From time to time, we will include posts which do not offer news or specific information, but instead feature commentary or opinion on a topic related to the theme of The Bluegrass Blog: bluegrass music, artists, events and fans – or the music business that supports us all.

These Viewpoint posts will often be written by the blogs primary authors (Brance Gillihan or John Lawless) and we will publish opinion pieces from outside contributors as well when we find them to be timely, well-written and relevant to the purpose of The Bluegrass Blog. To clearly mark these posts as commentary, they will always include the Viewpoint icon graphic at the beginning of the post, and all the various Viewpoint items will be saved in a separate category in our archives. These posts will not always reflect the views of The Bluegrass Blog, and we will note our differences when they are applicable.

Viewpoint posts will be the only items published on The Bluegrass Blog which will allow for comments from our readers. You must be a registered user in order to comment, and all comments will be moderated before publication. Anonymous comments will not be allowed – your full name will be displayed with your comment – and abuse of this format will not be tolerated. This Viewpoint comments forum is meant to foster serious discussion when opinion pieces are presented and is not meant as a bulletin board soapbox or an opportunity for personal crusades, vendettas or grievances.

A link to read and/or add comments will be found at the bottom of each Viewpoint post. Simply click it to view the individual Viewpoint post, any comments that have been added and a form to submit a comment if you wish. Again, you must be both registered and logged in to post a comment but registration is not required to view them.

Registration is quite simple, and can be accomplished here. Once you are registered, you can log in here.