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Introducing the [andrewosenga.net] Forum

If you’ve hung around this place or Andy’s blog for long, it means you’re probably into one or both of these things: information and discussion. Andy’s blog has long been the focal point for learning what Andy’s thinking and discussing it with him. And we don’t want to take anything away from the blog. It’s a thing of beauty. However, as a recent post with over 70 comments at the time of this writing illustrates, comments on a blog are not necessarily the easiest way to conduct a longer, interactive discussion.

As the AndrewOsenga.com community has grown, it seems like we’re at a point where we could sustain some sort of other discussion area. As such, we are proud to introduce the [andrewosenga.net] Forum. We hope this can be a place that the AndrewOsenga.com community can carry on discussions about Andy’s music, concerts and projects, topics that Andy brings up in blog posts, or heck, pretty much anything else you all feel like discussing.

So please, head on over to andrewosenga.net/forum/, sign up for an account, and let’s continue the discussion.

Q & A for those still reading this post:

• Q: Who is running this thing?
• A: Geof Morris is the brains behind this thing. Your other ao.net conspirators Chris Hubbs and Tony Kevin will be helping moderate for now.
• Q: Won’t this draw traffic away from Andy’s blog?
• A: We certainly hope not, and we don’t think so. We believe Andy will only be helped by a site that will build his fan community, and we think this forum will do just that.
• Q: Don’t we already have something like this at rocksmyfaceoff.net/forum/?
• A: Yes, there’s a healthy community interacting every day over at RMFO. Heck, two of the three of us behind this forum are usually involved over there. However, we have recognized that the community that has formed around Andy at his blog doesn’t overlap much with the RMFO community. Therefore, we think this is a good opportunity to help cement a new community focused on Andy and his music.

If you’ve got more questions, feel free to post them in the comments here. Better yet, go post them on the forum!

Song Vault update – Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1

For those of you who are looking for lyrics from Andy’s new EP, you can find them in the updated Song Vault. There’s some great lyrical content in Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1, and you can find it here.

Insert News Here

It was apparent to me even as I started cranking up [andrewosenga.net] that providing any real “insider” content will be difficult, in the greatest part because Andy himself is such a prodigious blogger; does it really count as “inside” information when he’s already written about it himself?

What I don’t want [andrewosenga.net] to become is a rehash of the news already on Andy’s blog. What I would like to see is more fan-supplied content; if you’ve got pictures from an AO concert that are worth sharing, let’s share them here. Maybe you’ve got a review of a concert or some other media mention. Maybe you’ve got other thoughts inspired by something AO writes on his blog. Whatever you’ve got that you think might be interesting, send it my way: chris.hubbs@gmail.com.

What other ideas do you have for this site? Please leave your comments.

Introducing [andrewosenga.net]

Welcome to [andrewosenga.net]! We’re pleased to launch this site full of all things Osenga. Here you’ll find lyrics and info for all of Andy’s songs and albums. Feel free to leave comments and questions!