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Hello everyone, For the sake of this poll, a forum is defined as a category that holds a bunch of related topics. I am interested in getting opinions about YC so far, attached is a poll that I would like everyone to answer. Please answer these follow up open ended questions: Do you feel our forums have a lack of participation, and if so, why? If you do not personally use the forum discussion boards much, can you explain why? Are the topics on YC too old and outdated for today's generation? Can you provide 3 or more forum ideas NOT currently utilized by YC, that you feel will engage composer interest? Which forums on YC do you feel should be revamped, or killed? Do you find the sibelius/finale help desk, well, helpful? Your thoughts on the uploads portion of this site? And now for the ultimate question: ***If you were the owner of YC, tell me what your strategy would be to help vitalize the forums, and site in general. I will go first: Keeping up with technology is a big part keeping this site alive. I run this site part time, with a full time job so I do what I can when I get home from work, and on the weekends. I do feel we need to clean up the forums, old topics, and old members so that this site reflects a true representation of today's generation, not a generation from years ago. This is why I feel we need to redo some our forum topics. I feel the uploads section is an improvement, but visibility of new works may need to be increased. I'm trying various techniques to display user music on the homepage to help increase visibility. Marketing this site is also necessary, and I plan on hiring someone to help us rank better in the search engines for various keywords. Some ideas for YC include bringing back the reviewer team, conducting interviews, being sure we have a dedicated moderator for the Sibelius/Finale help desk and closing threads upon solving problems, opening up Major Works and opening up a streaming radio (in the process).

I've always been of the school that one large fantastic work is better than 50 crappy short works. However, for a young starting-out composer, the 50 short works is more useful because you can identify quickly where you need to improve. And, of course, large works take more skill to write which you probably don't have yet. But enough little works and eventually a big work will become possible for you!

If it was tea at all.. I'm sure it would be a terribly boring opera.

I'm not sure why people always hate the classics so much. I could sit and listen to Vivaldi for HOURS and never get bored. I guess I am just more easily pleased. ;) And, the same goes for the music I write.