I thought of this while reading the "How old are we all?" thread.
How long have each of us been "on this board"? I realise that you can work it out roughly by checking the membership numbers but many of us "lurk" for quite a while before making any kind of contribution.
So, I thought it might be interesting to see what has motivated us all to get so involved(or not) here and whether or not it was a gradual thing.
Personally, I found this site in the days when it was just a tune database and joined quite early on(No 1066) when the site was changed into its present form in 2001. However, I never made any contributions at all until 2003 and I remember plucking up the courage to post my first discussion which was quite well received(Although some of the later ones weren't ). Nowadays, I submit all sorts of rubbish on an almost daily basis without any fear of the consequenses.
It took me much longer to submit my first tune. This was just over a year ago(well about 15 months ago) but this is probably the side of things, along with finding new tunes here, which has given me the most satisfaction on the site.
However, I still remember these earlier days well. Some well known names were very active in those days, eg Zina, Will, Dow, MG, Kerri(known as Fiddler on Vermouth back then), Pingu(Danny), and Tanya Lee Terohoshi. All are still very much to the fore with one notable exception.
John J you are so racist you ought to be ashamed of yourself, you need to shut up, so just shut up! - anyway you've been here so long you're going mouldy. I remember Kerri as Fiddler on Vermouth back then as well. I remember using this site and reading it lots when it first started but I didn't bother posting until sometime in 2001 (I think). I joined round about the same time as Pingu*. Ironic that isn't it? Pingu sounds like such an innocent name...
"Pingu".
He-heh.
One imagines a cute little penguin flapping its little flippers up and down and squeaking cute yet unintelligible things through its tiny little cute, orange, trumpet-like beak, whereas what one actually gets is, well, Danny...
just joined here yesterday but have been visiting the site for tunes for a long time. Just wanted to talk to other musicians and people who have the same interests as me.i live in england in near nottingham which is known to be the second worst place to live in britian.Its All f**** crappy music round here and all the teenagers are all goats and sheep and everyone just copies eachother. So this website i suppose lets me express my feelings for irish music because its virtually impossible to do it where i live.
I think it was early 2004 when I began my meteoric rise to fame here on the yellow board - it seems like I've been here forever (probably does to some of you, too, I realise).
Anybody remember that really sinister penguin in Wallace and Gromit? That's more how I see Danny...
I did post a discussion on something similar to this some time ago for what it's worth there was some interesting obsessive facts that came out in the wash. Especially read Will's post:=> http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/4332
Me? Well I used to frequent Jeremy's precursor and have been here ever since but have not been as prolific as others. I seem to usually go on when no-one else is posting. And I am a slow typer.
I think it was 2002?? All the years mix up together.
How can you actually find out what number you are? John J is number 1066 - how do you find that out?
Okay - Geography is not my strong point but isnt Nottigham in Nottighamshire? And if so isnt that where Sam Proctor is from? And if so then the music cant be that bad there can it? Sam is one of the best fiddle players Ive ever heard....Please correct me if I'm wrong S McMullen.
I joined the fray just before I went to my first ever session, which was round November 2003. Funny how the music and yellow websites can take over one's life...
I think I joined just after picking up my first whistle in Edinburgh. It's probably around 3 years and a half ago. I was young and stupid....
Anyway, *Pingu* has recently turned into *Typical Feckless Weegie Boor.* It's still Danny though. I think the most confusing name changes have been done by *quirl.* I know he used to be *David* or *Mountain Goat.*
I also miss Tanya. I still wonder about her freezer. I only check in here to find out how to bow hornpipes, find out what atrocities Jack has committed, and how Danny's user name has morphed. I suspect that there are a great number of lont-time lurkers who just can't keep up with the high-level posting performances required.....
I think were in the 19000 range or something, flutietootie.
I joined over a year ago, (i think) having heard of the place in the session i go to, and tracked it down.
By then it seemed enormous, and its only now iv got used to the name changes, the different personalities on here and topics from the sublime to the ridiculous.Much like my usual session really........
I have a reminder of my name and password from October of 2004 but I used a different name (eddytmsg) without a bio for quite a while previous to that.
I rarely do more than lurk but I have posted a couple times lately. maybe I'm coming out of my shell?
I started lurking in lateish 2003, and actually joined some time in early 2004; March or thereabouts, I think. But I'd been snagging tunes for several months before I started to lurk in the discussions area, so on the whole it's been over 2 years that I've been visiting, one way and another.
Well, I actually have a much later number, because I remember getting the e-mail from Jeremy about the site and then not doing anything about it for a week. Pretty hilarious, some of those first posts. I particularly laugh now at me and Will circling each other warily...
I also joined yesterday and if 36 others join up after me, the number of members will reach 20K. I'm quite the newbie to the whole session-thing, but I've always been fond of Irish music and I'm delighted to be able to indulge in it with so many good musicians. I've been singing at the session at Dubliner in Oslo, but I'm moving to Liverpool next week, and hope to join up at Pogue Mahones at wednesdays
I was so happy to have found this site so I joined almost immediately. It was in February , must have been 2003 then. I like my number because it's easy to remember.
