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    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Nashville, TN: Bluegrass Inn has a bluegrass jam on Sunday night.

    For more info: [e-mail]

Nashville, TN: Station Inn (two or three blocks off Broadway near 10th
    Street) has a bluegrass jam on Sunday nights at 8 PM.  Best
    BG jam in the area, well-known folks show up.

    For more info: [e-mail]

Nashville, TN: Bell Cove Restaurant has a songwriter's showcase (free
    appearances) on Sunday nights.

    For more info: [e-mail]

Austin, TX: Colorado St. Cafe, 705 Colorado St., has a Scottish-Irish jam
    on Mondays at 7:30 PM going till 10PM or so.  Everyone welcome.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)
        or: [e-mail] (Hal Mueller)

Austin, TX: Blues jam at Pearl's Oyster Bar, 9003 Research Blvd., Monday night.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)

Austin, TX:    Blues jam at the 311 Club, 311 E. 6th, 477-1630,
    on Sunday nights.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)

Austin, TX:    Jazz jam at the Elephant Room, 315 Congress, 473-2279
    on Monday nights.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)

Austin, TX:    Bluegrass jam at  Cap'n Tom's BBQ, 11800 N. Lamar,
    834-1858 on Saturday and Sunday.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)

Austin, TX:        Blues jam at  Joe's Generic Bar, 315 E. 6th,
    480-0171 on Sunday nights.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Jason Martin Levitt)

Austin, TX: Jazz jam session every Monday night at The Elephant Bar,
    315 Congress Avenue.  Starts around 9:30, lasts until the wee hours
    of the night.  Many of Austin's best jazz players show up, lots of
    good music.  No cover, reasonably priced drinks, great jazz
    atmosphere (dark and smokey).

    For more info: [e-mail] (John Eichenseer)

Austin, TX: Cap'n Tom's BBQ on Lamar Blvd. has a bluegrass jam on the
    2nd Saturday of the month, sometime in the afternoon.

    For more info: [e-mail]

Austin, TX:    Irish session at O'Brien's (near 34th and Guadalupe)
    8 to midnight.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Hal Mueller)

Houston, TX: The Bay Area Bluegrass Association (BABA) hosts a bluegrass jam
    at the League City Civic Center on the 3rd Saturday of every month,
    5 PM for beginners, 7 PM others.  Open stage for performance, good
    audience of 300-2000.

    For more info: [e-mail]

Houston, TX: McGonigel's Mucky Duck offers an acoustic open mike Monday
        nights. Signup is at 7pm. Phone [phone].

        For more info: [e-mail]

Houston, TX:    Irish session at the Red Lion Restaurant
    (near the Astrodome Marriot) Wednesday nights about 8:30.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Hal Mueller)

Salt Lake City, UT:  Bluegrass/acoustic jam session every Wednesday
     night at 7 p.m. till ... , April through September at the
     southeast corner of Sugarhouse Park, 1500 East 2100 South, Salt
     Lake City. October through March jam sessions are held on the
     1st and 3rd Wednesdays at Crompton's Roadside Attraction in
     Emigration Canyon at 7 p.m. till 10 p.m..

    For more info: Bill Moore ([e-mail])

Seattle, WA:  Monday nights at the New Melody Tavern (Ballard Avenue in
    Ballard). Loose jam session of 10-25 players makes music for
    contra/square dancers. Experience levels happily range from
    professional to rank beginner. A designated "leader"
    (changes weekly) selects tunes and generally keeps the
    anarchy at a moderate level; no other structure is evident
    or necessary.

    For more info: [e-mail] <David Ruggiero>
           or: [e-mail] <Mike Richardson>

Seattle, WA: This is just a general note on the Seattle area.
    There are other jams in town (like a once-a-month for Cajun/Zydeco).
    Visitors should always ring the Seattle Folklore Society
    ([phone]) when they hit town for the most recent listings
    of goings-on.

    For more info: [e-mail] <David Ruggiero>

Calgary, AB, Canada: The King Eddie Hotel has a blues jam on Saturday afternoons
    (I beleive). There's an LRT stop nearby at this downtown place, but
    that's all I remember.

