I have to say I ws a little bit surprised by some comments about english music vs the eastern one or music before 1918 vs music of the 20th century, one reason I like music so much is because it doesn't know any physical or time borders : Gesualdo is a modern composer harmonically speaking and George Lloyd is among the most romantic ones.
Regarding music sharing, I would say that a couple years ago I didn't own any LP's : I bought them recently and it costs a lot of money, it takes also a lot of time to digitize and clean them up, not to mention the uploading and posting work.
To be constructive I would say that the forum is probably the only one to offer so much hard to find music by neglected composers, of course a large part of the material posted here is not memorable (no matter it's from 19th or 20th century) but this overwhelming amount of music changes our way of listening : it's now possible to be aware of this endless network of composers, some sharing strange similarities with others while separated by time or space (Gomshiksula and VW), some others forming a group or a school influencing each other and generating new forms consciously or not, it's like an organic development and an overview of the evolution of the composing process all around the world that only the internet and a forum like this one can offer.
I may resume uploading upon a decision of the admninistrators regarding the direction they want for this website.
Regarding music sharing, I would say that a couple years ago I didn't own any LP's : I bought them recently and it costs a lot of money, it takes also a lot of time to digitize and clean them up, not to mention the uploading and posting work.
To be constructive I would say that the forum is probably the only one to offer so much hard to find music by neglected composers, of course a large part of the material posted here is not memorable (no matter it's from 19th or 20th century) but this overwhelming amount of music changes our way of listening : it's now possible to be aware of this endless network of composers, some sharing strange similarities with others while separated by time or space (Gomshiksula and VW), some others forming a group or a school influencing each other and generating new forms consciously or not, it's like an organic development and an overview of the evolution of the composing process all around the world that only the internet and a forum like this one can offer.
I may resume uploading upon a decision of the admninistrators regarding the direction they want for this website.