CRF Record Club 3: Your Participation

[Big Ears]

I believe that the greater the participation, the more successful the CRF Record Club will be, so what would it take to encourage you to contribute to the thread?

- new albums?
- old albums?
- a combination of old and new albums (state the proportion)?
- reviews?
- discussion?
- information (please indicate)?
- other (please state)?
- nothing (please give reasons)?

You have privacy, but a comment would be helpful and may be necessary.

NOTE: the poll is multiple choice.

Thank you.

Link to the CRF Record Club thread: http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f4/anyone-else-interested-starting-crf-record-club-20980/

 

[Berserker]

pick better albums, I don't want to listen to Mr. Big and the rest of the stuff you guys pick.

 

[LG]

There's nothing wrong with the albums being picked Cousin Olaf, if somebody posts a Tupac or Kanye album I will sit that round out, just don't like that genre.

This time of year in the Northern Hemisphere it's hard to keep everyone on the same page even the mods.

By September things should be back to normal, whatever that means exactly is anyone's guess.

Once a good thread gets momentum it will just about run itself. Tweaking the time alotted and subject material will be critical to getting people involved for the long haul.

And someone (that's you Martin...) has to take charge and remind people to vote in case they've forgotten, and yes that's happened to me too.

 

[Big Ears]

Berserker, if you want albums you like, you have to suggest them. I suggest albums I like, but if the votes go to something out of my comfort zone, I'll listen and comment.

Bruce, if the thread is dependent on reminders, I need someone who can take over when I'm away from my broadband. If an album takes two weeks to suggest, vote, listen and feedback, then a calendar can be drawn up, once we have got a clear weighting on the classic/new album balance.

I voted for both classic and new albums as well as discussion and reviews, but I'm here already!

 

[LG]

You still on the road Martin??

 

[Big Ears]

No, I just have spells when I don't have access to my computer.

 

[LG]

I volunteer Tony (EF) to take over when you are AWOL...

 

[TheSound]

Might join in with this in due course, when I have more time, it's a great idea. When I lived in DC I was once in a book club which met at somebody's house or apartment once a month, there were about 12-15 of us I think, it was also a nice excuse for a dinner party and some drinks!...and it opened up some great new writers and literature that I had never heard of before, and would not now want to be without. We had to read some total dross admittedly, though you just embrace that as being an acceptable hazard of the whole idea, in fact that was an essential part of it. If you only want to join on the basis that you only ever have to listen to stuff that you are going to like, then it is 100% bound to fail, and it just turns into a boring self-congratulatory appreciation society. If you are supposed to be a big fan of anything, be it books, music, movies, etc you need to endure a certain amount of pain and subject yourself and open you mind to everything in order to prove your credentials.

 

[CREAM'd]

Classic albums, reviews and Discussion.
Preferably of lesser known albums that would be regarded as being something special.
Do we really need another Discussion/review of Led Zeppelin I II III IV, Machine Head, Sgt. Peppers etc.

 

[electric funeral]

I volunteer Tony (EF) to take over when you are AWOL...

That's cool with me.

And, CREAM'd, I agree about chosing the lesser known albums.


TS, love to have you on board.