Respond to a Short MB Questionnaire for all Members! Worth Taking. [Approved by mods]

~~James~~ · 01-06-2011, 12:33 AM

Age (Optional):
15

Location:
Scotland

Music preference:
Punk and Punk related genres mostly. But i'm pretty varied and have albums from alll big genres.

How long have you been a member?
Just over a year.

What made you join a music forum?
The people on music forums had a common interest and I was looking to expand a little. Very few people in real life have the musical knowledge or even the general smarts.

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities?
It wasn't my first music forum, I had joined a few others and decided they weren't for me. I googled "music forum" and this came up, I made an account and I lurked for a month allowing me to see it had a good sense of community and all the members were really knowledgable. To the point I was a little nervous to post for a while.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you?
It may sound a bit cliche but music seriously is my life. It can change how I'm feeling almost all the time and when I'm a bit down and thinking "what's the point?" music really is one of the reasons I cite as a great thing about life. It's basically the biggest interest I have and it allows me to strike up a conversation with a lot of people.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more?
I made great friends and got some awesome recommendations.

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum?
Too many.

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here?
I have learned that music is a lot bigger than I had previously thought with hundreds of musical genres and scenes left to explore. I also learned a lot about people, how they work and came to the realisation that I'm not that unique and somewhere there are people like me.

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance?
Other member's behavior can rub off on you and change you a little. Case in point, before I joined I would never judge someone based on their music taste. Now I sometimes do.

Real Name (Optional):
James, tis in my username.

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savannah · 01-06-2011, 01:04 AM

Age (Optional):
27

Location:
texas

Music preference:
you name it, and i've gone through that phase

How long have you been a member?
couple of years i guess

What made you join a music forum?
i had to have music for the evolution, man

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities?

like many, i stumbled in this joint via google. it was my first stop. the lay out made sense to me.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you?
for me music is a way to associate emotion with something audibly tangible while experiencing the world around me. it makes me feel whatever it needs to at any given time.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more?
though i consider myself an active member, i feel as though i interact within a self made sub community and not the general population. this allows me concentrate my energy on my own experience, while occasionally exchanging with others

i find that this forum is much more functional, for me, when i can take suggestions but rarely directly give a critical opinion,.....i guess i'm more into observations than judgment

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum?
drunk posting,....it keeps me from drunk dialing

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here?
musical voyeurism is the only way to go

Real Name (Optional):

savannah

Antonio · 01-06-2011, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Real Name (Optional):
Lee

**Janszoon** · 01-06-2011, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio

Heh. Yes, I like to think of that as my theme song.

downwardspiral · 01-06-2011, 06:08 AM

Location: Liverpool, UK

Music preference: Mostly American Indie/alternative

How long have you been a member? 10 months

What made you join a music forum? Purely out of boredom, and to see if I could talk with likeminded people who were into the same stuff as me, and also as a means to discover other bands.

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? This is probably the best music forum out there, pretty much felt quite welcome from when I first started and there's a couple of really cool people on here who I speak to a fair bit now.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? As most people have probably said already, music generally does different things to me, it can bring me up and bring me right back down in an instance, it can chill me out and make me feel hyperactive, it can instill all kinds of different emotions. It pretty much means the world to me, God only knows what I'd do without music, it's definitely my 'vice'.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? The few people I get along with mainly, also it's helped me get into a few bands so I'll stick around until I'm no longer liked/I can no longer be bothered, the latter will probably not be for a while though, I like it here a lot.

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? booboo

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? Well I feel like I've gained a couple of friends here, so hopefully I'll speak to them for many moons to come.

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Nothing to put here, sorry.

Real Name (Optional): Anton

Bulldog · 01-06-2011, 07:15 AM

Age (Optional): 22

Location: England

Music preference: Anything really. I listen to hip-hop and metal of all kinds the least though.

How long have you been a member? About 2 1/2 years by now.

What made you join a music forum? My old forum collapsed due to infighting between its moderators and admins, so I thought I'd jump ship to a bigger music forum.

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? It's broader-ranged, and the community's a pretty sound one.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? Music can connect with just about any emotion I can think of. As for what it means to me, I've spent about a decade and counting amassing all the music I have now, so it's valuable to me to say the least. I'd say I couldn't live without it, but I'd probably get used to it after a while.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? Sometimes I just feel the need to flag up something about music I in a way that being offline doesn't really allow me to. Being a member here fits that bill perfectly.

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? Actually meeting one of its members face-to-face and going to a gig with them was great (if that counts).

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? I guess I learned that there's always someone who's something like you out there, no matter how unique you feel.

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Nothing springs to mind...

Real Name (Optional): Al.

MoonlitSunshine · 01-06-2011, 07:23 AM

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Music preference: Primarily Rock, dabble in almost anything really

How long have you been a member? 4 1/2 years

What made you join a music forum? I was looking for new music to listen to, and was also drifting between various different forums at the time, looking for a fun community. I found both here, and ended up staying!

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? This was the first music forum I came across, I never really felt the need to look for another as it had everything I was looking for.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? It makes me feel better, no matter my mood. Sometimes it can make me feel melancholic, or sorrowful, but it's always a thoughtful sadness rather than a depressive one. At the same time, music can recover my positive perspective of life more than any other thing in the world, even those I love the most. It has and always will have a powerful effect on me, and I don't think I could ever do without it.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? The community, really. It's (generally) intelligent, I have good fun posting here and there are a number of people here who are fantastic at writing reviews, which makes it very easy to dip into new genres and discover music you've never thought to listen to before. On top of that, the Lounge area is active and often full of thought-provoking topics which keep me coming back to take part in further.

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? At the risk of sounding cheesy, every new thread about a band I haven't heard of, or even some I have, is an interesting experience. Every member is eager to give their opinions and share their favourites, I've spent hours just trawling through threads on this forum, opening all the links to music and reading what everyone has to say about them.

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? That regardless of how much music I think I know and how varied I think my taste is, that there will always be just as much music out there that I've never even considered to be listened to!

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? I think that people often think of a music forum as just a place where people discuss music, but what's always struck me about this forum is that even though it's massive, it always gives the feeling of being a small, warm community. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why that is, and I think it's a combination of the standard that was set in posting a very long time ago, and the way that the forum is moderated. There's no segregation between normal member and mod, other than that the mods clean it up when it gets messy - no "holier than thou" attitude, which i think helps seal the community tighter. All in all, it's a fantastic place to post - sometimes it gets out of hand, but it's always dealt with, and there are rarely bad feelings. It's one of the nicest forums I've ever posted on.

Real Name (Optional): Ieuan

Musicnative · 01-07-2011, 09:46 AM

Some great responses being shared! lets keep thee ball rolling

Would love to hear from all members....it only takes a minute

Thanks

FETCHER. · 01-07-2011, 01:07 PM

[QUOTE=Bulldog;980422]Age (Optional): 19

Location: Glasgow, Scotland.

Music preference: Electro, techno, trance, house.

How long have you been a member? 1 year and some months.

What made you join a music forum? My internet broke some years ago and when it was reconnected the forum i had used had collapsed, I didnt expect to stick around here at all because its so large i didnt think i would make an impact and such. But I have infact made some very good friends

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How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? It's extremely friendly, I've tried to join numerous other forums but keep comparing members and been driven away by the arrogance of the members on them. I can't stand the pretentious outlook most veterans have on other forums. This remains the only forum I post on currently.

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? No matter how ****ty I'm feeling I know I can put on some daft punk etc and be instantly happy. Not just electronica music cheers me up, I remember a few weeks ago I was crying whilst driving home so turned up Lou Reeds Perfect Day as far as it could go. And it cheered me up immensely singing along.

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? Members, they keep me going, some of them are like actual irl friends. The music sections depend on whos active, theres very few electronica fans about here, so I try to involve myself in new tastes which kinda works out well for me too, but not where my heart lies.

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? When we used to go on Tokbox quite often and nobody could understand me or after I'd spoken, everyone would laugh... because they couldnt understand me

. Boo Boo was interesting too when he went ape **** and banned everyone

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? There's so many different walks of life on here I didn't even know existed, everyone and everything and everywhere is so different. It actually amazes me how different stuff is to normality here. I don't think I'd have known this if I'd never joined a forum as I would never have had the opportunity to talk to said people

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Nothing sticks out, if I think of anything, I'll edit this

Real Name (Optional): Kayleigh.

bob. · 01-07-2011, 01:19 PM

Age (Optional): 34

Location: Lake Tahoe

Music preference: i'm pretty all over the place but i suppose noisy music would be my preference

