I've often wondered how to point people to all the songs that have been posted to Mudcat over the last 20 years, and I'm looking for ideas. It takes a long time for songs posted here to become part of the Digital Tradition, and I think we need a faster process.

In the Quick Links dropdown menu that appears on almost every Mudcat page, there is a link for Song Origins & Info. That leads to our thread link groups, which currently include most or all songs that have multiple threads. I've started making a thread group for every song posted at Mudcat, even if the song has only one thread. I think Jeri was the first one to make one-thread thread groups. I objected to that at first, but now I see the wisdom of it.

Songs written by a known songwriter, are usually grouped by the name of the songwriter. Unfortunately, we don't have a database of songwriter links like we have for Song Origins & Info, but I've been lobbying Max for years to create something like that. Would that be a good idea?

Any ideas for good ways to direct people to all the songs that have been posted here at Mudcat?

-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor-