RJN wrote:Playing devil's advocate, though, I wonder how I would feel posting on a music board where I knew professional musicians posted. I am not a musician, and I can see feeling intimidated there myself. And I don't know how that could be appeased.
A very successful, growing, and well-moderated website dedicated to the classical guitar -
http://www.delcamp.us - has a membership base consisting of newbies, right up to full-time teachers and professional performers.
Anyone asking a question is almost guaranteed to receive an immediate, polite and accurate answer. Intimidation is not even an issue. It seems to be in the nature of people to actually
want to help those who have a query, no matter how "dumb" it may appear to the person who is asking. The site has an "Introduce Yourself" section, which I can attest comes in very handy, as it gives perspective when formulating one's replies.
As for Music itself, one can learn the basic theory and have a pretty strong grasp of the subject within a few years. We can all relate to it. It's also a field with a fair degree of subjectivity - your favourite composer, composition, performer or make of instrument could easily be my idea of musical Hell
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
. Thankfully, this doesn't stop people asking, or expressing their opinions!
Of course, Astronomy is not the exact parallel of Music. But somehow, the Delcamp thread works in accommodating all types.
Moo.