Kevin & Silvertones. I've come to realize that you guys are right. I have to change from what I've been doing to gain more flexibility. I can use my netbook even with Win 7 Basic. It's just missing Windows Media Center and I don't care about that anyway. Before I put the songs on the Tascam, we practiced from file lists on the desktop anyway. The netbook has a built in mouse pad so I won't have to bring a mouse on the gigs although I do have a little wireless mouse to use. I'm not sure which pgm I'll use for playlists. I think a saw a free one on Cnet yesterday called Aimp? I don't want anything fancy that looks for album art, etc. I may just put the current program on the desktop screen and work from there. At least I don't have to spend anymore money.

Kevin: I know what you mean about using the backups and lack of flexibility. I would rather play with live musicians, but it's so hard to get everyone together to rehearse since they all have the work and families. At least we can be ready and prepared using the canned stuff. Now we are off the church to play a couple of tunes. Thanks for everybody's help.

Stan

Cornet Curmudgeon