' I get a lot of complaints from musicians who say that Mudcat has gone downhill because of the inane crap some people post here.'

Joe, dear, it would be nice if these musicians did something besides complain.

Right now, I have a thread on 'How great thou art,' where I mentioned changing the B part to make it seem more natural. Nobody wants to hear a word about it. Nobody wants to pick up an instrument and try anything themselves.

I have another thread on songs of the Magi. The recent contributions are puerile and punky. It's a kind of vandalism, really. Apparently these guys have no instruments and nobody to party with.

Sometimes I think that if you really want to be alone on the mudcat, all you have to do is ask somebody to actually play some music.