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What Keith was driving at here is very important, I think, and speaks very strongly to the character of this particular board.
To boil it down, Barbelith is at its best when it is analyzing something.
The problem is that that analytical mindframe is foreign to the visceral way that humans experience music, most of the time. And so many threads begin as extensions of mere enthusiasm, tend not to be particularly sustainable, and so get lost in the churn.
I think that Smoothly's book-club suggestion, as mentioned here, is a great idea—particularly if used in conjunction with Petey's idea of YouSendIt links for particular tunes. The combined effect will turn the Music forum into, in essence, an enormous group MP3 blog.
Post a single track, or two related tracks, with some context, a useful link or two, and a brief introductory essay—preferably something with enough meat, enough ambiguity or controversy to withstand a little talking-about, and let fly.
And it should be branded, so that just by looking at a post header, people know what to expect.
I'm working on an initiative to do just that, and should have it up by late tonight, US time.
In the meantime, would someone be an absolute dear and start a "Stupid Music Questions" thread, in the style of "Stupid Science Questions" in the Lab? there seems to be a need for it—for a safe space for people to learn the difference beteen a middle eight and a bridge (hint: it's the same difference as that between an aubergine and an eggplant).
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