If you’ve ever talked to me, or you’ve read any of my inane ramblings on the subject, you know that I’m about social connections when it comes to music. So, with that in mind, let me quote Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist in New York and someone with whom I’ve had some musical connections:

Josh’s band, The Four Fellas, are a far cry from the Rolling Stones, but given the choice, I’d prefer to see The Four Fellas play live every time.

Personal engagement does compensate for a lack of production values. But it’s not one over the other. Robert compares it to cable versus broadcast, and I guess that’s a reasonable way to describe it. Social media will co-exist with produced media, what the ultimate market share of each is a big open question, but I believe they are both important.

– Fred Wilson, Social Media Musings

The Square Pegs are a community of musicians who also happen to really, really like each other. We’re the same way over here at SPA.net. I think that many of you feel the same way: none of us would argue that any of the Pegs are the most talented and aweomse musicians to ever grace the Earth, but they’re all very good and, more importantly, we feel like we have a personal connection to them. That is what draws us to them, whether it’s staying after a show for an hour afterwards to talk about music and theology or whatever or if it’s reading their Weblogs and commenting and knowing that they read what you have to say and get to know who you are. For me, I know that this is why I value the Pegs and spend so much time helping to foster community around them.

How about you?