What do you REALLY get out of this site?
I wrote down this list below to see if any of you have ever experienced at least one of these during a visit here:
Have you ever:
- Made a new friend here?
- Read something that made you laugh?
- Learned about a new artist you now dig?
- Had someone share a piece of written music with you?
- Been warned about a fraudulent eBay or Craig's List auction you were interested in?
- Received a kind word from someone that made your day?
- Killed some time while at work when you most needed it? (be honest...)
- Marry someone you met online here (yes, we have one couple we know of!)
- Discover something interesting about instrument history?
- Hear about a festival, jam session or concert you attended?
- Looked at the Girls with Mandolins thread multiple times a day?
- Drool over someone else's new purchase?
- Make a wise purchase based on someone's recommendation?
- Sell something on the Cafe's Classifieds?
- Learn a cool new theory trick from one of our many pros?
- Enjoyed the haiku thread?
- Dreamed of a BRW?
- Show off your new purchase?
- Purchase a set of strings based on a recommendation and they're now your favorite?
- Find out some history about an old mandolin you own?
- Receive a building or repair tip from an expert?
- Traded posts with someone you thought was famous?
- Gain an appreciation for a type of music you normally hadn't paid attention to?
- See an event promoted that you are hosting or are helping with?
- Spit your coffee or coke onto the keyboard over something you read?
- Read a good joke?
- Learned how to navigate the web a little better by using this forum?
- Participated in a social group?
- Caught up on the latest events on the calendar?
- Uploaded multiple avatars until you got just the right one?
- Had your opinion on an instrument altered as a result of what you read here?
- Talked to a luthier or representative of a company that manufactures mandolin products?
- Enjoyed introducing yourself to others here?
- Asked for advice about something troubling you?
- Had someone critique your playing and it helped?
- Made fun of Mike Edgerton (checking if he reads this)
- Got to show off your new YouTube video?
- Learned a new tune here?
- Decided to learn how to read music from encouragement of others?
This is provided to you free of charge. We rarely ask for anything in return but civility, but today I'm making an exception by asking for a modest donation to a good cause - the California Bluegrass Association Scholarship Fund (go ahead, click the link and donate--it won't hurt a bit and you'll actually feel better when you do).
We have a goal of raising $1,500 for this fund, the monies will go to low income kids wishing to attend the mandolin portion of CBA's winter camp. There's a waiting list right now. They'll get to rub shoulders with Roland White, John Reischman and Dix Bruce. How cool is that? We're almost half way, and 150 people donating $5 would get us there and we'd be done.
$5 represents less than 2 cups of designer coffee, most sets of mandolin strings, and probably less than what many of you spent on lunch today if you dined out.
I hope you'll stop and read that list above and ask yourself if it's worth rewarding others--in ways you've been rewarded yourself--with a modest contribution towards this scholarship fund. Any amount is appreciated, and it will all end up supporting something we all agree is a great way to spent your time.
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