Where does one say hello?

[Speechless]

Hello! I have signed up for Pat Pattison's online songwriting course, 6 weeks starting on 1st March 2013. I am working through his book Writing Better Lyrics as pre-course reading and searching for something on the internet I came across this forum.

I notice that the list of members has been hidden and there seems to be no reception or off-topic area. How do we interact with each other? Or don't we? Are we allowed to talk with other forummers? I expect to be busy here while I am reading the book and doing the course, and maybe afterwards too if this proves to be a useful and/or friendly forum.

By the way, my name is Lester but you can call me Speechless or anything else you like. I find music to be the easy part of songwriting and am looking forward to opening my mind to being a better (and hopefully a not too clichéd) wordsmith.

[Paul]

It's pretty quiet round here- but you can introduce yourself on the general forum. Usually you get a better reaction by posting on the word of the day.

[Speechless]

Thanks Paul. Now I have posted a few times I can now see General Forum. It wasn't visible before I posted so it was not clear how to say hello. You might want to reconsider the post count required before it becomes visible.

[TwoTinDogs]

How many times do you have to post before you see a general Forum?