i have been hosting (hostessing) the Mudcat Live Acoustic Jam room for
several moonths now, and the sessions there usually go on long past the designated 2-4 hour time . It is easy to start your own room, and if
any one wants to start one, you ususally get catters to come by soon
after posting a mesage in the forum. i think locked rooms are limited to 10 people at a time, and open rooms allow you to let people know how wonderful the Mudcat is. You can post links to websites in the text as you type, and i often turn people there on to the "Cat. I had a problem with the "adult" room label, as once there was a very graphic pop up that just stayed at the top of every one's window, and made it really uncomfortable to be on there...we were pasting paper on our computer screens to get it to go away. Of course it only was vislble to the folks who do not have paid subscriptions to paltalk. So since then i have had rooms with "r" rating and have not had that situation. I would love to hear a featured player on paltalk, and would be glad to offer "my" room for this. I will not be able to host such an event til July, though. If anyone wants to know how to start a room, you just go to "groups" and click on start or maintain a room as an administrator. the "admin" has an "@" (at) in front of their name, often referred to as "wearing a hat" and those with names in blue indicate paid members, freebie folks such as myself have their names in black. Both paid and unpaid folks are able to admin rooms.
This format works perfect for concert type events because only one
person is able to sing at once any way. YOu cannot hold a "jam" with everyone participating, as only one computer's sound will go out over the systems. Some folks invite people over and play as a duet when it
is there turn. I have also heard a person sing a duet to a pre-recorded cd and she sang along adding another track. But there are some rooms where kareoke sing aloongs are the rule rather than the exception, and i avoid these. Thanks for the ifo Dave-O! I ALWAYS
love having you come and share your wonderful songs in the Mud Cat Live Acoustic Jam Room! Laurel, Open Mike