All At 'C' - Confused

So I joined a Zoom about the MORE form. It was mostly for Module 2, but I thought it never hurts to have another look and a reminder. Should have goaded me into action, but it hasn't.

Then there was the academic writing Zoom. Useful, but I'm still unconvinced about the use of exclusionary language. If I write about music using that vocabulary, anyone I know connected with music is likely to say "huh?" But hey, I don't make the rules. As I've said before, I just need a glossary. That way I can write in English and then swap out some of the vocabulary.

But enough of that. What's confusing me the most is the blasted website. Things I should be able to find are just not there. I search and follow links down blind alleys and...nothing. If I used a PC instead of a Mac would my entire experience be different? I rather think it would. Hours spent signing in. Leave loads of tabs open, as I may never again find the right pages. Just where the recorded Zoom calls are, I really couldn't say, I've never found them. Presumably they're on a page that won't open in Safari.

Fed up.

Yoohoo! Back In The Saddle.

Missed the first meeting of the new year. It was on Zoom, I was looking for Skype. Oh well.

So Zoom, then. I've spent days of my life during the last year on Zoom. Funny to see everyone sat watching, caught looking. We had a module 3 meet. I confess I didn't share what I was on about. I did speak up, but only in answer to something someone else said.

Quick explanation, I'm a musician. I've danced as a hobby, which means not all that's talked about goes over my head. I've studied different techniques and I even did Laban Notation, when I was at school, for my Modern Educational Dance exam. However, I am a musician. It's what I've done for over forty years. I'm the middle one in my family's three generations of musicians. A griot dynasty.

My inquiry is called 'What Is Soul?', with the subtext being 'and what is the language we use to describe it?' I am talking to various experts in different fields of the music business, from vocalists to sound engineers, to see if they have a definition and, if so, how they describe it. Analysis is, for me, the most difficult part of the whole task. What conclusions to draw, what those conclusions mean. There will be many hours staring at a blank page. Hopefully, it won't stay that way.

Sunday discussion. I know I saw the time, as I read the post. The page where the link was had a different time. I looked it up the night before, as logging in is such a palaver. So, at the time stated on the 'link' page I logged in. Nothing. After a few goes I waited. Then I went back and discovered it had already happened. I think it may have been for dancers above my pay grade, so probably for the best in the end! Funny how things work out.