Posting Contest!!

[dirkji]

To get things going we are going to have a posting contest. He who has made the most posts by May 11 wins the contest.

Here are the prices:

1) First price: Band in a Box 2007 ($97.75 value)
2) Second price: 1 of the 3 Master Jazz Guitar Solos ($47.90 value)
3) Third price: The Jazz Theory Book or one of the other books available on the site (max $39.97 value)

All posts should be on topic and of a certain quality (as determined by me, simple one liners for example don't count). Posting content copied from another website and promoting other websites is not allowed.

Happy Posting!
Dirk

[jeanpatt]

I'd like to thank you Dirk for everything you do for the Jazz ! This forum is much better than the old one. And I always thought a decent forum was missing over here.

[dirkji]

Thanks Jean. I agree, this site needed a forum, but I always postponed adding one because forums can be a lot of work. Luckily they can be a lot of fun as well!

[jeanpatt]

Originally Posted by dirkji

Luckily they can be a lot of fun as well!

Hopefully it will be !

[the fez]

I too would like to extend my thanks and congratulations to Dirk for providing novices like myself easy and accessible jazz lessons. Even though I have been plaing guitar for two decades, I have only recently started "studying" jazz. The gazette has given me a wealth of info in very manageable forms. Greetings and salutations to all who are in, on or accidentally stumbling across this burning missive!! Thanks again, The Fez.

[aPAULo]

Your site has helped me soo much with my playing. There is so much information that its hard to start somewhere and not wander off to another topic! A forum was a great idea for the site and I like the setup of it. Im only 13 years old but I recently got into jazz guitar so your site is great.

[jeanpatt]

Originally Posted by aPAULo

[...]Im only 13 years old but I recently got into jazz guitar [...]

Well good luck with that...

[54ul]

cool, i just started playing jazz, and i started looking at the site. pretty nice. I wrote my first jazzyish song a few weeks ago.

[djibouti]

i love this place.
i've looked at the site before but i've never known that there was a forum until i got it in a newsletter someone sends out (is that you dirk?).
i love this forum and i hope a lot of good stuff will come out of it.

[dirkji]

Paulo - Sweet, I wish I started when I was 13, I think I was still playing with my toy cars at that age!

Djibouti - Yes, I send out the newsletter. For those that aren't subscribed yet, you can do that here: The Jazz Guitar Gazette

- Dirk

[aPAULo]

Hahaha. Toy cars....

Hey Dirk, is there an age limit for winning the posting contest? I hope not.

[dirkji]

No age limit, are you planning to win the contest? You're going great, second place at the moment.

- Dirk

[ES-175]

dirkji - I enjoyed the survey the other day regarding the best or our favorite jazz guitarist. Maybe later you could run one for the "must have" CDs for the ultimate jazz guitarist collection. What do you think? Here is a start...George Benson - This Is Jazz & Breezin'; Ron Affif - 52nd Street; Eddie Lang, Carl Kress, Dick McDonough et al - Pioneers of Jazz; Django Reinhardt - Jazz Masters 38; Emily Remler - Retrospective, Vol. 1 Standards; Pat Martino - Footprint; Wes Montgomery - Fingerpickin'; Jimmy Raney - Visits Paris, Vol. 1; Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd & Herb Ellis - Great Guitars; Barney Kessel - Easy Like, Vol. 1 & Poll Winners Exploring the Scene; Joe Beck - Polarity. Anyway, I really enjoy this site. Have a great day!

[dirkji]

Hi ES-175, good idea, a must-have cd thread, why don't you start one yourself?

Cheers,
Dirk

[ES-175]

How do I do that? This is all new to me.

[aPAULo]

Thats a great idea. You will probably want to put this thread under Everything Else forum. To make a thread, click on Everything Else first. Then go to New Thread on the left side above the topics. Then, make a title(for this one Must Have CDs) and then post what you want to say and click on Submit New Thread.

[dirkji]

Hi Guys,

Today is May 11, the end of the jazz guitar forum posting contest. Here are the winners:

1) First place goes to aPaulo, he made 179 posts. Congratulations Paul, you win Band in a Box. If you haven't used this software before: you will love it.
2) Second place goes to Mr. Beaumont, with 128 posts. Congrats, you win one of the 3 Master Jazz Guitar Solos multimedia guitar lessons.
3) Third place goes to Seanlow, with 116 posts. Congratulations Sean, you win The Jazz Theory Book.

I want to thank every user of the forum for making the forums such a success, in exactly 1 month, we got 1302 posts over 156 threads and 582 active members. Thanks a lot guys!

- Dirk

PS: For those of you who didn't win this time, another contest will follow soon.

[seanlowe]

Hooray, thankyou very much Dirk !

[aPAULo]

Thanks Dirk! I really haven't used BIAB before and thanks again. I really love this site!