To address Brian's comment, one might want to post in such a section (even if his performance is less than stellar), so that he can get some advice on how to make his performance better, and also become more comfortable with others hearing him perform. At the same time, those listening and critiquing are well aware that the performance has been posted in the Student section and therefore should not be held to the high standard of the regular performance section. In other words, those who would leave comments would be expected to BE NICE, and not say anything mean or too harsh.
Sign me up--I'd love to take advantage of the wisdom and experience of experienced organists. I'm new to organ music--and I'm performing in public every Sunday morning. (Small urban church, organist left--congregation singing a capella, I'd been setting music for the liturgy for years, could I help?)
I have posted a handful of files (http://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/user/1225); I haven't posted anything in the past three weeks because a comment was made here by someone who didn't want his postings tainted by being placed adjacent to the hack attempts of mere mortals. I don't know if he meant me specifically--but...let's just say it had a chilling effect.
I'm working hard at this--and I don't have a local teacher. I would dearly love to have a teaching section ("L'Academie Grand Orgue?"); I'd also dearly love to use the HW4 MIDI recorder capabilities to work with a teacher remotely.
That said--I can see how I'd benefit from such a section; I'm not sure who might willingly choose to listen to postings in such a section voluntarily, to provide that benefit. (In all honesty, some of us mortals are aspiring to become just "mere.") It's one thing to listen to a piece of music--it's something else to listen to it while thinking critically about how it will be played in front of a congregation of ordinary people (that is, not an auditioned choir). "Good job! Bravo!" is certainly encouraging--but "You're note-perfect, but you might consider pausing once or twice through that forty-bar piece to allow your congregation to breath..." would be far more constructive.