yeah man i see your point totally. i too am getting peeved with it, especially as i have to admin the whole thing! :lol:

but the way i see the situation here is the problem is, whether we like it or not, different music has different characters and having the seperation does actually stop the board descending into chaos. i remember every single time i made a new forum in the early days, it was for a reason and that reason was to stop arguments.

i know the comminuty is alot stronger now that it was back then, but i can't help feeling that merging everything back into one would be a bad idea indeed!

i think though you have a MASSIVE point and we do need to sort this out. already, i've merged about 12 of the forum down into about 4 with the help of everyone in the general section and i'll try and think of ways to do this with the main music forums. perhaps a better focus would help - hmm i have some ideas but will may take a few months to sort it.

anyway, points taken totally on board here. if anyone else has anything to say, it's massively appreciated. :)