First of all, welcome agent irrational! I hope you'll find the messageboard stimulating and will want to post here.
As a new-ish member, it took me a while to work up the courage to join in. But everyone here has been very welcoming, and not just on the welcome thread.
In fact, I can see this messageboard becoming a dangerous addiction. I recommend staying well away from it!
Just wanted to say quite how welcome your contributions are, strinasacchi, I certainly always read them (relatively few so far, but hopefully many more to come!) with great interest.
I think one can fairly say that the contributors to this messageboard bring a level of expertise on certain subjects (particularly to do with the more radical wings of contemporary music) that is unprecedented on any on comparable board. That said, it would be great to have more people with highly extensive experience and expertise on other areas - we have some, but need more! It would be great to know more drawing upon your own experiences in all respects, strinasacchi, also if you could encourage other friends colleagues to contribute!