Mudcat serves a purpose through:
1. Sharing information about folk music and music in general.
2. Getting to know other musicians by their posts.
3. Advising on sources for background information on folk music.
4. Information about guitars, banjos, strings etc.
5. Allowing free expression of ideas for both the music and the BS section.
6. Creating an opportunity for dialogue between the various personalities
on Mudcat.
7. Maintaining an important source for folk song lyrics and MIDI.
8. Providing web sites and YouTube performances by folk musicians.
9. Updating information on some of the activities of folk singers.
10. Obit columns.
11. News about the health and welfare of the Mudcatters and others.