What do we want from the artists?

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 Dellinger wrote:

^ Back at the moment, I did start visiting the site, and then the Forum, to find new music... but for me new music was just music I didn't yet know and wanted to find, mostly, it was 70's music... or prog metal. I do have found some other music, too, but still most of the best is from the classic 70's era, or that prog metal from the 90's and 00's.

Hi,

By the time I finally got here, I had been at it for almost 30 years, and I did not need PA to tell me what great music was, since I really thought this was just a popularity site and not a music site per se! ALL threads and Bulletin Boards since the Fido days, were about "fans" and many times a place for folks to trash the music not to mention get enough Viagra adds to make you sick!

A music dedicated site discusses the music, not put up with jerk off comments that tend to take the flavor out of the discussions and the wind out of the sails of many posts. I, personally, have no issue with the folks that disagree, but a one word comment, many of which are more repugnant and only show the colors of that person, not to mention anything else ... a knowledgeable and intelligent person would explain his disagreement and not have to spend his/her time insulting anyone ... that is what "discussion" and "debate" is all about. But these folks don't get it!

PA ended up being very good at adding a lot of artists, most of which, probably only 5% of the folks ever spend time listening to it, and this tends to help improve the standard and the ability of the "progressive music" movement ... something that the rest of the percent of folks do not seem to care about as long as they can spew another comment about their favorite song or album!

When you are a "musicologist" (I have no other word for it), your listening habits change ... you lose the "favorite", because you fast realize so many differences and so many touches, and so much beauty, that choosing one over the other is like denying the rest of the music ... and I wish that PA would put together a place for serious discussion, and delete any/all comments that did not show respect or agreement/disagreement in one word, or stupid comment. Fun is one thing, but ignoring the topic with the idea of spitting on it, is another. And PA, while grand in many ways, fails in this area and will not take action to stop what could be considered a lack of education (maybe, just maybe!!!) and other reasons that are far more weird and far fetched than we care to admit ... it's now the home of "_rump'isms" by many of its members, instead of proper answers and no Admin has the time and ability to say something and place many of those folks on notice. 

We all need to help the artists ... not waste their time. Take a hit from Space Pirate Radio and how many folks are sending in material because the man plays the stuff, and allows it to live, and those folks appreciate the time ... and many have done some far out ID's for the show ... not to mention that some have been aware of the show for more than 40 years ... and even folks like EF and TD, were aware of it! And KS knows that there is only one person in the world that has played almost all of his music IN ITS ENTIRETY, not just a sample as I have heard in almost any show ... hearing just 5 minutes of MIRAGE is not only an insult, but a total dis-respect to the artist ... 

it's something that PA will never have because someone that has no respect will immediately say something rude to a comment SW made on the site (he would never consider it ... not worth his time!) ... and as the artist, I would say ... it's OK I don't need you!

Edited by moshkito - March 01 2021 at 08:35