User talk:Steven Baker
Welcome!
Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at CZ:Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list (do join!) and the blog. Please also join the workgroup mailing list(s) that concern your particular interests. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forums is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any constable for help, too. Me, for instance! Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! Hayford Peirce 17:55, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Some ideas for contributions
Hei Steven, I saw that you already jumped in, but nonetheless welcome again aboard CZ. Hayford has already given you some hints as to how things work here in general, and I wish to add some more practical suggestions on what possibilities you have to contribute. For a start, I just took some of the keywords from the information you supplied upon registration, and display below the current state of related CZ articles (for icon documentation, see Template:Rpl/Doc):
Music [r]: The art of structuring time by combining sound and silence into rhythm, harmonies and melodies. [e]- Musicology [r]: The study of music. [e]
Pop music [r]: A music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and a conventional structure. [e]- Art music [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Music psychology [r]: The study of how, when, where and why people engage in music and dance. [e]
- Music perception [r]: The study of the neural mechanisms involved in people perceiving rhythms, melodies, harmonies and other musical features. [e]
- Jazz [r]: American-originated musical style, pioneered by black artists, and emphasizing improvisation. [e]
- Music syntax [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Violin [r]: An elegantly-shaped bowed stringed instrument, a bit shorter than the player's arm; the main staple of classical orchestras. [e]
- Guitar [r]: A stringed musical instrument consisting of three main types; the electric guitar, the classical guitar, and the acoustic guitar. [e]
In order to find articles dealing with similar topics, it's also worth looking at the Related Article subpages of such an article (or the [r]).
Furthermore, in case you are involved in homework assignments, please consider doing so via Eduzendium articles.
Finally, you can help future newcomers by giving your feedback on the above suggestions. To do so, please leave a note on my talk page.
Looking forward to fruitful collaborative editing, --Daniel Mietchen 20:44, 11 April 2010 (UTC)