Interesting the betwixt-and-between thoughts. I guess I am a little that way even with Mudcat. I am certainly not an academic and in truth, within songs, tend to have more interest in melodies than lyrics or history but still I like to read notes to songs and learn a little. I guess I also like to see scope for people to do these things but maybe that is the frustrated "programmer" (I'm not a real one) within me.

I started toying with the idea of another song database this weekend. The idea is not to rival the dt but to provide a more specific focus and to provide a system that maybe a team could contribute to and to provide comphrensive notes to the songs where apprpriate- all of which could be updated on line... I'm also thinking of systems to cross reference songs within the db... I'd guess the closest internet resource to what I am thinking in terms of is the Contemplator site but this one could take its own shape and have any number of seriously interested contrbutors adding to the database.

I'm just playing with ideas but, as with other areas, I see scope for development and there is the possibility of a useful resource in its own right coming out of it.

I haven't really got anything to show at the moment - just a couple of test pages that may give an idea of how some could view, some could be part of a team of "admins" and how songs can be related. It can be found here.

It is just an idea at the moment and may come to nothing but if anyone is interested, feel free to play with the part system or pass comments.

Jon