That feature exists …
It may be useful to apply it.
In Learning Logs too perhaps.
@alexisduprey your use of the learning log is a good example of keeping a diary style write up mixed in with recordings and more.
We have always held out against those seeking nothing but attention and directing people to increase their view count and not engaging in the community.
The section is Record Yourself - Progress & Performance. We have explicitly pushed the former and encouraged feedback, advice, encouragement etc. We also do want the latter - if people have learned a skill, practiced and worked at a piece and want to share a ‘performance piece’ that is also an integral part of Record Yourself - Progress & Performance.
We want to strike the balance between how many topics are posted and how long and unwieldy a topic may become. Just one topic per person, could, in time, amount to hundreds of posts.
Also, in keeping with both parts of the ‘Progress’ and the ‘Performance’ aspects …
In general, most people will not have made learning progress in a few days but can do so in a month. And, anyone working on a performance piece will likely need to spend several weeks learning and practicing it to the point they believe it is ready to record and share. Hence the thought of one topic per month. Such a move would hopefully allow people to share recordings that do show meaningful progress (that can elicit useful encouragement and feedback) or meaningful performance (not something snatched at and half-learned).
If we have first post editing, it can be updated with some titles and links internal links to the post numbers containing any new uploads. Some people, of course, will only want to post one ‘song’ per month.
The software allows for long titles to topics which could contain artists’ names, song titles, and the month for example.
It is awareness of the extremely busy nature and how some people have been unable to keep up that has led to the moderators seeking to address ways of managing the flow.
That is part of the thinking, too much can be too much. Having to choose and make editorial choices on when, how, and how much will hopefully have a positive effect as you suggest.
Learning Logs are meant as someone’s own accumulated guitar story, built up over time (months / years). It can take the form of written updates, diaries of practice routines and items etc. It can include internal uploads of recordings and links to AVOYP recordings as and when they get posted. It is the sum total of someone’s learning.
That is a very important point. A raw beginner who has just learned three chords and is just about keeping a rhythm to a song requires different feedback to someone a couple of years in seeking advice on a more complicated piece.
Good points.
The topic titles could include at least one title / artist name.
Original songs are worthy of separate consideration and their own stand alone topics. Though again, if someone records an original, is it not fair to ask them to hold off posting other AVOYP in the same month? Or at most one original in its topic plus one other ‘catch-all’ in the same month?
Perhaps. Retrospectively moving such posts to Learning Logs could be done, in time.
), I used to feel the need to comment on all the other AVOYPs before sharing. I’ve given up on that, as it would take too long. I now try to keep up with those I already know, as well as the new names I recognise who have been interacting with other folks contributions (
