Generally, we emphasize tunes for songs that have lyrics, and we're trying to collect tunes for all the traditional songs that have lyrics posted in the Forum or the Digital Tradition. We get a little squeamish about posting the tunes to copyrighted songs - it kinda depends on the situation and on a number of factors. If the songwriter is a member of the folk community and isn' the kind of person who will mind having a tune posted, that's one thing. If it's a recent commercial song published by a big corporation, we probably wouldn't be interested in posting it.
The Mudcat MIDIs section is open for browsing and listening, but MMario and I have not been able to post tunes there for a couple of years, since our Big Crash. Instead of that, I'm posting MIDI files in space Jon Freeman lent us [hey - thanks, Jon!!], and I'm hoping we'll be able to move those files over to Mudcat MIDIs someday. I'll be glad to post lyrics-related tunes people send.
As for purely instrumental tunes, I'll post those at Jon's site - but only if there's a discussion tied to the tune. I don't want to get into the business of posting hundreds of fiddle tunes - but if there's a tune here or there that supports an ongoing discussion, that's something I'd welcome.
You can find a huge collection of instrumental tunes at JC's ABC Tune Finder, and I'd prefer that our instrumental tunes don't overlap what's already at JC's and other sites.
Generally, I don't post MP3 files because I don't want to fill up all of Jon's space, but I will occasionally post one temporarily when it's related to a discussion.
So, if you want a tune posted, e-mail it to me, joe@mudcat.org - the job just got a lot easier for me because I now have a broadband connection.
-Joe-
You're always welcome to post ABC tunes in the Forum - but if you're posting a bunch of tunes, it's not a good idea to have one thread for each tune. A thread is supposed to have at least a few messages and include a bit of discussion - not just one ABC tune all by its lonesome in a thread. Give a more general title for the thread, and then put the title of the individual tune in the message title. I link to include the following at the end of messages that include ABC tunes: