Some twenty years ago, when I did work for certain universities, I found myself having lunch with a group of music lecturers and an eminent visiting professor. This in itself was unusual for me, because anything to do with Music Technology was regarded in the same way as something which might have got stuck to your shoe - to be got rid of quickly.

The conversation, which was way out of my league, concerned Schenkerian Analysis of a student's composition. After listening politely for about ten minutes, the visiting professor said, "But was it a good tune?"

At the end of the day, isn't this what it's all about?

ROG.