mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 9, 2004 20:56:00 GMT -5
Anyway, if you want to talk, have a question, whatever, it's easy to join this place. Took me two tries, but it's basically a free message board that was started by a 15 year old named Shawn. He appointed Robert Denman and some others administrators and moderators, and none of them has posted here since 2002.
So there are no rules, no way to remove anybody, just a real quiet place to hang out at the moment. I'm going to keep coming back every day for awhile. I love jazz and play guitar. Hope you do, too. There are some pretty good links in here, but mostly the content is small. You can help change that if you want.
I'll answer anything you put here, honest. Jazzalta is the only other "active" member, seems like a decent sort. What do you think? You know how these boards work, right? After you register, just navigate to anything that interests you, click reply, and type something in. If you check the little box under your reply you'll get an e-mail when someone answers you. Take it easy, play something every day, and good luck to you.
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 14, 2004 22:07:28 GMT -5
Wow! Matt made a post today, now we have three, hah!
There are a couple of songs and chord patterns posted if you look. If we get too many I'll post an index (that was a funny).
If you decide to register, say what you're playing or fighting with now. Have you ever tried Ellington's "Satan Doll"?
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Post by anders on May 21, 2004 7:49:34 GMT -5
Hi, nice to see some activity here. I joined in January, made a few posts only to find that no one was here. I've played guitar for the past 20 years but I've only been trying to play jazz for the last couple of years. I can probably learn a lot from you.
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 21, 2004 19:24:30 GMT -5
Hey, anders. Glad to meet you. This place is a bit up in the air lately, but me and jazzalta have been putting some songs and thoughts here. What kind of jazz do you like? Are you playing standards, or exploring books and lessons, whatever?
You have to enjoy a challenge to get into this stuff, it really changes your head around. I'm mainly into rhythm and singing, melodic stuff, goofing with songs I already know. Always liked complicated progressions, would like to learn more about backing up saxaphone, guitar with vibes, something interesting.
Anyway, try out Georgia and Mack The Knife and give us some feedback, OK?
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Post by shawn on May 22, 2004 0:16:04 GMT -5
Lack of control...too many people complained about the popups too. I'm working on a website. You all will have to let me know how interested in it you are. So far, it can just be a dedicated-server php board. I have a demo that I'm working on...in case you've never experienced phpBB2 before. The forums of that kind are out there everywhere. Right now I have it up and running, but I'm still tinkering with the hosting options that I can do. You all will have to let me know if we should make a dedicated site with or without other pages to it than just the forum. It's a mirror of this board...just to look at things and whatever. Honestly, I want to know everyone's opinion. Proboards forum was 'abandoned' because for it seemed the longest time no activity was hosted upon there. Recently going back I see what exactly I've missed out on, but that's life I suppose. Also, if interest is shown (and yes, because it's going to cost more than I had thought, inlcuding time) I would move things over...however...the archiving of messages and everything would be a nice touch to something like phpBB2...to where if something went terribly wrong, it wouldn't be in a thrid-party hosts' hands. I appologize for the lack of structure that the other forum might have encountered...and I will look more into the other stuff, along with maybe finding an archived file of the old board to move to the proposed new one...that is...if there is interest and worthwhile effort into it. So please let me know what you think. Don't be afraid to yell at me, for I've already been cussed out today driving home one too many times anyways. -Shawn 'The Team' - is what proboards adds to the bottom of the emails that you can send out to all members. jazzguitar.forumer.com
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 22, 2004 1:26:19 GMT -5
Hey, Shawn. I did go look at your new site. What do you plan to do differently? Not sure I follow what your problems were with this forum, though I can see lots of potential improvements. I've been coming here a month now, 5 or 6 people joined, but only a few have posted anything. Quality content is what I think it needs, stuff for folks at all levels. Most of the links here still work.
Anyway, keep in touch, tell us what you have in mind, what you like better about the phpBB2 place. I'd say there is still interest, judging by the visitors here every day.
