Thanks all!

I knew I'd seen somewhere on the site where this list of videos appeared, but my clunky mind wouldn't lead me back to it! Thank you for the post.

I think I had a 'vent' evening there. I knew after I'd got up the next morning that I must have needed some extra sleep or something. I'd like everyone here to know that this is unfortunately my style -- I don't mean anything personal and I think PG is a good company with good products -- I certainly wouldn't spend the time here that I do unless I was sure that BiaB was going to be a big hit with my little group here.

I do not want anyone to think I'm using this as an excuse but I would ask that my forum bud's here please take into consideration that I have a disability that does affect my thinking (and even my moods from time to time). I have a tendency to blurt before thinking -- family and friends can attest, I'm sure and I think God for their patience as well. Unfortunately for me (and you), I can type really fast and sometimes before the 'reasonable' side of my brain tells me to slow down and reconsider things ... by then it's too late and I've pushed 'Send' or completely forgot what I was typing 20 minutes ago.

I think BiaB is a fabulous product and I've had good success with PG and the forum. People here have a tremendous amount of patience -- especially with me. In fact, if it hadn't been for this forum, I'd likely be months behind in the 'curve' right now. By the way, for a newbie (and I've just only recently learned what that term meant), I sometimes can't understand what I'm reading because I'm new to the MIDI thing and clearly, most of you are expert here. That 'MIDI' thing is still pretty foreign to me.

I've just got to get others in my ensemble to take on some of the load so we can communicate with each other on the same level. I'm speaking BiaB 'ease' these days and my buddies haven't a clue where I'm coming from -- all of us old people here and it's not easy changing attitudes towards ANY technology, let alone something that will impact the very music they're playing. I have been interested in using BiaB since I first learned of it, unfortunately for me, all but one of my mates don't have the same inclination.

Unless I'm willing to take on the full load (learn everything myself and finance the whole thing to boot), I'll probably have negativity amongst the group until I can show them what it can do for us. We're a group of four (perhaps 5 or 6 later) and every one of us played pro at one time or another. In fact, we're pretty fortunate; One guy played routinely in Woody Herman's band and another in Bing Cosby's when he toured parts of South America. Problem is, back in those days, anything more than a toilet plunger was high-tech! Today I'm faced with knowing for myself what the PG stuff could do for us, but obviously I'm up against a few brick walls right now.

Thanks friends! Any help is appreciated.

Ike