I have come in on forays for tunes for years. I only started browsing "discussions" this year and lurked backwards for a couple of months, where I was spending more time searching out the old discussions, than I was reading them. So I signed up to see if it was easier to navigate the old one's. Then I discovered "downloaded" tunes have the variations in the comments, built in. Yippee !!!!
And like many before me, only chipped in so I could see my number. I'm guessing 14-15K.
How long have we all been here?
How long have we all been here?
I thought of this while reading the "How old are we all?" thread.
). Nowadays, I submit all sorts of rubbish on an almost daily basis without any fear of the consequenses.
How long have each of us been "on this board"? I realise that you can work it out roughly by checking the membership numbers but many of us "lurk" for quite a while before making any kind of contribution.
So, I thought it might be interesting to see what has motivated us all to get so involved(or not) here and whether or not it was a gradual thing.
Personally, I found this site in the days when it was just a tune database and joined quite early on(No 1066) when the site was changed into its present form in 2001. However, I never made any contributions at all until 2003 and I remember plucking up the courage to post my first discussion which was quite well received(Although some of the later ones weren't
It took me much longer to submit my first tune. This was just over a year ago(well about 15 months ago) but this is probably the side of things, along with finding new tunes here, which has given me the most satisfaction on the site.
However, I still remember these earlier days well. Some well known names were very active in those days, eg Zina, Will, Dow, MG, Kerri(known as Fiddler on Vermouth back then), Pingu(Danny), and Tanya Lee Terohoshi. All are still very much to the fore with one notable exception.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Johnny Jay
Re: How long have we all been here?
John J you are so racist you ought to be ashamed of yourself, you need to shut up, so just shut up! - anyway you've been here so long you're going mouldy. I remember Kerri as Fiddler on Vermouth back then as well. I remember using this site and reading it lots when it first started but I didn't bother posting until sometime in 2001 (I think). I joined round about the same time as Pingu*. Ironic that isn't it?
Pingu sounds like such an innocent name...
"Pingu".
He-heh.
One imagines a cute little penguin flapping its little flippers up and down and squeaking cute yet unintelligible things through its tiny little cute, orange, trumpet-like beak, whereas what one actually gets is, well, Danny...
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: How long have we all been here?
* It's just that my contributions have been far more positive and worthwhile ever since, but that's okay, we can't hold that against him...
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Dr. Dow
just joined here yesterday but have been visiting the site for tunes for a long time. Just wanted to talk to other musicians and people who have the same interests as me.i live in england in near nottingham which is known to be the second worst place to live in britian.Its All f**** crappy music round here and all the teenagers are all goats and sheep and everyone just copies eachother. So this website i suppose lets me express my feelings for irish music because its virtually impossible to do it where i live.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by S.McMullen
Re: How long have we all been here?
Stacey you need to move to a big city for a while, believe.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: How long have we all been here?
1066 - the John J conquest, eh?
I think it was early 2004 when I began my meteoric rise to fame here on the yellow board - it seems like I've been here forever (probably does to some of you, too, I realise).
Anybody remember that really sinister penguin in Wallace and Gromit? That's more how I see Danny...
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by kris
Re: How long have we all been here?
I did post a discussion on something similar to this some time ago for what it's worth there was some interesting obsessive facts that came out in the wash. Especially read Will's post:=>
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/4332
Me? Well I used to frequent Jeremy's precursor and have been here ever since but have not been as prolific as others. I seem to usually go on when no-one else is posting. And I am a slow typer.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Donough
Re: How long have we all been here?
That last sentence reads a little ambiguously!?
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Donough
Re: How long have we all been here?
I think it was 2002?? All the years mix up together.
How can you actually find out what number you are? John J is number 1066 - how do you find that out?
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by bb
Re: How long have we all been here?
Okay - Geography is not my strong point but isnt Nottigham in Nottighamshire? And if so isnt that where Sam Proctor is from? And if so then the music cant be that bad there can it? Sam is one of the best fiddle players Ive ever heard....Please correct me if I'm wrong S McMullen.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by bb
Re: How long have we all been here?
You get the number by moving your cursor over a person's name underneath a comment, bb. You're 2745.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Q
Re: How long have we all been here?
I joined the fray just before I went to my first ever session, which was round November 2003. Funny how the music and yellow websites can take over one's life...
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Q
Re: How long have we all been here?
Wow, thats pretty cool, thanks Q!
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by bb
Re: How long have we all been here?
I miss Tanya.
I think I joined just after picking up my first whistle in Edinburgh. It's probably around 3 years and a half ago. I was young and stupid....
Anyway, *Pingu* has recently turned into *Typical Feckless Weegie Boor.* It's still Danny though. I think the most confusing name changes have been done by *quirl.* I know he used to be *David* or *Mountain Goat.*
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by slainte
Re: How long have we all been here?
