Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?

Is anybody here? here? here? here?

Wow, not a single post in like 17 hours. How is a lurker like me supposed to lurk if there isn't anything to read?

That this part of the forum is under utilized is really a shame. I visit and contribute to several other sites regularly, both audio/video and music related, and at times I find them either too techie, too much about movies, or too crowded. (Keeping up with a 12 page thread dissecting a classic rock band's releases album by album doesn't do it for me). There's something about this place that seems just the right size for some meaningful music-only topics, but most of them never seem to grow or maintain. For the longest time I stop by, read the few new posts, and head off to someplace else, where I'm much more inclined to respond to a topic. I'm not really sure why I don't stay here and try to leave a mark.

This place goes way back for me, even before the "New" software, so I always like to stop by and see what the ten or so regulars are blabbing about. Even they are quiet lately, but I know many of their names as also being "old-timers".

I need only look to my own lack of contribution as a part of the problem, I know, so I'll try harder to pipe in more often, even if it's some of those little snarky emoticons or just an acknowledgment to someone that starts a thread about their favorite new find.

With that said, I'll be away starting tomorrow for a week [shrugs], but I plan to come back and be a bigger part of the place.

Thx,

jasn