[Clancy]

We don't boast, we actually have that many members... actually more have joined up (over 42,000), but I prune the inactive ones every once in a while.

Most members of most forums sign up, stay for one visit and never return. (I know I have signed up as a member of many forums... I visit one other one on a regular basis and post very rarely). Many people who join up here go straight to the lessons, that's what they are here for... this site is called Guitar for Beginners... most players are not at the stage to post music... even if they do know how to record (that's also tricky for most).

There are a lot of lurkers, people who read but never post. I am a lurker on a few forums. I had one forum I visited every day (more than a few times a day) over a 6 year period and I think I posted 60 times... Forums can also be like soap operas, you get addicted to watching and reading and getting to know people, but you don't necessary want to be one of the characters in it.

You'll also find with most forums when you see the number of members and then look at the number of members online and then take the amount of time the forum has been around, there is no way you would get all those members becoming regular posting members... and I say thank goodness for that! People have short attention spans... especially on the Internet where there's so much neat stuff around.

I think the majority of members who post in the recording booth get a great response here... try posting recordings on some of the other guitar forums if you want to know what it's like to a cold or non-existent response... and some of those have hundreds of thousands of members.

Clancy