I also miss Tanya. I still wonder about her freezer. I only check in here to find out how to bow hornpipes, find out what atrocities Jack has committed, and how Danny's user name has morphed. I suspect that there are a great number of lont-time lurkers who just can't keep up with the high-level posting performances required.....
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Michele Sims
Re: How long have we all been here?
Whoops. "long-time". My keyboard is possessed.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Michele Sims
Re: How long have we all been here?
Good God I think I'm 10996!! How many people are on here?!
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Folkie Junkie
Re: How long have we all been here?
I think were in the 19000 range or something, flutietootie.
I joined over a year ago, (i think) having heard of the place in the session i go to, and tracked it down.
By then it seemed enormous, and its only now iv got used to the name changes, the different personalities on here and topics from the sublime to the ridiculous.Much like my usual session really........
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by aaron b
Re: How long have we all been here?
I'm 15612. Been here for nearly months. I missed Tanya.
KFG
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by KFG
Re: How long have we all been here?
As I write (19:37BST), the membership stands at 19959 (TomR), so the 20K membership will doubtless be here in a couple of days.
Trevor
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by Trevor Jennings
Re: How long have we all been here?
I have a reminder of my name and password from October of 2004 but I used a different name (eddytmsg) without a bio for quite a while previous to that.
I rarely do more than lurk but I have posted a couple times lately. maybe I'm coming out of my shell?
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by ed veras
Re: How long have we all been here?
Wow, I'm 2678! I'm post Zina & Will, but pre-Dow! Whoa! I'm even pre-Trevor!
Now if only that meant something in terms of my playing, heh.
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by emily_bmore
Re: How long have we all been here?
Your even pre-Beebs. You're ancient, Em!
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: How long have we all been here?
You're, even.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Dr. Dow
2001 for me, I think.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by dogmageek
Re: How long have we all been here?
I think I've been posting for only a year or so. Maybe two? Before that, I landed here several times on a tune search.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Bob himself
Re: How long have we all been here?
I started lurking in lateish 2003, and actually joined some time in early 2004; March or thereabouts, I think. But I'd been snagging tunes for several months before I started to lurk in the discussions area, so on the whole it's been over 2 years that I've been visiting, one way and another.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by sara g
Re: How long have we all been here?
Well, I actually have a much later number, because I remember getting the e-mail from Jeremy about the site and then not doing anything about it for a week. Pretty hilarious, some of those first posts. I particularly laugh now at me and Will circling each other warily...
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Zina Lee
P.S.
I don't miss Tanya at all. I think Tanya's alter-ego (and you know who you are) deserves a fairly big whack on the noggin.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Zina Lee
Re: How long have we all been here?
I also joined yesterday and if 36 others join up after me, the number of members will reach 20K. I'm quite the newbie to the whole session-thing, but I've always been fond of Irish music and I'm delighted to be able to indulge in it with so many good musicians. I've been singing at the session at Dubliner in Oslo, but I'm moving to Liverpool next week, and hope to join up at Pogue Mahones at wednesdays
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Ingrid
Re: How long have we all been here?
I'm only posting to see what number I am!!!!!!!
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by mikemcdaid
Re: How long have we all been here?
Yes...you're right.....6299!!!
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by mikemcdaid
Re: How long have we all been here?
I'm gonna have to post now, to see what number I am
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by ...
Re: How long have we all been here?
Is that all?
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by ...
Re: How long have we all been here?
Oh we still circle each other, Zeens, but the warily part wore off long ago.
Michael is 3217? No wonder that first year here seemed so placid.... *grin*
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Will Harmon
Re: How long have we all been here?
BTW, I hear that no matter what her number, Zina is an "old soul." *snort*
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Will Harmon
Re: How long have we all been here?
I'm 9191 (but I don't feel a day over 8000). That's farther back than I expected. Is there any easy way to attach a date to the number?
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Bob himself
Re: How long have we all been here?
Right now I feel like it, Will.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by Zina Lee
Re: How long have we all been here?
I was so happy to have found this site so I joined almost immediately. It was in February , must have been 2003 then. I like my number because it's easy to remember.
# Posted on August 22nd 2005 by kuec
Re: How long have we all been here?
I didn't exist before this board. I'm one of Jeremy's creations, integral to The Session, designed to make real users feel 'Normal'.
# Posted on August 23rd 2005 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: How long have we all been here?
I have come in on forays for tunes for years. I only started browsing "discussions" this year and lurked backwards for a couple of months, where I was spending more time searching out the old discussions, than I was reading them. So I signed up to see if it was easier to navigate the old one's. Then I discovered "downloaded" tunes have the variations in the comments, built in. Yippee !!!!
And like many before me, only chipped in so I could see my number. I'm guessing 14-15K.
# Posted on August 24th 2005 by Owell Mabee
Re: How long have we all been here?
Nope, wrong again!
# Posted on August 24th 2005 by Owell Mabee