on 22/5/08 8:14 pm, Rob MacKillop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So what do we think of the new 'social network' sites? There is one for > lute, one for cittern and one for early guitars/vihuelas. > > Some have written to me saying they are worried that this list might stop > running, but I don't agree. The questions on the Forum of the network sites > are generally different in kind, less 'academic', one might say, more > social, and some people have contributed there who have not done so here. So > I have no fear that the lists will disappear. > > What the network sites are good at is sharing soundfiles, pictures and > scores, and people seem to contact each other more readily when they can see > a photograph of the person they are writing to. > > The Music Player is interesting. Each member has his/her own. You can upload > your own soundfiles and have it playing when people visit your My Page. But > you can also import soundfiles from other people's pages. I even managed to > put my Music Player on my own website. I've been wondering how to do this > for some time. Instead of playing one file at a time, you can hear (should > you want to, of course!) the whole lot with just one click - then minimise > the page while you work on other things. I imagine more players will use > this feature in time. See www.songoftherose.co.uk - scroll down the main > page. > > Lots of interesting videos beginning to appear, imported from You Tube - > nice to have them all in one place. > > I've really enjoyed looking at all the images of lutes that have appeared on > the photos page - many I haven't seen before, and comments are welcome, > leading to discussion. > > So, I think these networks have their place and are most welcome. But I am > happy to still read and enquire on this list. Hopefully both can live in > harmony together. I'm sure they can. > > Discuss... > > Rob MacKillop >
Hi Rob, I am painfully aware that the new technology can supply access to information and experiences that were not available even 12 months ago. My problem is that as an aging one-time pioneer of the EM movement I am finding it difficult to keep up. Out in the country with an iMac G3 running OS 9.2 where do I go to learn more? And perhaps wouldn't I be more useful buying and learning to use a metal-turning lathe to produce those machine-heads that you and other guittar-players are going to need shortly? Except that I may miss something important in the meantime... Yours frustratedly, Peter To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
