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Website Survey Results (Closed)

Here are the items people are missing at this site and some general comments they gave at the survey. I placed all comments here, only names have been removed.

Missing:

  • Current reviews of Mary's concerts
  • You know how amazon.com has a place where readers can post their reviews of books and music? It would be fun to have a place on this site where people can post their reviews of Mary's recordings (although I have no idea how much work it would be).
  • More photographs and mary's views
  • Once a month,a live chat or personal replies from the woman herself!!
  • Biography, you don't have to pry into her private life but a bit of info would be nice, for example that she has three children, that her parents were very musical (father violin, mother singer) etc.
  • I like to see reviews, even if they are repeticious of how wonderful Mary performs or records. I would also like Mary to participate. Just zap a few words. www.judycollins.com has a very interactive forum, but more importantly, Judy contributes and that is just one big plus.
  • Would like more video, if available
  • The ability to upload pictures of fans with Mary into a designated section for the purpose which would save time for Mark, and would allow us all to see pictures of one another with mary.
  • A little more input from Mary herself would be very welcome...I know this site is unofficial you have asked.
  • Maybe it would be nice to provide some personal background to mary - along the lines of the section in "A Woman's Voice"
  • The Mary Black bio
  • Sheet music, or chords for some of her songs - or links to where they can be found.
  • Not much... Maybe a chat room? Also, I would like mp3 files of her songs, but I realized that might be difficult.
  • More photographs
  • More fan letters
  • I have the Mary Black songbook - but I would like to get some of her traditional songs (from Collected) in sheet music form -preferably in the key of D. :)

General comments:

  • Great Mark! It works faster and easier than the previous version. Great layout in IE, Netscape and Opera 5.
  • This is a great site.
  • Thanks for maintaining it.
  • You ve done a wondeful job as usual.
  • I guess this could be difficult for you but how quickly do you get tour information? I'm sure you have good contacts with Mary and her crew but it would be great to know of dates as soon as, if not before, they are released generally. Does Mary ever view the site? Keep up the good work is all I can say.
  • Dear mark, your site is great, have been to maryblack.com and not nearly as good!! keep up the good work!!
  • I'd like to see more color involved in the typography. My friend said she'd like to find an easier way to get onto the member list. We both appreciate your work with this site.
  • Keep going on Mark, you are doing a splendid job!
  • You're doing a good job Mark..Keep it up
  • Thanks for creating this homepage. It is appreciated!
  • I really like the structure of the discography. It looks like you put quite a bit of time into reorganizing it. Great work!
  • Updates happen often, and in response to fans requests. I like the option to be informed of updates or not.
    I also appreciate the effort for balance in meeingt both fans requests, and respecting artists creative rights.
  • The updated sit is excellent. Use of the toolbar greatly improves the readability and the ease of navigation. Keep up the good work.
  • What about a section on old 45's (singles). I have several and would be willing to scan the covers and suply other information from the covers. Some have very nice covers of Mary.
  • Some of the options don t cooperate with my screen reader such as a few of the combo boxes, however apart from this, I think the structure is very good. The frames are clearly laid out and the site is very informative. Thanks.
  • I would like to see more color.
  • I love this site. I'm Irish, living in the US and via this site I can keep up with all things connected with Mary Black, concerts, cd s, news releases etc. Thank you for making this available.
  • I am very grateful for the information provided. it s a welcome source on news and information.
  • This is an excellent site. It is extremely well designed, logically aranged, informative, entertaining, and interesting. I think, Mark, you should be very proud of yourself.
  • Excellent site. Wish more fansites were as good as this one. Always up to date and as compete as can be expected from a non-official site. I think Mary should give you the www.maryblack.com domain and make this site official. And pay you for it ;o)
  • Keep up the good work
  • Thanks for keeping all the Mary fans updated. I rely on your site 120%.
  • Although I don't visit the site that often, I really like it. Especially the fact that I get the latest news. I'd say: keep up the good work.
  • I'm going to have to get used to the new layout/menu structure etc., but that's ok with me as long as the info is good - which it is! How about organising member meetings in different countries?
  • I really like the new look, and it's easier to find the info you want. I love the fact that you have all the song lyrics. Great work!
  • Just to congratulate you on a great site its good enough to called the official site i would be proud of this site if I was Mary Black. Well done and I'm glad I found it as there is very little official info available about Mary. Her record company obviously do not appriciate her enough otherwise they would have made an official site, but then we wouldn't have this one so maybe they should leave well alone.