Gerry V.

I have been a contented member of Music Banter for twelve years and I would like to correct some of the negative comments that have been posted here on sitejabber.
Firstly, Music Banter is free, so it shouldn't be accused of being a rip-off. Secondly, one reviewer complains of being banned for promoting his music, which is unfair to Music Banter; the site explicitly explains in its rules that it is NOT a site for self-promoting your own music. As the site name suggests, it's a site for people who'd like to chat about artists, albums, instruments etc. and it fulfills that function very well.
There are clearly deliniated threads for music, politics and other popular topics, although it's in the nature of things that these distinctions are often blurred over, just as they are when you are chatting with friends. And that would be my metaphor for Music Banter: a group of people talking about things they find interesting, but with the added bonus of quick access to a vast accumulation of album reviews, artist recommendations etc.
Traffic on Music Banter has been a little slow recently, but trust me, if you follow the normal kinds of forum rules and are not offensive, you will soon find yourself swapping opinions and recs in a friendly community of music enthusiasts. But yes, if you are looking for a site so that you can offer your own music to a wider audience, then you should look elsewhere to do that.