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Right now we don't have a good way of identifying people who would help build a new community, so let's do this: if you are interested in helping to build this site, please either leave a comment or edit this post describing your level of interest (casual visitor, enthusiast, expert in this topic within the site's scope, something else?). I'll edit them into the post later.
The following people have expressed interest:
- FTR: I sing and play 8 instruments at various skill levels; my main instrument is piano, which I've been playing for almost literally my entire life. I compose my own music and write arrangements of songs as well. As the president of my college's music club, a position which involves arranging both my own music as well as others', coordinating practice sessions, and performing for my school. Needless to say, music is a large part of my life, and I'd be very active on a site like this. — DonielF
- I sing in a choir and used to lead a folk-music band. I have composed and arranged music in renaissance styles (my focus area) and collaborated on a book about 15th-century Italian dances. I play hammer dulcimer, but not more conventional instruments like piano and guitar. Within these sometimes-niche areas I would expect to be active. Outside of them I'd be more casual. If *songs* are on-topic (questions about existing songs, lyrics, etc), I could contribute specifically to folk music (along with medieval & renaissance). - Monica Cellio
- I casually play the piano and sing, but I don't think I'd be very active on that side of the site. On the other hand, I have music _playing_ pretty much all the time and I take an interest in analyzing the lyrics and such (looks like I've asked 15 such questions on Literature Stack so far), so I can be relatively active in asking those types of questions and maybe even answering them. - Mithical
- I'd love for codidact to have a music sub. I have participated in a similar initiative before. Not a big head myself but I enough to have used to play bass in a band with my friends ~50 gigs 2007-2012. — [8063♦ ](https://meta.codidact.com/users/8063)
- I have some expertise in south Indian classical music, known as Carnatic music. Though I am not a professional musician, I have gone through a few years of vocal training. Nowadays I listen to a lot more music than what I sing, so I'd call myself an enthusiast. I will gladly contribute content in the area of Indian classical music; contributing in other areas would definitely be difficult for me, though. — ‭[Abheri Ragam](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53516)
- I’m a hobbyist musician (drummer, choir member, occasional guitarist) who used to play/sing in various bands and in churches, and I’m also a music fan. I’d be a casual participant, assuming questions about gear/tech are on topic (e.g., strategies for switching to DANTE from traditional sound for home setup, pros/cons of various “dark” cymbals in certain venues, etc.). — [laserkittens (Dan)](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53441)
- Not a musician but I love to listen to songs. Would probably be a casual visitor with some questions about music across different cultures. — [Moshi](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53196)
- Not a musician, either, but a very active music listener and investigator of both history and trivia on many different styles. — [fedorqui](https://meta.codidact.com/users/8103)
- Even though I may be an electrical engineer by profession, I am a music hobbyist. I play piano and the trombone (tenor and bass). Currently, I am writing music for a video game I am developing. I have taken a course before in basic music theory that covered topics of basic chord types to scale modes to various cadence types at the end of a composition. With music composition, I utilize FL Studio as a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software and know a fair amount of audio waveforms and signal processing from software usage and my electrical engineering profession. I can answer questions basic music theory and the usage of DAWs. Since I'm developing music for my own video game, I may also be able to answer questions about copyright, fair use, and terms of agreements with how to utilize 3rd party resources. — KingDuken

Right now we don't have a good way of identifying people who would help build a new community, so let's do this: if you are interested in helping to build this site, please either leave a comment or edit this post describing your level of interest (casual visitor, enthusiast, expert in this topic within the site's scope, something else?). I'll edit them into the post later.
The following people have expressed interest:
- FTR: I sing and play 8 instruments at various skill levels; my main instrument is piano, which I've been playing for almost literally my entire life. I compose my own music and write arrangements of songs as well. As the president of my college's music club, a position which involves arranging both my own music as well as others', coordinating practice sessions, and performing for my school. Needless to say, music is a large part of my life, and I'd be very active on a site like this. — DonielF
- I sing in a choir and used to lead a folk-music band. I have composed and arranged music in renaissance styles (my focus area) and collaborated on a book about 15th-century Italian dances. I play hammer dulcimer, but not more conventional instruments like piano and guitar. Within these sometimes-niche areas I would expect to be active. Outside of them I'd be more casual. If *songs* are on-topic (questions about existing songs, lyrics, etc), I could contribute specifically to folk music (along with medieval & renaissance). - Monica Cellio
- I casually play the piano and sing, but I don't think I'd be very active on that side of the site. On the other hand, I have music _playing_ pretty much all the time and I take an interest in analyzing the lyrics and such (looks like I've asked 15 such questions on Literature Stack so far), so I can be relatively active in asking those types of questions and maybe even answering them. - Mithical
- I'd love for codidact to have a music sub. I have participated in a similar initiative before. Not a big head myself but I enough to have used to play bass in a band with my friends ~50 gigs 2007-2012. — [8063♦ ](https://meta.codidact.com/users/8063)
- I have some expertise in south Indian classical music, known as Carnatic music. Though I am not a professional musician, I have gone through a few years of vocal training. Nowadays I listen to a lot more music than what I sing, so I'd call myself an enthusiast. I will gladly contribute content in the area of Indian classical music; contributing in other areas would definitely be difficult for me, though. — ‭[Abheri Ragam](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53516)
- I’m a hobbyist musician (drummer, choir member, occasional guitarist) who used to play/sing in various bands and in churches, and I’m also a music fan. I’d be a casual participant, assuming questions about gear/tech are on topic (e.g., strategies for switching to DANTE from traditional sound for home setup, pros/cons of various “dark” cymbals in certain venues, etc.). — [laserkittens (Dan)](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53441)
- Not a musician but I love to listen to songs. Would probably be a casual visitor with some questions about music across different cultures. — [Moshi](https://meta.codidact.com/users/53196)
- Not a musician, either, but a very active music listener and investigator of both history and trivia on many different styles. — [fedorqui](https://meta.codidact.com/users/8103)
- Even though I may be an electrical engineer by profession, I am a music hobbyist. I play piano and the trombone (tenor and bass). Currently, I am writing music for a video game I am developing. I have taken a course before in basic music theory that covered topics of basic chord types to scale modes to various cadence types at the end of a composition. With music composition, I utilize FL Studio as a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software and know a fair amount of audio waveforms and signal processing from software usage and my electrical engineering profession. I can answer questions basic music theory and the usage of DAWs. Since I'm developing music for my own video game, I may also be able to answer questions about copyright, fair use, and terms of agreements with how to utilize 3rd party resources. — KingDuken
- I am a nearly lifelong player of piano (began at age 3) and other keyboards, also a MIDI module designer and builder (using Linux on various hardware), and sometime tremolo harmonica player for 20 years or so. Twelve years of classical piano as a child. Band leader, neoclassical rock/jazz fusion, since 2011. I'm quite interested in online society. I will be commenting, because I am absolutely positive we have to be careful here, we cannot lump all "music" in one site or we get chaos. - J.E.B. of Ponderworthy

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