Just a note about why I will no longer be posting my lessons on Harmony Central

Mark Wein

Grand Poobah
Staff member
I'm posting this here just to let you guys know that the powers-that-be at Harmony Central have asked me to stop posting my free lessons in the forums over there. I'll comply with their wishes so you'll have to check here if you want to see when the new lessons are posted....
 
For the record, this is the first I've heard of this. Did they say the whole of HC, or just specific forums? The Lesson Loft certainly is an appropriate place for it, and we even have threads for links to your lessons, as well as Gennation and Jon Finn's sites.
 
For the record, this is the first I've heard of this. Did they say the whole of HC, or just specific forums? The Lesson Loft certainly is an appropriate place for it, and we even have threads for links to your lessons, as well as Gennation and Jon Finn's sites.


Here is the PM I got last night:
Hey Mark - sorry to have to do this, but I can't let you post threads advertising your site anymore.

You have ads on your site, which means you are for-profit, and you posting threads directing traffic there is technically spam.

You can keep links in your signature, but please don't most any more "announcement" threads regarding your site.

I'm not going to name the person who sent it because I'm sure he's just doing what he was told to do by someone higher up the food chain and I don't want to get folks riled up at him.
 
I'm not hot on computers, never had a lesson, but I do have a domain through Bell, www.johnwatt.ca,
so I know a little about having a domain.
All this attitude about Harmony Central is entertaining,
but seeing this from Mark Wein, a cold and calculating content revision on their part, tells me more than words.

It's logical that the domain would only grow, evolve, expand, etc, etc, into internet infinity,
but it's not working that way. Now, I wonder why it's still on.
Wait a minute? How come Mark Wein's addresses takes me to his old and new domain,
but switches back and forth between the old and new forums intermittently?

This is almost as anguishing as playing right-handed, left-handed, and lefty "upside-down".
Do I always have to make decisions? Can't I just play with it?
And are Americans always going to have to apologize for and not recognize those "higher-ups",
even with something as "free" with "free content" like the interenet?

as always, John Watt
 
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Wow.

I can honestly tell you that I will no longer be supporting MF/GC because of this. You're a respectable and valuable contributor to that site, without guys like you, there wouldnt ever be any reason to go there. Not like I can actually hurt them at all by not purchasing from them but the principle is there. Sorry to hear this man.

The reasoning they give is complete and utter B.S. I agree 100 percent with janx on this one, theyre already losing members due to their own foolishness, you provide an educational and friendly alternative, and they dont want to lose any more. Pretty obvious to me.
 
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We should all start posting "Hey everyone, check out this great new lesson that Mark Wein is offering for free!" threads over there.
 
I can't do it with this system, but I'll post a link to Mark Wein's domain on my domain home page.
That will make me feel better, showing some semi-solidarity with him.

as always, John Watt
 
I'd imagine it stems from butthurt about them losing so many members to your site.

+1

Wow.

I can honestly tell you that I will no longer be supporting MF/GC because of this. You're a respectable and valuable contributor to that site, without guys like you, there wouldnt ever be any reason to go there. Not like I can actually hurt them at all by not purchasing from them but the principle is there. Sorry to hear this man.

+1
 
We should all start posting "Hey everyone, check out this great new lesson that Mark Wein is offering for free!" threads over there.

I was thinking precisely that as I was typing my post. This really gets me riled up. The guy is posting valuable lessons for FREE, people PAY for this stuff, and HC gives him a little slap in the face for it. Hell I've thought about putting the site in my sig over there and posting just to spread it around.
 
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