Big Jim,

Only 2 of 20 questions are specific to Country. And since 70-80 percent of the folks on the forums are more oriented to Country, that's really a very small recipricol percnetage...10% of the questions vs 70%-80% of the participants. But, your comment, none-the-less, is indeed valid, regarding the non-country oriented folks. And as Brian also mentioned, we could nit-pick these things to death. And please know that I do not think for a moment that you are nit-picking. I am leading up to another point, and that is: you, as an example, represent a relatively small but incrdably talented and important part of our constituency from the UK. Almost everything that Mike D. and I post will be geared toward the U.S. music scene, which is quite different from the UK, Continetal Europe, Japan, etc. So, it's kind of a matter of addressing the largest number of folks possible and still not excluding the other factions.

I have an idea! Yeah, hard to fathom, I know. But, you and a few others from the UK could send me some appropriate info on the UK music biz and we might be able to add that to the project. In fact, I think that would be a great addition!

Regarding equipment and technical issues. Those subjects would be covered under question #16. The answer for that question will address most of the specifics you mentioned. If you think the question could be asked differently...a little more directly, how about this instead of what we have:

Current stated:

16: I hear lots of really nice sounding songs on the Internet that people say they have recorded at home. Sounds complicated! How do I go about doing that?

Suggested revision:

16: I am interested in learning about recording my own music. Can you tell me more about computer software and hardware, microphones, mixing boards, processors, etc.?

What do you think? I'm always willing to listen (I'm not going to use my wife as a reference, though!).

We really appreciate your interest in making this a better project. Thanks!

Al

Last edited by Al David; 12/31/07 12:31 AM.