Rather than focus on any single narrow field, why not add Q&A sections. Start with one section (like "how do I play song x?") and gradually add others ("equip

Rather than focus on any single narrow field, why not add Q&A sections. Start with one section (like "how do I play song x?") and gradually add others ("equipment tuning", "computer generated music", "business questions", "technical stuff for narrow audience x" etc.) With 400k users, you have the community to turn this into a Stack Overflow for musicians. http://stackexchange.com/about http://stackexchange.com/about http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/16.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/16.html [the idea] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html [v1.0] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2011/01/24.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2011/01/24.html [traction] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange_Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange_Network Also check out how Philip Greenspun's old photography community presents itself to advertisers: http://photo.net/info/about-us http://photo.net/info/about-us