Missing Members

[kyjo]

Hi all! Just wanted to pop in and say hello since I haven't been active here over the past few weeks. I've been busy studying and performing at a summer music festival lately, and in a few weeks I'll be resuming my graduate studies. I'll try to make more of an effort to post here in the coming weeks, so apologies for my absence!

[aligreto]

Hi all! Just wanted to pop in and say hello since I haven't been active here over the past few weeks. I've been busy studying and performing at a summer music festival lately, and in a few weeks I'll be resuming my graduate studies. I'll try to make more of an effort to post here in the coming weeks, so apologies for my absence!

Try not to be too much of a stranger, Kyle.
Your contributions are valuable here.
Keep us posted, at least, on your progress in your career.
Best of luck to you in the future!

[Karl Henning]

Hi all! Just wanted to pop in and say hello since I haven't been active here over the past few weeks. I've been busy studying and performing at a summer music festival lately, and in a few weeks I'll be resuming my graduate studies. I'll try to make more of an effort to post here in the coming weeks, so apologies for my absence!

Remind me what grad program you pursue, Kyle?

[André]

Try not to be too much of a stranger, Kyle.
Your contributions are valuable here.
Keep us posted, at least, on your progress in your career.
Best of luck to you in the future!

Very sweet. + 1

[bhodges]

Hi all! Just wanted to pop in and say hello since I haven't been active here over the past few weeks. I've been busy studying and performing at a summer music festival lately, and in a few weeks I'll be resuming my graduate studies. I'll try to make more of an effort to post here in the coming weeks, so apologies for my absence!

It's good to get off social media now and then. And especially with good things happening! No apologies needed, sounds like you're having a great summer, and you're welcome here whenever you choose to pop in.

--Bruce

[vandermolen]

Try not to be too much of a stranger, Kyle.
Your contributions are valuable here.
Keep us posted, at least, on your progress in your career.
Best of luck to you in the future!

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[Florestan]

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[Mirror Image]

This will be my final post on GMG and I just want to thank everyone here who has showed me kindness and, most of all, understanding. I deleted my Facebook a day or so ago, but I won't delete my account here.

To be even more direct, I'm not going to be on a forum when a certain member here who I looked up to and I thought was a friend is a regular contributing member here. Why not just put this member on ignore? Well, because the ignore function doesn't even do what it's supposed to do. Anyway, it's just easy to leave and let him have his way, because there's nothing I can say or do that will change such immaturity. Life's too short for that shit.

I WILL NOT BE BACK AND I WILL NOT ANSWER ANY MORE POSTS HERE OR PRIVATELY. I'll simply post on another forum where I'm actually respected and not treated as some kind of ingrate because I have a different political view.

Take care everyone!

[vandermolen]

This will be my final post on GMG and I just want to thank everyone here who has showed me kindness and, most of all, understanding. I deleted my Facebook a day or so ago, but I won't delete my account here.

To be even more direct, I'm not going to be on a forum when a certain member here who I looked up to and I thought was a friend is a regular contributing member here. Why not just put this member on ignore? Well, because the ignore function doesn't even do what it's supposed to do. Anyway, it's just easy to leave and let him have his way, because there's nothing I can say or do that will change such immaturity. Life's too short for that shit.

I WILL NOT BE BACK AND I WILL NOT ANSWER ANY MORE POSTS HERE OR PRIVATELY. I'll simply post on another forum where I'm actually respected and not treated as some kind of ingrate because I have a different political view.

Take care everyone!

Very sorry to hear this John.
Thank you for your extraordinary generosity towards me.
Online forums can bring out the worst (and best) in people.
I hope that we keep in touch somehow.
All good wishes
Jeffrey

[Lisztianwagner]

This will be my final post on GMG and I just want to thank everyone here who has showed me kindness and, most of all, understanding. I deleted my Facebook a day or so ago, but I won't delete my account here.

To be even more direct, I'm not going to be on a forum when a certain member here who I looked up to and I thought was a friend is a regular contributing member here. Why not just put this member on ignore? Well, because the ignore function doesn't even do what it's supposed to do. Anyway, it's just easy to leave and let him have his way, because there's nothing I can say or do that will change such immaturity. Life's too short for that shit.

I WILL NOT BE BACK AND I WILL NOT ANSWER ANY MORE POSTS HERE OR PRIVATELY. I'll simply post on another forum where I'm actually respected and not treated as some kind of ingrate because I have a different political view.

Take care everyone!

Very sorry to hear this John.
Thank you for your extraordinary generosity towards me.
Online forums can bring out the worst (and best) in people.
I hope that we keep in touch somehow.
All good wishes
Jeffrey

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I'm very sorry to learn that and I hope there's still a chance you'll come back one day; anyway, thank you for everything and for all the good musical suggestions you gave me.
All the best and take care!
Ilaria

[SimonNZ]

I'm looking at MI's recent posts and not seeing any blow out political argument.

Hope this just looks like a moments fancy after a good night's sleep.

[Que]

I'd like to point out that if there are any issues - with other members or with the ignore function - we moderators would like to know. We cannot see what's going on behind the scenes via PMs.

[Madiel]

Well, this is sad.

It is only a short time ago that I actively persuaded John to stay after someone was shockingly horrible to him. I feel I can say that publicly in the circumstances.

I've no idea what has happened this time around, but it's thoroughly disappointing to see someone who was clearly here to talk about music being driven away over something other than music.

I do hope he comes back one day, though I also understand that it might be difficult.

[MusicTurner]

I don't really know what has happened, but hope that he'll turn up, being a significant & informed contributor here.

[Florestan]

I don't really know what happened, but hope that he'll turn up, being a significant & informed contributor here.

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[DavidW]

I read a book called Digital Minimalism and tried to limit my time a bit on this forum, completely cut off Reddit and YouTube, and switch to having the Times delivered to my Nook instead of trawling news feeds.

When MI also backed off like me, I actually thought he was doing the same thing!  Whatever you think of MI's bizarre love/fetish for all modern music ... it is not a good thing for the most active poster in the community to no longer feel welcome.  I hope he returns so we can get back to fighting over Gielen vs Boulez in Mahler.  I might go to the other forum sometime and tell him how my Aho adventure has been going.

As of my time here thanks to MI and friends I have discovered or rediscovered
Aho
Tubin
Pettersson
Martinu
The Dux recordings of Penderecki
... and many more!

[Iota]

Wish you luck, MI, whether you decide to come or go. Thanks for some interesting pointers along the way.

[classicalgeek]

I'm saddened to read about John leaving - I hope he reconsiders after some time away. Our tastes in music largely overlap, and he has given me countless tips along the way for composers and works to explore - and I can see I'm far from the only one who has benefitted from his presence here!

[Karl Henning]

I'd like to point out that if there are any issues - with other members or with the ignore function - we moderators would like to know. We cannot see what's going on behind the scenes via PMs.

FWIW, I have had no trouble with the Ignore function.

[Karl Henning]

Wish you luck, MI, whether you decide to come or go.

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