You will enjoy being a member I am sure, and they are a really useful bunch of people to know if you are seeking answers to music related topics - or even the meaning of life! everyone here has an opinion (though sometimes they are not the one you were hoping for!) And I have made some wondeful and lifelong friends here. Mudgathers at festivals are fun, too, where you can put names to faces - and learn their REAL names!
Some of us here do use our real names, my pseudonym is Hawker but I always sign my postings as Lucy, WYSIWYG also signs her name usually too.
There is a thread about where people got their mudcat names from, it makes interesting reading!
Cheers, Lucy