Thank you all for not "beating up on me"... I REALLY want to learn, but as I said, after about an hour I get frustrated and just give up.

(FYI, I DID find a copy of "MIDI for Dummies" on Amazon, (Used: $7.26)... I just ordered it.)

I REALLY want to take my knowledge to the "next level", and now that I just retired from my day-gig, and have gone back to music full-time, I have even MORE motivation to continue that learning process.

I'm starting to get a pretty nice rotating set of gigs with just ME and the computer, and on a regular basis I get asked "What are you using?", and of course I point them to BiaB. Since I "think" like a jazz guitar player, my tracks are obviously infused with a lot the extensions/enhancements that I play when I'm gigging; i.e., Xb5#9, Xm11, etc. I spend time learning all of the new RT styles and instruments, and constantly look forward to the new releases which only enhance my 'vocabulary' with track-creation. (It's also obvious that I appear to be one of the few people in the Denver market doing what I'm doing, which has the added advantage of making it rather "unique", and people notice...)

By the way, PeterG, if you happen to read this, I can't thank you enough for all the hard work, creativity and obvious love of the product that goes into it. It shows...And it's appreciated.

So, as I say, thanks to you all for not "pouncing on me" for what I personally feel is my own "ignorance"--which I'm trying to rectify. As a "retirement-age" still-gigging jazz musician, I'm finally at that point that I always wanted to be: retired, not having to split my time with a day-gig, (which, admittedly was something I basically did to "support my 'music-habit'..."), and now free to pursue my music again full-time.

I still long for some kind of "Idiot's Guide to RealBand" from the folks who REALLY know how to use it...But in the meantime, I'll continue to try to dig it out as best I can.

(Side comment to "Notes" Norton: I always read your posts on the Yahoo Groups, and you always take the time to give great comments...I don't always agree with them, but I ALWAYS read them because you have valid things to say, and agree or not, they're worth reading...)

So there, I've finished going all "Kumbaya" on you guys...