    For more info: uunet!cs.ualberta.ca!cdshaw (Chris Shaw)

Edmonton, AB, Canada: The Commercial Hotel. This dive in Edmonton
    between 103 and 104 streets on Whyte (82nd) Avenue has a blues
    jam every Saturday from 2PM til 6PM (or later, depending on the
    host band). The current week's house band opens the show with a
    small set and usually finishes with a tune or two.
    Musicianship is usually good, but participation is clique-ish
    in the sense that most of the people have at least a
    semi-regular gig either in or out of town. If you can convince
    the guy running the Jam that you know which way is up, you'll
    likely get on after an hour's wait. The place is usually
    crawling with drummers, and is usually packed, so if you have a
    band with you, that will improve your chances. They also have a
    jam on Monday evenings, but I don't know whether it's still
    running. Much less crowded on Monday.

    For more info: uunet!cs.ualberta.ca!cdshaw (Chris Shaw)

Edmonton, AB, Canada: The Yardbird Suite, on 103 St and 85 Ave has a Jazz
    Jam on Tuesday evenings at 9PM til Midnight or so. Very small crowd,
    and a $2 cover pays for the house jazz band to supply support/opening
    tunes. No drunks in evidence every time I've been there. Musical
    calibre is quite good.

    For more info: uunet!cs.ualberta.ca!cdshaw (Chris Shaw)

Vancouver, BC, Ca:  The UBC Grad Centre has an informal jam every
        Tuesday night from 7 to 11 upstairs in Thea's lounge (Fireside room).
        Currently the format is folk from 7 to 9 and blues from 9 to 11.
        This is cosponsored by the AMS Jazz, Folk and Blues Club.  A jazz
        session will be arranged soon.  Also, there is a showcase night
        the first Friday of every month, with a more formal structure
        (folk 5--7:30, jazz 7:30--9, blues 9--10:30, rock 10:30--12).

        For more info: E-mail <[e-mail]> (folk, blues, showcase)
                           or <[e-mail]> (jazz).

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Yale Hotel, 1300 Granville, Highest calibre
    blues jam in town, show up early and get your name on the list if you
    want to play.  Hosted by Jack Lavin & the Demons, Sat. 3-8, Sun. 3-12.
    Call (604) 681-YALE for further info.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  Maximum Blues Pub, Hotel California,
    1176 Granville blues jam Sat. 3--7 p.m. hosted by Incognito.
    Call [phone] for details.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  Jake O'Grady's 3684 E. Hastings.  Blues
    jam every Sun. 8 p.m.--midnight and every Mon. 9:30 p.m.--11:30 a.m.
        They also occasionally have `Songwriter Showcase' and `Composer
        Presents' series. For more info: [phone]

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  Fairview Pub, 898 W. Broadway, blues jam every Sunday,
        hosted by Incognito. For more info: [phone]

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada: W.I.S.E. Hall (upstairs), 1882 Adanac.  The Acoustic
        Connection runs a local folk night the first and third Thursday
        of every month, with a headline act and a number of floor spots.
    Call Bruce at the Acoustic Connection [phone] for details.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  W.I.S.E. Club (downstairs), 1882 Adanac.  Every Wed.
        there is an acoustic jam (no PA) with folk, blues and occasional
        jazz musicians sitting around and trading licks.  The start time
        varies, generally around 9 p.m.  Non-members have to be signed in,
        but this usually isn't a problem if you are a musician. It
        sometimes goes right to 2 or later.  Occasionally a musician from
        an upstairs concert comes down and jams --- Johnny Cunningham was
        there until 2:45 a.m. recently, and Alan MacLeod is there often.
        Instruments are often brought out at the Friday pub nights, too.
        For further information, Call the W.I.S.E. at [phone].

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  West Point Grey Community Centre, Coffehouses on
        the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.  Pre-registration
        is probably required.  Contact Eva (I'll get her number soon).
        Kitsilano Neighbourhood House often has Sunday night coffeehouses, too.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  Notorious, 364 Water St.,  has a rock jam,
        hosted by Mad Max, every Mon. night. Call [phone].

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Vancouver, BC, Canada:  Jazz sessions:  Cafe Bergman has a Wed. night session,
        I think the Latin Quarter has a lively Latin/jazz jam, and Cafe
        Django, the Glass Slipper and Alma St. Cafe occasionally have jams
        or allow guests with the house band.  The UBC JFB club will start
        a weekly  jazz session very soon, at the grad centre or elesewhere.
        I will update this next month.

