I agree with you Art and Joe. I also feel that having the database search right here at our fingertips keeps us discussing and sharing the lyrics and songs. The way this forum is set up makes it easy to give a quick response (while the emotions are still hot) without having to jump through too many hoops. I credit Max for designing a very friendly layout for the forum. All the little extras like being able to trace a thread easily and to search the forum quickly make the barriers come down. It is just as if we were all sitting around together, talking, with a library of information at our fingertips to add to the discussion. I enjoy how people can relate their personal stories, start a thread like our 'fantasy' song circles, what kind of instruments we own, etc. I was just thinking about this yesterday... that there are people in other parts of the world that I would never have met except for the Mudcat, and they are people with whom I feel a bond through the music interests we share here.

Alice in Montana