the forum had been added to the database, and there's only 3-4 people still posting who beat me *grin*)....so it's very hard for me to encapsulate so many memories. I just thought it might be good to have a thread this week leading up to Oct.1...for memories? *shrug*

I REALLY hope it will not become a place for lots of negative, anonymous stuff, but just a spot to remember, comment, share ...and to imagine the future, maybe.

10 years ago, there was no Google, there was I.E. and Netscape and a guy named Max who agreed to host a place for the Digital Tradition and forum to discuss music.....and like any community, after we got acquainted, the discussions broadened, people met RT and and real friendships grew...and often more...*smile*

Now we are famous...sorta...and Google is indexing Mudcat and we are being discovered every day....which makes the future kinda hard to predict!


So....here it is....this unique place and its collection of personas who make it what it is.

10 years & counting....