        For more info: [e-mail]

Victoria, BC, Canada: Hermann's Jazz Club at 753 View St.,
    [phone], has a jam on Thursday at 8:30 pm.  It's hosted
    by pianist Tom Vickery and friends.

    For more info: Hyong-Joong Kim <[e-mail]>

St. John's, NF, Canada:  Bridgett's Pub, Cookstown Road, Wed. night folk
    night.  Usually a local headline act and lots of floor spots.
    $2 cover.  High calibre celtic music, sea shanties and lots more.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

St. John's, NF, Canada:  Mojo's Bar (in Haymarket Square)  has a blues jam.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

St. John's. NF, Canada:  the Captain's Quarters, an after hours place in a
        small hotel, sometimes has informal jams after downtown pubs
        close.  No PA, acoustic/singalong atmosphere.

        For more info: David Dalton ([e-mail])

Halifax, NS, Canada: The Silver Bullet.  This place is on Hollis one
    block North of Maritime Centre, downtown. Blues Jam on Thursday
    evenings.  I was there last week for only a short while, but was
    able to get on anyway. Musical calibre seemed a tad low, but it
    was blowing a gale that night, so maybe it's better when the
    weather's better.

    For more info: uunet!cs.ualberta.ca!cdshaw (Chris Shaw)

London, ON, Canada: Ledbelly's Blues Hall 400 Clarence St. at Dundas,
    [phone] hosts a (mostly blues, some jazz and rock) jam every
    Saturday afternoon starting around 4:00pm and going 'till 7:00pm or so.
    It's hosted by whatever band happens to be doing the weekend gig there.
    The players are usually competent to very good and there is usually a
    decent sized crowd. Talk to the band to get up and jam - you can
    usually do several tunes if the crowd likes you and there aren't a lot
    of people wanting to jam. Some of the good local players will show
    at this jam.

    Ledbelly's also organizes the annual London blues festival held
    outside in Harris Park for one weekend every August.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Chris Norley)

London, ON, Canada: Mash McCanns at 784 Dundas St. E., [phone]
    This relatively informal jam is held every Tuesday night. It's hosted
    by the bar owner (Steve McCann - keys, vocals, bass pedals - if no
    bassist shows) and a few regular jammers.  The place is a bit of a dive
    and the musical calibre ranges from inexperinced to competent. They
    play a fairly wide variety of styles ranging from rock and blues to
    pop and traditional folk music.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Chris Norley)

London, ON, Canada: The Other Side Of Five, 120 York St. at Talbot,
    [phone], hosts a blues jam every Wednesday night.
    The Hot Flames (house band) supply the rhythm section for any
    jammers who are interested, but rhythm players also sit in.
    The good local players are usually here.  This bar has a very
    pleasant atmosphere and the level of performance is
    competent to very good.

    For more info: [e-mail] (Chris Norley)

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Rasputin's Ottawa, on Bronson near Carling.
    Celtic instrumental jam on Mondays, Celtic song jam on Tuesdays.
    Talent level from good to terrifyingly good, everybody all together.
    Open mike night Wednesdays, hosted by local pro -- one person or
    (small) group at a time. Talent level all over the place.

    For more info: David O'Heare <[e-mail]>

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Tucson's Road House, on Bank St at Hunt Club Rd.
    Blues jam Thursday nights; house band does one set,
    then whoever's available. Talent level from average to good.

    For more info: David O'Heare <[e-mail]>

Ottawa, ON, Canada: The New Live Penguin, on Elgin near MacLaren.
    Blues jam Thursday nights with "The Bird".

    For more info: David O'Heare <[e-mail]>

Arhus C., Denmark: Jazz jam sessions every Monday and Friday at
        4 PM at Bent J's, Norre Alle 70, 8000 Arhus C., Denark. No cover.

        For more info: Torsten B. Hagemann ([e-mail])

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Bamboo Bar at Lange Leidsedwaarstraat 66.
    Every Wednesday night, beginning about 10 and going til about 2 AM.
    Anybody can play, players range from beginners to really good amateurs.
    You need to show up early or you might need to wait til pretty late
    (it's on first-come first-served basis except for the first set.)
    Oh yeah, it's nominally a Blues jam but you hear also some bluesy
    jazz (they think that's blues here in Holland.)

