Notemaker Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Lot of caveat on this topic. Not wanting to add more fuel to the fire that surrounds TheSession, but have been warned off of it, due, I was informed to the nasty politics and abuse of members by the site owner. IOW great for finding sessions but a dead end for discussion, and, apparently, tunes as well. Must say after I got the nod about it I began using the other site, http://abcnotation.com/ for anything whatsoever in ABC. So I now get my Morris and Celtic material there. Would echo the remark about accuracy above, how do we know the setting published is correct? Still learning by listening and using scores where my ear is not getting the correct notes seems a good all around solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Notemaker said: was informed to the nasty politics and abuse I have read some strong arguments and forthright opinions on The Session but nothing that makes me want to avoid it. I have read that some folks avoid this forum because of some sort of perceived unpleasantness, but I have never noticed a problem. The Mudcat Cafe can get a bit ’shouty’ at times, but I still go there too. None of these forums are actually armed with guns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Notemaker said: ...the nasty politics and abuse of members by the site owner... I've certainly used the site, and have observed some nastiness in the comments threads associated with various tunes, but a) I wasn't aware that any of it emanated from the site admin; b) in any case, the instances I have seen are largely 'historical'. I don't the site much (hardly at all, in fact) because it is very definitely oriented towards ITM - which doesn't really 'float my boat'. 2 hours ago, Don Taylor said: ...The Mudcat Cafe can get a bit ’shouty’ at times, but I still go there too... Yeah. I actually find Mudcat more useful - often for 'information' as opposed to actual music - I've tracked down more than one useful musical reference/fact(oid) by trawling through the threads on Mudcat. This is an 'empirical' result, but it works for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Laban Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Quote I was informed to the nasty politics and abuse of members by the site owner. I don't know what you mean by 'nasty politics', never seen any of it. As to Jeremy, the site owner, he can shoot from the hip maintaining order on the site and sometimes I would question his reasons for deleting (parts of) posts and his overall decisions but 'abuse' would be a gross overstatement. Moderating a site like that is not an easy job and whatever the decisions, he's the site owner so its his prerogative to do as he sees fit. The site is what it is but if you look at the internet in general, I don't think interactions are, on average, in any way vicious or unpleasant, although they can be robust at times. The quality of tune settings will vary, as it would in a crowd sourced situation and it would be a good idea not to view the notations as by definition authoritative but on the other hand I wouldn't automatically dismiss the whole site and its content either. Like anything online, you weigh contributions on their own merit and after a while you learn which posters you can trust to make sound contributions to the tune database. Edited December 27, 2019 by Peter Laban 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notemaker Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 The hot tar hit the fan as soon as I mention 'the' bad website. Roadup! Detour ahead, it is called Facebook, which has pretty much obliterated the need for such things. Mudcat. Been on it since the 1990s. Knew some famous writers there, Catspaw was one. Lately only read it, my favorite author Steve Shaw, also a Harp player. He is a School Teacher, and it shows in his writing. Super funny man, excellent debater and a refreshing contrast to some of the more serious stuff. Have a great rest of the Holidays, and a splendid New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 57 minutes ago, Notemaker said: Detour ahead, it is called Facebook, which has pretty much obliterated the need for such things. Well, if you really like nasty politics and abuse then Facebook is the site for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notemaker Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Don Taylor said: Well, if you really like nasty politics and abuse then Facebook is the site for you! ? BTW Facebook is everything but, a more family oriented website there isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Notemaker said: ? BTW Facebook is everything but, a more family oriented website there isn't. try twitter ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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