How long have you been a member? 6 months or so

What made you join a music forum? i enjoy chatting about music, learning about music, showing other people music they may like....not a whole lot of people in my neighborhood like music the way i do

How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? like many...this was the first one that popped up with 'google'....and immediately i like the amount of users and the amount of topics

How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? i'm not sure if music really makes me feel anything...although i would say it amplifies what i am already feeling...music means the world to me....i am sure i would have killed myself decades ago had i not started really listening to music

Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? i feel like everybody here for the most part wants to inform about music as well as learn...which creates a nice atmosphere

Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? i received a crash course in Slovakian history...that was pretty interesting

What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? the benifit of a world wide musical community....and what Janszoon said "That people who say "I listen to everything except country and rap" probably also don't listen to ****loads of other music as well."

Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? none really

Real Name (Optional): Bob

01-06-2011, 01:04 AM	#42 (permalink)
savannah afrocentric Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: texas Posts: 753	Age (Optional): 27 Location: texas Music preference: you name it, and i've gone through that phase How long have you been a member? couple of years i guess What made you join a music forum? i had to have music for the evolution, man How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? like many, i stumbled in this joint via google. it was my first stop. the lay out made sense to me. How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? for me music is a way to associate emotion with something audibly tangible while experiencing the world around me. it makes me feel whatever it needs to at any given time. Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? though i consider myself an active member, i feel as though i interact within a self made sub community and not the general population. this allows me concentrate my energy on my own experience, while occasionally exchanging with others i find that this forum is much more functional, for me, when i can take suggestions but rarely directly give a critical opinion,.....i guess i'm more into observations than judgment Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? drunk posting,....it keeps me from drunk dialing What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? musical voyeurism is the only way to go Real Name (Optional): savannah __________________ i changed my mind; i changed my mind;now i'm feeling different all that time, wasted i wish i was a little more delicate i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my name was clementine - sarah jaffe

01-06-2011, 06:08 AM	#45 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	Location: Liverpool, UK Music preference: Mostly American Indie/alternative How long have you been a member? 10 months What made you join a music forum? Purely out of boredom, and to see if I could talk with likeminded people who were into the same stuff as me, and also as a means to discover other bands. How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? This is probably the best music forum out there, pretty much felt quite welcome from when I first started and there's a couple of really cool people on here who I speak to a fair bit now. How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? As most people have probably said already, music generally does different things to me, it can bring me up and bring me right back down in an instance, it can chill me out and make me feel hyperactive, it can instill all kinds of different emotions. It pretty much means the world to me, God only knows what I'd do without music, it's definitely my 'vice'. Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? The few people I get along with mainly, also it's helped me get into a few bands so I'll stick around until I'm no longer liked/I can no longer be bothered, the latter will probably not be for a while though, I like it here a lot. Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? booboo What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? Well I feel like I've gained a couple of friends here, so hopefully I'll speak to them for many moons to come. Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Nothing to put here, sorry. Real Name (Optional): Anton __________________

01-06-2011, 07:23 AM	#47 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	Location: Dublin, Ireland Music preference: Primarily Rock, dabble in almost anything really How long have you been a member? 4 1/2 years What made you join a music forum? I was looking for new music to listen to, and was also drifting between various different forums at the time, looking for a fun community. I found both here, and ended up staying! How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? This was the first music forum I came across, I never really felt the need to look for another as it had everything I was looking for. How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? It makes me feel better, no matter my mood. Sometimes it can make me feel melancholic, or sorrowful, but it's always a thoughtful sadness rather than a depressive one. At the same time, music can recover my positive perspective of life more than any other thing in the world, even those I love the most. It has and always will have a powerful effect on me, and I don't think I could ever do without it. Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? The community, really. It's (generally) intelligent, I have good fun posting here and there are a number of people here who are fantastic at writing reviews, which makes it very easy to dip into new genres and discover music you've never thought to listen to before. On top of that, the Lounge area is active and often full of thought-provoking topics which keep me coming back to take part in further. Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? At the risk of sounding cheesy, every new thread about a band I haven't heard of, or even some I have, is an interesting experience. Every member is eager to give their opinions and share their favourites, I've spent hours just trawling through threads on this forum, opening all the links to music and reading what everyone has to say about them. What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? That regardless of how much music I think I know and how varied I think my taste is, that there will always be just as much music out there that I've never even considered to be listened to! Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? I think that people often think of a music forum as just a place where people discuss music, but what's always struck me about this forum is that even though it's massive, it always gives the feeling of being a small, warm community. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why that is, and I think it's a combination of the standard that was set in posting a very long time ago, and the way that the forum is moderated. There's no segregation between normal member and mod, other than that the mods clean it up when it gets messy - no "holier than thou" attitude, which i think helps seal the community tighter. All in all, it's a fantastic place to post - sometimes it gets out of hand, but it's always dealt with, and there are rarely bad feelings. It's one of the nicest forums I've ever posted on. Real Name (Optional): Ieuan __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