    For more info: Jeffrey Templon <[e-mail]>

Dublin, Ireland: Hughes' on Chancery Street.  You almost always find
    Kevin Glackin and Ronan Browne here, along with any other greats
    who happen to be around (James Keane, Tony MacMahon, Ciaran Tourish,
    Siobhan Peoples).  I think Monday and Thursday nights are the
    good ones, but it could have changed.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Dublin, Ireland: The Meeting Place.  On or near Wellington St.  This is
    a nice very open session with some very good musicians, but not
    the ones you're likely to recognize from records, etc.  Try Sunday
    afternoons and maybe Wednesday nights.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Galway, Ireland: Noughton's (the name is probably misspelled) on High
    Street is great.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Galway, Ireland: Taafe's, on High Street.  Down the street from Noughton's.
    More great music.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Galway, Ireland: The Crane (I think).  Breda Lewis runs a really relaxed
    session with a beginner to medium-high level of musicianship.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Kinvara, Ireland: Frankie Gavin has a pub here (presumably called Frankie
    Gavin's) He's the fiddler from De Dannan.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Molloy's on Bridge Street.  There's a guy
    here that plays flute really well...Matt Molloy from the
    Chieftans, Palnxty, Bothy Band.  I caught a couple of sessions
    here on a Friday and a Monday in the summer.  There's a fantastic
    singer that is sometimes found here.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Carrick, Co. Donegal, Ireland: McGinley's (I think).  As of summer, 1991,
    there was a session every Sunday night with fiddler James Byrne
    hosting things.  When I was there, Con Cassidy from Teilann was also
    there.  If you like Donegal music, this is a great place to be.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])

Carrick, Co. Donegal, Ireland: The Crossroads.  This is at the bottom of
    the hill as you come into Glencolumbkille.  Especially good in
    mid-August when the fiddle school is on down the road.

    For more info: Bruce Baker ([e-mail])
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        and comp.music.
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***

    This is an electronic and computer music
frequently-asked-questions (FAQ) sheet, distributed by NetJam,
Berkeley. It is probably of interest to readers of the USENET
newsgroups:

    ucb.becmug
    rec.music.makers
    rec.music.makers.synth
    rec.music.synth
    rec.music.compose
    comp.music

and anyone else interested in the applications of computers to music
(and vice-versa). It is posted fortnightly to the above-mentioned
groups, as well as news.answers. It is also available via ftp as
[e-mail]:misc/netjam/doc/FAQ/FAQ.entire, and in
pieces as .../split/*. Finally, it can be obtained by emailing
smallmusic-request@xcf with the subject line "request for FAQ". The
machine xcf.Berkeley.EDU has IP address 128.32.138.1.

    Please send contributions and comments to
[e-mail]. Raw FAQ submissions (which I have not yet
incorporated into this document) are available (in 'mh' message
format) via 'ftp' as
[e-mail]:misc/netjam/doc/FAQ/raw/*.
    I realize that many of the items can be categorized in
multiple ways. I'm working on a hypertextual version of this FAQ
(using VIOLA, if you're interested).

    For general info about NetJam, email [e-mail],
with the phrase "request for info" in the subject line.


    Thanks,

-C


***

---

    New items are marked with a '+'. Modified existing items are
marked with a '*'.

    Short contents:

0.0)    [Meta-issues]
1.0)    [Newcomer questions]
2.0)    [Connectivity issues]
3.0)    [Software]
3.1.0)          [Multi-platform software]
3.1.4.0)                [CSound]
3.2.0)          [UNIX software]
3.3.0)          [NeXT software]
3.4.0)          [IBM PC software]
3.5.0)          [Macintosh software]
3.6.0)          [Amiga software]
4.0)    [Hardware]
4.1.0)          [Multi-platform hardware]
4.2.0)          [UNIX hardware]
4.3.0)          [NeXT hardware]
4.4.0)          [IBM PC hardware]
4.5.0)          [Macintosh hardware]
4.6.0)          [Amiga hardware]
5.0)    [Reference Material]


    Long contents:

0.0)     [Meta-issues]
0.1)        How can I browse ftp sites and their data without
            using my own disk space (unless I want to keep
            data), and locate files on ftp sites, given
            pathname fragments?
0.2)        How do I ask for advice on a topic of interest from
            others on the net?

