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I'm reading through all this and I must point out that this is kind of wrong. Not that he didn't have deep friendships with women, guess that's probably true (though it was definitely not a friend of his brother's wife*). What I wanted to state here is that many did find Beethoven attractive in his youth for certain manners he had and he did date various girls, including some "precious one" or "beloved one" whose identity is not really clear. Now, regarding your issue here, which I'm not sure if you see or not Mr @Churchcantor : the problem here ain't your sense of humour. I would say it's not really that you overextend on your personal life. The problem is that you do that in posts from people who are asking for feedback, criticism, or any other commentary relevant to the piece, WIP work, set of pieces, etc. that they are working on! Look man: In this post by one fellow old user of this very forum, which showcases ten preludes for piano that his user made, you replied: You know this part I marked in bold and cursive. That's outside of the feedback. Your feedback is: "Hey, these seem very nice! I will check them out. Already "liked" them, I can just tell from glancing at a few of them..." And then you, all of a sudden, proceed to talk about you, your piece, your friend, etc etc etc. That's uncalled for, as simply as that. But you kept going dude, what? Good man, this ain't a personal chat with you and a common friend of yours. Guy doesn't know Jackie, most likely. Guy doesn't know you either, and now for some reason whenever he turns on the PC and sees some notifications, instead of actual feedback you know what he will find? You, talking about yourself, about your friend that needs xyz, about oh wait is this some actual feedback? Ah welp, no it's not. You didn't listen to the preludes, but you already posted 3 messages there and 2 and a half of them are about you, and the other remaining half is split between saying that you didn't listen to the set of pieces & that you "liked" them. And finally, yet another message: Did the Henry guy ask you about you or your friend man? Or the original poster of the preludes? Do you realise you're still replying to a post that consists on an user posting 10 preludes and awaiting for feedback? Didn't you think about sending Henry a private message in regards of his confusion? Don't you see why he's "confused" at best? Cool dude. What if you, instead of going to someone else's post to talk about that, don't proceed to give us all that speech in your own post, with your own music? If I wanna talk about myself, look at what we got: If you feel that what you want to share of your life is too long for this "About Me" section, my best advice would be: host a web, make a blog, and let your friends know. This is not about trolling or not trolling, being funnier or less; It's not even about you yourself Churchcantor. It is about not spamming your life on someone else's posts when it's absolutely, completely, categorically and unequivocally uncalled for. You got me, right? Regards!

Once a spammer is identified, banning them is as easy as pressing a button.

It’s obvious the guy is trolling us. He thrives on attention. His music - intentionally or not - is trash. He repeatedly comments on his own posts to maintain maximum visibility. If that’s his game, don’t feed his energy. Ban if you must, but - dare i say - he will just make a new account.

Hello, glad to be here. I love listening to music. However, since I couldn't attend a music university or take lessons and didn't try to learn by myself, I couldn't learn music notation. Now, I feel how important it is to learn notation. Therefore, I want to ask how I can learn music notation. I want to learn it on my own while occasionally asking for help on this forum. First, I want to start with free resources, but my search returned too many websites and YouTube channels, leaving me totally confused about which one to choose. If you have some time, I would be so happy to receive your advice about how I can start to learn it and how to go to the next step. By the way, I would like to say that you all compose such good music. My hat is always off to you. Thank you. Best, Lithl.

It's like when you steal and get caught and then you tell the police, "just return it to the owner and it's fine!". Do you think it's proper when you don't bear consequence for posting all these irrelevant content as a harassment to the forum?

It is YOUR responsibility to keep your posts appropriate not ours. We are not paid moderators, and we do not have to babysit and police everything you do. ALL the other users on this forum understand this and are able to police themselves and use their own good judgment - but you do not, hence why we are considering banning you.

This is what you don't understand. This kind of sharing in this forum is inappropriate. We are currently voting whether to ban you from the forum. You do not understand basic personal boundaries. You are over-exposing yourself and the personal details of your life - things that nobody on the website should have to read through and care about if they are coming here to listen to music and get feedback on their music. The nature of your relationships irl are TOTALLY IRRELEVANT.

@Churchcantor I have received messages from members with the concern that you're not registering any boundaries. The Young Composer's Forum is a public forum but you're using it as a place to over-share details of your own personal life in a way that's not only off-topic but concerning to others. Another concern is that you're using it as a place not for interacting with others but only to talk about yourself and alienate others in the process without any insight or knowledge that you're doing so. Members feel sorry for you and are concerned about your mental state. Also, the following post has almost no bearing on the @SergeOfArniVillage 's original post and music and is very off-topic and inappropriate: How would you handle this if you were a staff member?

Jackie is just fine, but I feel like something fun, like good Classic Rock right now, to calm my nerves!

Hey, these seem very nice! I will check them out. Already "liked" them, I can just tell from glancing at a few of them...Yes, I'm worried about my best friend Jackie, wheezing/breathing problems, but she is probably ok; needs her Albuterol/Ventolin inhaler. I'll probably get some beer to help calm my nerves and listen; after all, my own music sounds better to me after a couple beers!😆(I sure don't want to hear my sonata again unless I know she's OK, it's about her! I had to listen so many times to edit, anyway, seeing that I can't even play piano.)