01-07-2011, 09:46 AM	#48 (permalink)
Musicnative Groupie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 2	Some great responses being shared! lets keep thee ball rolling Would love to hear from all members....it only takes a minute Thanks __________________ "It's hard kicking someone out, gotta wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task"

01-07-2011, 01:19 PM	#50 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	Age (Optional): 34 Location: Lake Tahoe Music preference: i'm pretty all over the place but i suppose noisy music would be my preference How long have you been a member? 6 months or so What made you join a music forum? i enjoy chatting about music, learning about music, showing other people music they may like....not a whole lot of people in my neighborhood like music the way i do How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? like many...this was the first one that popped up with 'google'....and immediately i like the amount of users and the amount of topics How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? i'm not sure if music really makes me feel anything...although i would say it amplifies what i am already feeling...music means the world to me....i am sure i would have killed myself decades ago had i not started really listening to music Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? i feel like everybody here for the most part wants to inform about music as well as learn...which creates a nice atmosphere Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? i received a crash course in Slovakian history...that was pretty interesting What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? the benifit of a world wide musical community....and what Janszoon said "That people who say "I listen to everything except country and rap" probably also don't listen to loads of other music as well." Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? none really Real Name (Optional): Bob __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

01-06-2011, 12:33 AM	#41 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	Age (Optional): 15 Location: Scotland Music preference: Punk and Punk related genres mostly. But i'm pretty varied and have albums from alll big genres. How long have you been a member? Just over a year. What made you join a music forum? The people on music forums had a common interest and I was looking to expand a little. Very few people in real life have the musical knowledge or even the general smarts. How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? It wasn't my first music forum, I had joined a few others and decided they weren't for me. I googled "music forum" and this came up, I made an account and I lurked for a month allowing me to see it had a good sense of community and all the members were really knowledgable. To the point I was a little nervous to post for a while. How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? It may sound a bit cliche but music seriously is my life. It can change how I'm feeling almost all the time and when I'm a bit down and thinking "what's the point?" music really is one of the reasons I cite as a great thing about life. It's basically the biggest interest I have and it allows me to strike up a conversation with a lot of people. Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? I made great friends and got some awesome recommendations. Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? Too many. What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? I have learned that music is a lot bigger than I had previously thought with hundreds of musical genres and scenes left to explore. I also learned a lot about people, how they work and came to the realisation that I'm not that unique and somewhere there are people like me. Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Other member's behavior can rub off on you and change you a little. Case in point, before I joined I would never judge someone based on their music taste. Now I sometimes do. Real Name (Optional): James, tis in my username. __________________________________________________ _______________

01-06-2011, 07:15 AM	#46 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Age (Optional): 22 Location: England Music preference: Anything really. I listen to hip-hop and metal of all kinds the least though. How long have you been a member? About 2 1/2 years by now. What made you join a music forum? My old forum collapsed due to infighting between its moderators and admins, so I thought I'd jump ship to a bigger music forum. How come you choose MB as your music community over other music communities? It's broader-ranged, and the community's a pretty sound one. How does Music make you feel and what it means to you? Music can connect with just about any emotion I can think of. As for what it means to me, I've spent about a decade and counting amassing all the music I have now, so it's valuable to me to say the least. I'd say I couldn't live without it, but I'd probably get used to it after a while. Tell me what makes the MB online forum work for you and keep you coming back for more? Sometimes I just feel the need to flag up something about music I in a way that being offline doesn't really allow me to. Being a member here fits that bill perfectly. Describe an interesting experience you had on the forum? Actually meeting one of its members face-to-face and going to a gig with them was great (if that counts). What have you learned or what will you take away from your experiences here? I guess I learned that there's always someone who's something like you out there, no matter how unique you feel. Let me know of any other points that you feel might interest me negative/positive about your experiences regarding being involved in a Music forum and its Members, now's your chance? Nothing springs to mind... Real Name (Optional): Al.