1.0)     [Newcomer questions]
1.1)        What keyboard should I buy?
1.2)        Where can I get patches for my keyboard?
1.3)        What is MIDI?
1.4)        What are definitions for the following things?
               - aftertouch, envelope, FM, LFO, module,
            multitimbral, polyphony, pressure, sampler,
            sequencer, synthesizer,    velocity
1.5)        Where can I get price lists?
1.6)        Where can I get a USA music store list?

2.0)     [Connectivity issues]
2.1)        What is NetJam?
2.2)        How do I subscribe to EMUSIC-D and EMUSIC-L, and what
            other BITNET lists are of interest?
2.3)        What are some other emailing lists relating to
            electronic and computer music?
2.4)        What are some other midi-file/software archives on the
            Internet?
2.5)        How do I contact the editorial staff of Electronic
            Musician magazine?

3.0)     [Software]
3.1.0)        [Multi-platform software]
3.1.1)            What is Smallmusic? What is the MODE?
3.1.2)            What is Keynote?
3.1.3)            Are there programs to convert back and forth
                between    human/filter-readable text and
                MIDI files? How do I get them?
3.1.4.0)        [CSound]
3.1.4.1)            What is CSound?
3.1.4.2)            What are the requirements of CSound?
3.1.4.3)            Is there a tutorial on CSound?
3.1.5)            Where can I get recordings of electronic music?
3.1.6)            Is there PostScript code available for generating
                guitar scales?
3.1.7)            Where can I get online guitar tablature?
3.1.8)            What is Midi2TeX, and how can I get it?
3.2.0)        [UNIX software]
3.2.1)*            What is MusicTeX, and how can I get it?
3.3.0)        [NeXT software]
3.3.1)            What are some currently available sound editors for
                the NeXT?
3.3.2)            What is MixView, and how can I get it?
3.3.3)            What is DU, and how can I get it?
3.3.4)            What is RT, and how can I get it?
3.3.5)            What is RTLisp, and how can I get it?
3.3.6)            What are Patchmix and StochGran and how can I
                get them?
3.3.7)            What is the IRCAM Signal Editor and how can I get it?
3.3.8)            Where can I find information about the NeXT
                MIDI driver?
3.3.9)            What is the status of the Music Kit on NeXT
                machines?
3.3.10)            What ear-training software is there for the NeXT?
3.3.11)+        What is Hyperupic, and how can I get it?
3.4.0)        [IBM PC software]
3.4.1)            What are some public-domain (or nearly so)
                sample-editing programs for IBM-PC
                compatibles?
3.5.0)        [Macintosh software]
3.5.1)            Which glove interfaces with the Max 'glove'
                object?
3.5.2)            Where can I get a Macintosh program to
                translate between different soundfile
                formats?
3.6.0)        [Amiga software]

3.6.1)            What software reads DCMS files and converts
                them to    something else?

4.0)     [Hardware]
4.1.0)        [Multi-platform hardware]
4.1.1)            What are some good things with which to whack
                MIDI drum triggers?
4.2.0)        [UNIX hardware]
4.2.1)            What are some MIDI interfaces for 386 UNIX boxes?
4.3.0)        [NeXT hardware]
4.4.0)        [IBM PC hardware]
4.4.1)            How do I do MIDI with my laptop PC? What is
                the Key    Electronics Midiator?
4.4.2)            I'm just starting on MIDI and want to know how
                to send    MIDI from my SCO UNIX box (and
                who do I buy a card from? Are there
                device drivers available?)
4.5.0)        [Macintosh hardware]
4.6.0)        [Amiga hardware]

5.0)     [Reference Material]
5.1)        Is an overview of "General MIDI" available?
5.2)        What are the names and address of various gear manufacturers?
5.3)        Where may I find an electronic music bibliography?
5.4)        How can I build my own MIDI interface for the Macintosh?
5.5)        Where can I find out all about MIDI?
5.6)        What are the details behind current sound formats?


