Mac: Thanks, I somehow stumbled upon slash chords to get that moving bass. I enjoy all your answers to all the various threads. I often find myself saying ... "What did Mac say about that?" and go searching. Thanks for your ongoing contributions.

Luvs3rds: Soundclick is great for putting songs up so that folks can listen and download. You can put unlimited songs up there and it's free (if you can live with 128kbs quality). I'm doing the www.rpmchallenge.com thing this year again and 10/12 songs on the CD will be predominately BIAB backings with vocals and guitar added. I won't drown this board with all the tunes, but I'll post a hardcore country song, a blues song and a rockish song up when they are done.

Sundance : Bluegrass picking is fun -- when it's done right! I have a few Steve Kaufman books/CDs, but I am too lazy to get really good at it. Bluegrass is technically challenging -- wild scale pattern runs while keeping the melody in mind, all at a breakneck speed. I need to practice (LOL!).

Keith: Thanks for the kind words. It's fun -- even though this one is a little "slow" for fast bluegrass!

Mario: Thanks for stopping by and listening. I am definitely enjoying BIAB and Realtracks.

Ian: Good idea on the volume levels. I can split those files, drop the section during the verse by a couple of db's and voila! Yes, it it all RT's except for my one short guitar break. The RT guitar solo sounded better than me, but I wanted to be a part of the fun, even if the music suffered (ha, ha).

Danny: Percussion is as much a part of bluegrass as anything else: foot stomps, hand claps, knee slaps, sticks/spoons, washboards... No reason for drums not to be in there! I think that the "tradition" of no drums is misguided, but I don't get to make the rules -- except on my stuff!

Thanks to all for listening and commenting.

Kevin

Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud