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The allaboutjazz boards haven't been working for me yesterday or today. Some of the links have been removed.

And now, linkdin rears its head.

There's some good folks over there.

Yes, it was a good place for musicians/music theory. I'm not sure if that's another "niche" that our hosts want to pursue.

The thing about AAJ that has always bugged me [which I like as a terrific platform overall BTW] is that you'll never read a review for a new release that's anything but totally upbeat, complementary, and positive.....I mean NEVER.

I've stopped reading them quite a while ago, since I can't consider what they put up a trusted source.
Seriously, I've compared my own take on a more than a few that I've listened to and can't fathom some of the takes I've read.

BeBop wrote:Yes, it was a good place for musicians/music theory.

That's something I checked out every day. If the AAJ forums are gone, so is a lot of interesting nuts and bolts music discussion.

Sad.

Yes, the "reviews" were worthless. AAJ forums were really an advertising platform with discussion opportunities attached. Keeping that in mind and "don't believe the hype", it was a nice place to learn.

Well, it sounds like it's temporary: http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=105682

Interesting (kind of) that this mainly commercial site (AAJ) is soliciting donations, while our non-commercial hosts here refused them. (I think that's a correct characterization of the forum genesis under Scott.)

Well, then, I'll says "thanks" to Justin too.

If you (Scott, Ron, Justin) ever need help with the website/forum, feel free to hit me up (other than the next three months or so, while I'm up to my elbows in really unbelievably ugly sh*t).