---

0.0)    [Meta issues]

---

0.1)        How can I browse ftp sites and their data without
            using my own disk space (unless I want to keep
            data), and locate files on ftp sites, given
            pathname fragments?


Answer:

    There is a set of Emacs-Lisp ("elisp") code, called
"ange-ftp.el", which makes 'ftp' use transparent within GNU Emacs (GNU
Emacs is available via anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu). This
package attempts to make accessing files and directories using FTP
from within GNU Emacs as simple and transparent as possible.  A subset
of the common file-handling routines are extended to interact with
FTP. Using these routines, I can read remote files as I would any
local file, without having to write it locally to disk. This is is
especially useful since the document is dynamic (hopefully
increasingly so).
    The routines are available via anonymous ftp (naturally!) as
tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/ange-ftp.el.Z,
(incidentally, if you already had "ange-ftp.el", you could paste the
above line in response to Emacs' 'copy-file', stick "/anonyous@" in
front of it, and copy the file.) My current version is dated 22
October 1991.
    Another useful bit of elisp is "context.el". It saves the
Emacs buffer list and window configuration between editing sessions.
So, one can have several buffers, with several files open (as I
usually do), quit and restart Emacs, and have the state preserved,
cursor locations and windows included. Happily, it works well with
"ange-ftp.el", so that even remote files are restored (after possibly
having to prompt for passwords). "context.el" is also available via
anonymous ftp from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, as
/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/context.el.Z. Also look for
"tree-dired.el" which provides for hierarchical directory editing.
    Incidentally, it was very easy to produce references for the
above tools, thanks to another tool called "archie", developed at
McGill University. Dubbed a "resource discovery tool" by its authors,
it comes in very handy when one knows what tools are needed but not
their availability. Archie consists of a server for this information
(basically from a database of directory trees from "all known"
anonymous ftp sites, updated once per month), and a client, which may
be run via 'telnet' from the server machine itself (frowned upon...),
or from a standalone client available from that machine (...highly
encouraged, for the considerable host load win). Some clients even
perform ftp tasks based on user response to search results. There are
clients available for dumb and X terminals, and, of course, Emacs.
Poke around archie.mcgill.ca for a client and documentation.

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0.2)        How do I ask for advice on a topic of interest from
            others on the net?

Answer:

    [see also the many fine recurring articles in
        news.announce.newusers --crl]


From: Karl Haberl ([e-mail])
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92


  "The Beginner's Guide to Asking the Net Gods for [Musical] Advice"


    The net can be a powerful resource for information and advice, as
well as being a lively and sometimes fun-filled forum for the exchange
of views.  One of the most common mistakes beginners make when asking
for advice is that they do not put enough information in their posts
to allow a more experienced "net veteran" to provide a concise,
focused reply to their request. Questions like "Which keyboard is best
X or Y ?" can only really be answered in the context of knowing
something about the individual who is asking the question.

    Below are some suggestions for info that would be helpful to
include in any articles requesting advice on various topics. By
including this info in your post, you will be accomplishing two
important things: (1) you will be explicitly demonstrating to the net
community that you are not lazy, and that you have taken some time
yourself to think about the subject and identify the precise areas
where you need help, and (2) you will be providing essential
background info that will help focus and tailor any responses to your
particular problem. Here, then are the categories (feel free to
augment these with any other information that you think might be
appropriate):


(1) EXPERIENCE LEVEL -

    Indicate how much experience you have that is appropriate for
the subject.
    This will help focus advice at the right level of detail.

    "I've played classical piano for twelve years, never touched a synth."
    "I've been using Vision for two years now, and while I would not call
    myself a power user, I think I am quite competent with basic
    operations."

(2) INFORMATION SOURCES ALREADY EXPLORED -

    Asking basic questions without indicating what kind of reading
or other investigations you may have already done yourself is likely
to cause one of two things to happen: either the reader will skip over
your message completely, or will fire off a response like "pick up
Keyboard and Electronic Musician, and get a copy of Mix Bookshelf."
Tell the net what sources of info you have tried - this gives a
baseline for giving advice and/or suggesting further sources of info.

    "I read the Buyer's Guide issue of Keyboard."
    "I have Anderton's recording book, but I still don't understand
    reverb."
    "I've only talked to my local salesman about this, he says ..."