About introductions....
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:10 pm
First and foremost, I think it's a wonderful idea to have this thread. I remember my first post like it was yesterday. I went into this big long diatribe about how I wasn't happy with my first entry because I was having all kinds of equipment issues and the like, (something I think I've finally resolved but still only have 2 official entries...that's for another thread I guess) and I got clocked by JOS. (Jim of Seatle to you new guys) He bit my ass about "pre-apologizing for my work" and the like and man I thought, I need to run as fast as I can away from this place.
But then came the most surprising of posts, it was from Blue. He defended me and my pre-apologetic post and said basically what this "newbie" is saying is "Hey man, I stumbled on this site and thought it was cool. It's really tough work getting a song done in a week, and although this may not be my best work, here it is. I hope I do better next time." That's not verbatum, but pretty close. Anyway, I thought here I am this new guy in a strange place and I already have someone defending me....COOL! I made I wisecrack later about something, OH, I remember. Someone said something about starting a protest about how their art wasn't being displayed but all they said was "Someone should start a protest". So I replied that I had a large group of people in front of my house bitching about my taxes and Blue thought it was funny enough to say "See, I told you this guy wasn't a dick!" I used to use that quote as my tag but I've since proven him wrong and now I've changed that part of my profile.
The moral is, allies will pop up out of nowhere here at SongFight! Hopefully, friendships will be made and the community at large will be better for your presence. But the surest way to do that is exactly what JOS told me from my first post, do the reviews. Review the songs, and not only the ones you're entered in, but all of them. Yes, it's a tough assignment, but if you do it, and do it regularly, you will be rewarded.
So welcome all newbies, and now is the time to prove you're not a dick.
But then came the most surprising of posts, it was from Blue. He defended me and my pre-apologetic post and said basically what this "newbie" is saying is "Hey man, I stumbled on this site and thought it was cool. It's really tough work getting a song done in a week, and although this may not be my best work, here it is. I hope I do better next time." That's not verbatum, but pretty close. Anyway, I thought here I am this new guy in a strange place and I already have someone defending me....COOL! I made I wisecrack later about something, OH, I remember. Someone said something about starting a protest about how their art wasn't being displayed but all they said was "Someone should start a protest". So I replied that I had a large group of people in front of my house bitching about my taxes and Blue thought it was funny enough to say "See, I told you this guy wasn't a dick!" I used to use that quote as my tag but I've since proven him wrong and now I've changed that part of my profile.
The moral is, allies will pop up out of nowhere here at SongFight! Hopefully, friendships will be made and the community at large will be better for your presence. But the surest way to do that is exactly what JOS told me from my first post, do the reviews. Review the songs, and not only the ones you're entered in, but all of them. Yes, it's a tough assignment, but if you do it, and do it regularly, you will be rewarded.
So welcome all newbies, and now is the time to prove you're not a dick.