My Online Community

The online community I have chosen to join is a forum based community attached to the John Butler Trio official homepage. The purpose of the community is not to make money, rather to bring fans of the John Butler Trio together to discuss everything from the band themselves to a smorgasbord of musical, political and environmental issues.

As well as being highly gifted and accomplished musicians, the John Butler Trio are also extremely vocal about many political and environmental issues. The band use the online community to extend the messages behind their music and it is the discussion of music and such important issues which draws like minded people from around the world to join the community. Fans can keep up to date with whats happening with the band, swap stories and discuss issues which are of interest or importance to them.

The community is divided up into several areas and based on observation is seems that members predominately contribute to their own areas of interest, for instance I found the technical forums such as the jam room of particular interest and participated in as it covered topics related to music and tech issues such as pedals, tuning, amps etc. whereas other members took active roles in promoting political and environmental issues in the ‘Mother Earth’ forums.

To visit the community click HERE!

Click Here to see my very first post to an online community EVER! (It's not much but it's a start).