The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #39753 Message #565064
Posted By: Steve in Idaho
04-Oct-01 - 02:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who does it better than Mudcat?
Subject: RE: BS: Who does it better than Mudcat?
I went to all of the above websites to see for myself the differences. Each has their own pluses and minuses. I didn't care for acousticguitar's initial presentation. It was too comercial for me - but the forum splitting had its advantages and disadvantages. Yes I could pick my space, but man it takes a while to load the pages. I didn't like that part. And I also found myself in a place that wasn't what I thought. That is my problem as I believe frequenting the place would probably assist in eliminating that problem. And it was pretty business like. I didn't care for that. But it did have tablature, which for us non music readers could be good, although at this late stage of my fun picking I don't know that a midi isn't easier as I can align myself with the basic melody and play by ear (how I do it anyway:-)).
Guitarnotes was OK also. But it certainly didn't have a cozy feel to it. Neither did acoustic guitar.
In conclusion - for me? I like the Mudcat. I'm not a large crowd person and the intimacy of getting to know the people here has been great. I think I lurked for quite a while before I joined. I also like the pick and choose nature of it. If I'm hot about something I can bail in and get my piece of what is going on or I can stick to the music end of things. If I have a question on something there is a plethora of individuals here that are only too willing to assist. And it seems, assist me in the venue I am seeking.
Mudcat is like going to a friends house for a session - Let's play some music, solve the world's problems, and make sure that we are all OK. So for me this space is great! I've bookmarked the other two as I think I can find some things there to help me out - but Mudcat is my favorite space.
If I would have a change it would be to have the up front menu disclose all of the wonderful spaces in here. I think the problem for many is the forum comes open and there is nothing else highly visible. And there is a lot more - only I had to learn to search for it - as well as how to search for it.