It seems I've probably misjudged this particular community.
What I do:
Listen to music whilst working, studying, commuting, bathing, sleeping (with a sleep timer, of course), and eating.
What I don't do:
Write a review for every song I've heard.
I explained when I joined this community that my knowledge of song writing is poor. People seemed to disagree with me on that front. I made that point in the hope that although people may not like the fact that I have little to contribute, they might at least take some consolation in the fact that I contribute by means of other communication (not strictly in form of feedback) and sharing my music.
I think the biggest problem faced here is that the people of this community want to get their music heard. That's not what I want. I want people to hear my music. For instance, if I get angry at something, I listen to Ed Sheeran - Sofa. I listen to that song because it chills me out, and makes me calm. I'm 99% sure there is a better song out there for chilling me out, personally, myself, maybe not for everyone, but at least for me. There's a good chance that if I'm to find that song, I'm to find it here. This is a website full of song writers, and I'm looking for a song... It's like going to a butcher for some meat. Now, I'm not saying that my music will chill anyone out, or get someones adrenaline pumping, but if anyone at all could've taken any aid in my music in any form, be it comfort or energy, then that would mean it has done something positive. I don't really care if people write paragraphs of words about it, it's nice to have a compliment or some constructive feedback, sure, but the purpose of me uploading these two songs (and posting them together, for that matter), was certainly not to get feedback. I say that, in spite of the fact that I did ask for tips & hints on what to do better, on the grounds that it is a review board as opposed to a "sharing" board. I couldn't find one of those though, so I guess there's just nobody who actually wants to make music and listen to music, only people who are willing to listen to music in order to get their written music heard.
It's not so much about "joining in". This is the internet. The thing that got to me is the way that some moderator has immediately deleted my thread, and sent me a private message threatening to remove me from an online community on the grounds that I'm not contributing. The entire point of the internet is that you can be either a seed or a leech, that you can make or take content. And the beauty of an SMF forum hosted on a 5quidhost covered in google ads is that it is one of the few things which you simply cannot "remove someones membership" of. It's not the most technical of tasks to boot up a proxy and generate a new account, either. It's kinda like a Police Community Support Officer threatening to arrest you. They have the same authority as everyone else on the street, they just look a bit of a twat in a high vis jacket. It's almost as if someone was trying to make themselves feel more powerful than they actually were, I feel like I've been lied to about somebodies power in an attempt to make me scared. Meh, it really didn't play out at all.
All this, after I wasn't even aware that I was in the wrong. I thought this place was to share either music, opinion, or any combination of the two. In fact, I'm almost surprised that you'd create a forum called the song writer forum, if it's difficult to get listeners. Surely you'd create a forum called something like new music ideas, and target more of an audience of listeners, and add subforums for the song writers to discuss whatever they want.
I may stick about yet, not entirely sure. I've had an idea for a song writing game, though I think it's probably been done already. In spite of a strong feeling of hate towards a certain somebody, I still intend to browse anyway, to find what I was here for. The end result is probably in fact that if I do find what I'm here for, I probably won't provide any feedback to the composer.
