I have not been in the songs forum much in the last year or so because I've been busy with other software working on 3d content and animation green screen compositing and such. Lots to learn. I just completed my first video and went to the song forum to listen to others work and to post my own.
 
No worries I know how it used to work... you listen and comment for others and they do the same for you. It was a nice community. I'm sure it still is but it seems pretty quite in there now compared to the past.
 
Anyway my post is now 3 days old and it's still on the first page even though there are no comments. (it's ok that no one has commented the song is one I completed over a year ago and was reviewed back then. I just thought I would post the video as well and was surprised that things are so slow in there.
 
Anyway the Vid is on the youtube link in my sig if anyone is interested.
 
It just seems like with the new forums that the days of just visiting the Sonar forum and catching up on everything from soup to nuts are long gone.
 
Culture shock from being out of the scene around here too long. Or perhaps everyone is so busy with the new Sonar they don't have time anymore. LOL
 
Ok back to you regular programming.
 
 

Corrected now near the top.
 
Interesting Dad dancing

It's certainly not as busy there as in the past, although it does hot up now and again. Usual story, people posting but not commenting, with a small core of users commenting on most threads. T'was ever thus.

I'll work on my choreography LOL.
 
I know there was always a smaller group that lived (so to speak) in the songs forum. Just waxing nostalgic I guess.

Really great dad dancing,  no further work needed

I got fed up of the increasing selfishness that was becoming more and more prevelant a couple of years ago. That and the tactical responses and such by some to continually bump themselves to the top of the page. I stopped participating in any way because of that and I think others did too and some of the very best contributors have pretty much disappeared it seems, which is a shame for everybody as those were the very people we could all learn from. I actually took some time yesterday to re-visit and have a listen and comment on a few, first time in ages, to see if things had improved any and looking through it did seem to have improved a little bit from what I consider to have been the the lowest point............... and then right on cue cholly jolly guy turned up again ! ;)
 
Sigh........
 
 
Next week, I now fully expect the place to be full of assorted monkeys and people pretending not to be called Robby ;)

Participation has probably dropped off because I've just been unusually busy for the last month or so, particular early afternoons when I would typically listen and comment while at work.   
 
I really do need to get back into things over there though...  I always enjoyed the work of a few of the regulars.

Karyn's Got A Gun

IMHO, the Song forum should be more focused on new releases along with peer support no matter if no comment is posted for example, instead --- comments are posted on YouTube channel and/or FB.   Whereas the Technique forum, the description is self explanatory: [[ Discussion based around different techniques (production, engineering, scoring, songwriting, etc.), ]]  Therefore, ideal for sharing very useful information, or trouble shooting i.e. trying to improve instrumentation and/or mix.
 
This effectively gives us a clearer distinction that separates both forums and intended use with more focus on either technical issues or support.
 
 
 
 

SC,
 
Zactly for me. I do not consider the SF a place to expect comments on the technical aspects of any song I do the final mix/production etc. 
 
Not that I think I'm sliced bread. I absolutely know that I can always learn something if I'm open to it.
 
And so if comments are technical I pay attention but if I feel my mix is good enough for me I have to be swayed by more than one person saying the same thing to consider taking into consideration.
 
Why do I say this? Because I have a group of friends from these forums who will typically get a preview before I post (whether they are a participant in the song or not) and they will almost always provide feedback that gets me 90% *there*. 
 
Again, HUGE DISCLAIMER: I know my mixes are not consumer ready but I strive to get the most balanced mix I can.
 
I just feel the SF is more about performance and/or writing feedback. At least for me.