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Post by shawn on May 22, 2004 8:50:19 GMT -5
With the php board of my own (maintained by me, hosted on it's own server) you can have a better domain name and more imortantly, absolutely everything about it is customizable. No ads like people complained...and if it goes to a hosted site, there won't be any popups either. Web design seems to be a hobby for me, and I'd love to provide as best I can a great resource for jazz guitarist, including this forum, which I would hope to grow. As the name gets out, so will lots of other things as well, and it just seem to people if something has it'sn own domain, it's more respected by them.
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 22, 2004 9:57:25 GMT -5
OK, I can see the limitations here. The ads don't bother me, no pop-ups that I've seen, but the program is old and doesn't do simple things like automatic login, always reply to posts (you have to check each reply), hard to read labels, no userCP, etc. And it's not geared to music language.
It's funny that your response to me and jazzalta and a couple others posting here seems to be threatening rather than constructive. What will happen to the proboards version once you copy what you want from here over to your new place? You have ultimate power, as I understand these boards. Will you disable JGproboards at some point, nuke this experiment?
I don't mind ambiguity, or low activity, as long as my efforts seem valuable to somebody. Guess on an ideal board visitors would have a place to comment and offer suggestions. I think some have joined here who really like the idea of a JG forum, then they figured out it wasn't what they expected.
Ha, there's another goofy thing, the posts below the reply box are backwards, should read from most recent-earliest. Are you getting anyone to sign up at the new place yet?
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Post by shawn on May 22, 2004 10:01:43 GMT -5
No...if you are interested you may though
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 22, 2004 11:02:05 GMT -5
Sure, I could see being a "dual" poster, if you want. Main concern is that you don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, if you catch my drift. How will you decide what stuff to take, what to leave? I'd be happy for you to copy my stuff over there, but I'm not real sure anyone has even played it here, hah! Have you?
That's a question about your own involvement, you know, like you mentioned, the time cost, what you get out of it. Whatever happened to the main people here in 2002? Are you still in touch with any of them?
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Post by shawn on May 22, 2004 12:50:19 GMT -5
No I am not, which explains a lot of the abandonment. I am looking into copying them, using an html database and pulgging it into the already pressent php one...but so far it's over my head...I'm looking into it. The main thing that I wanted to do was get a good overall resource for jazz guitarists...a complementary and useful website with the forum...with php I can have control over all of that and intertwine them. I really like Trumpet Herald and what they've done with the stuff (http://www.trumpetherald.com) I play trumpet, but they integrate everything really well.
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on May 22, 2004 18:31:09 GMT -5
Yeah, there's no problem copying one post at a time, pasting to an open reply box. I'd help, if you can't find a faster way. Doubt that anyone would mind you doing this, the board is kind of your thing, nothing is copyrighted. Just a lot of effort, some judgement calls. Wonder if any of the old members will come back. The real point is to make the place attractive to visitors, something obviously full of good info. Integrating pros and beginners is a bit of a challenge, but I'm glad you have a vision of the place you want.
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on Jun 5, 2004 9:20:58 GMT -5
Just wanted to say Hi again to visitors, everyone with an interest in Jazz Guitar. If you want to put anything in here, go ahead and click that "register" thing (or "login" if you already joined). We're looking for feedback, new ideas. Ain't no stupid question 'cept the one you don't ask...
If you're just getting started, play these forms a few times, they are some substitute chords that can fit most any tune. They're all moveable.
X32333----- C9
X3234X----- C7#9
8X89 10 X-- C13
3X3333----- Gm7
3X2333----- Gm6
X33555----- Fmaj7
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mahayana
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Post by mahayana on Jun 23, 2004 18:39:57 GMT -5
Another day, another dollar. Life goes on. Shawn has left us, for the time being. He had a site up last Wednesday that got a lot of energy, people joining and talking. I wondered, when it went up, if it would last, the answer is no.
I hope some of the folks that got a "no site here" page yesterday will find their way back to this place, not be too unhappy about losing their contributions to rejoin. Wish I had a way to contact everyone involved, but lacking that I'll just say hi to all. This is the place that doesn't disappear. It ain't perfect, but we'd sure enjoy your imput if you have any questions, comments, whatever. It was a fun week, sorry things turned out the way they did.
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kawe
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Post by kawe on Jun 24, 2004 6:44:27 GMT -5
hi mahayana!
i'm glad, that i finally found your new/old home!
all the best kawe
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