84 Progressive music Mailing Lists part1
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This article is from the Progressive Music FAQ, by Phil Kime(Philip@kime.org.uk) with numerous contributions by others.
84 Progressive music Mailing Lists part1
A mailing list is a group of users with a special interest topic
that unites them via email. Any mail sent to the list address is
"exploded" by being sent to everyone on the subscription list. The
lists can reach up to hundreds or thousands of people with mutual
interests. Lists are generally available as normal (separate mail
for each post) or digest format.
Some lists are moderated: the moderator may request that a post
be edited or may refuse to post it if the content considered off
the topic of the list or possibly even offensive. This may sound
restrictive, but in reality there are few situations where post
content is censored or edited. One example is a list where discussion
of trading bootlegs is forbidden by the management of the site that
"owns" the mailing list. There is no guarantee of "free speech"
on computer networks as there also is the implicit assumption
that anything you email or post may be read by many people. Most
people are not very concerned about this, but public discussions
of potentially illegal actions such as trading tapes, bootlegs or
otherwise is at your own risk and should probably be undertaken
with some discretion. In theory, mailing lists can reach a lot of
people who have email but cannot get Internet news. Mailing lists
tend to have less usless posts and flames because of a smaller,
more focused audience.
For solo and related acts, discussions might take place on related
lists (for example, Fish might be discussed on the Marillion list,
and Brand X on the Genesis list, Bruford, Levin and Belew on the
King Crimson list, Bruford on the Yes list, in fact Bruford on
just about any list: there is a theory, "The Bruford Connectivity
Hypothesis", that Bill Bruford can be connected to anybody in the
music business by no more than two steps, where a step is defined as
"having worked with". There is a stronger hypothesis "The Special
Bruford Connectivity Hypothesis" that extends this by saying that
the connection can be made to anyone on the planet in no more than
three steps. Ergo, Bill Bruford is the social epicentre of the
human race. Quite frightening really.
Most mailing lists have a "-request" or administrative address for
subscriptions and unsubscriptions. Save the introduction to any
list to which you subscribe or keep track of the administration
address when you want to unsubscribe. Many people post subscribe
and unsubscribe messages to the list mailer addresses, unwittingly
sending them to up to hundreds of other subscribers. Some list
administrators do not regularly read the mailing list posts or
have automated the subscription process, so use the administration
address for the appropriate requests. Listserv or Bitnet mailing
lists typically have a listserv@ address you should use instead of a
"-request" format address. Some of the smaller, digested lists use
no administrative address and all mail is sent to one address.
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Please Note
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There is no guarantee that these addresses are correct. What you see
below is, to the best of my knowledge, the most recent address of
the mailing list. If the address is incorrect, please let me know.
If you are a moderator of a prog mailing list, please contact me
with updates if and when your address changes.
::Artist::
Progmaestros mailing list
::Admin Address::
progmaestros-request@arastar.com
::Moderator Address::
progmaestros-request@arastar.com
::Comments::
This daily digest was developed as a result of the interest in Dream
Theater by musicians subscribed to the Ytsejam digest. Our goal
is to network the musicians across the world who are interested
in Progressive rock and metal music. We believe by doing this we
can share ideas, experiences and plans for our individual efforts
and thereby make it more accessible to a mainstream audience.
This music deserves to be heard by more people AND better promoted by
the industry. We hope that through our collective efforts this will
eventually happen. THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS!
The progmaestros mailing list can be joined by doing the following:
Send the following e-mail to progmaestros-request@arastar.com
Subject should be "asdf". Text should read exactly:
subscribe progmaestros firstname lastname
(replace the names with your own.) You will be added automatically!
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