Why do you visit GMG?

[Renfield]

Edinburgh? Lucky man! A beautiful city, and far more alluring (IMO) than London.

Good choice of adjective, I'd say (and second from my impressions so far).

Because otherwise, and from what I've seen of London over the years and Edinburgh over this summer, they both have their charms.

[Novi]

Thank you. If I can get through putting my notes in order, "the rest is (mostly) furniture".


You'd be surprised. Edinburgh!

But I'll make a thread about this eventually, as I could use a few classical-related pointers for my new base.

Great choice - I love this city 0:).

Buy you a drink when you get here .

[Henk]

I voted "recording recommendations", athough I also like specific threads on certain topics (music or other topics).

Of course the social community is needed, but it's for those purposes in my view. I don't think you can compare the social contact here with social contacts in real life, for me at last it isn't comparable. Social contact in real life have more value for me. Virtual social contact are however also valuable. You respect other people, get to know other people, be honest, but for all these things count that that for some people it´s more real then for others and you can´t blame people, I think, for whom it's less real, because the contacts are just "virtual". Personally I really enjoy people here how make it humorous, as Karl Henning for instance. I'm not always the most comical guy, I try sometimes, but I reward people here who are.

However, I had a problem a time ago and got help from members here. So in that view, contacts here were certainly important for me, and then it also was more real to me.

[Mirror Image]

I continue to come to GMG to learn about the music I love. There's always room to learn more than what I know, which is very little by the way. I still do a lot research online about this or that composer, but it's always refreshing to find that many people here have already discussed the composer in question in a thread. From here, I can just read through the posts and gather as much information as I can. You never quit learning with this music. There's always a stone that has been left unturned.

[71 dB]

I haven't found much sites online where I feel I belong to but GMG is remotely such a place.

[North Star]

· Recording recommendations
· To expand your knowledge of classical music

There are lots of people here with different interests, and that helps learning about more or less obscure composers/music, and recordings. The social aspects don't really exist outside the recordings/music discussion, although one of course appreciates friendly discussion and advice.

[Mn Dave]

I know people here.

[Brahmsian]

MN Dave

[Wanderer]

I don't know how to change my homepage.

[Mn Dave]

MN Dave

[Mn Dave]

I don't know how to change my homepage.

[karlhenning]

MN Dave

And when he pounds the table for Devo

[Mn Dave]

And when he pounds the table for Devo

[Daverz]

It's a sickness.

[ibanezmonster]

Ubloobideega commands me to do so.

[DavidRoss]

Maybe something like this?

[Mirror Image]

Kramer: "Jerry, imagine the flexibility? That sex will melt your face."

[zamyrabyrd]

It's fun.

[71 dB]

I don't know how to change my homepage.

Did you win your browsing license in lottery? 

[Cato]

I recall migrating here after a History website, which I had enjoyed and on which I spent too much time, became over-run with leftist ideologues who usually ruined discussions with ad hominem attacks.  The moderators were sympathetic to them, and did nothing.  (It is now defunct.)

So after tiring of constant Marxist class-warfare screeds, I thought: I should look for a positive and interesting website about Music.

I am not sure how long ago that was: 8 years maybe?  And here I found e.g.  enthusiastic acolytes of my favorite Musical Trinity of Bruckner, Mahler, and Schoenberg  0:), not to mention Hindemith, Herrmann, and Hartmann   0:).

So I have stayed for all sorts of reasons, the main ones being the fine members:

Composers like Karl Henning and Luke Ottevanger, whose works deserve world-wide exposure in an era which needs their works;    0:)

Moderators and Writers like Gurnatron, John of Glasgow, and "Bruce Brewski;" 

Collectors and Experts like Sarge, Dundonnell, Vandermolen   

The Davids Mn Dave, David Ross, David W.;   

The "exotic"        Europeans like 71db (Finland) and Florestan (Romania);

and Members like Mirror Image, Greg, Grazioso, XB-70 Valkyrie and many others.  If your name is not mentioned, please do not feel slighted!

The expertise is always fascinating, the opinions (usually) well founded, and the information enlightening and even (occasionally) bankrupting!