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You offered respect Roy, no small gift. A word fitly spoken can be like a pebble tossed into a pond that doesn't make a big splash at the time but sends ripples out, slowly and smoothly and ends up when and where it does in it's own time. Life's greatest pleasures can be the ones that come back to us when we least expect it!

I'm seeing where it goes, I-Dan! Those are some killer themes, there. With the Flintstones theme, I'm wondering if it would be too sacriligeous to add some changes after the bridge, as it's a very short turnaround. Maybe keep dropping it down a step two more times= d -g c -f Bb -eb Ab -c# then F It still ends up in the same spot, and there's a kind of ooomphy natural movement from the c# if you played a quick c# - Eb - F and kind of "push" it back up. There might be room for a relative minor or two. Dunno, still messing with it.

Roy, I'm sure your intentions were in their best interests. I guess in the interest of 'Netiquette, it's advisable to honor a groups statement of purpose. Theirs is - "Anyone who is part of the Way International Biblical Research Ministry join!!!! This is a place for like-minded believers to talk about the Word or just to get in touch." I'm beating a dead donkey here, but it's clear what their purpose is. Like the vegetarian discussion, you probably had some good input. Cool. That group is set up for people that are part of the Way not those who aren't. Another group could be set up to discuss the pros and cons of the Way and any other issues and if they wanted to they could participate.

Yessuh, that's a nice bass! As a teenager I played with a guy who had a Hofner bass, moved from double bass in band to electric and got a Hofner - he got a nice all around sound out of it. Played with a pick for electric stuff usually, and the small open body like the Viola got a cool sound. KT is a good performer A la. Nice stuff, enjoyed what she did with the Jackson 5 tune. Nice pedals too. Tunes - cartoons. I'm working on a simple arrangment of the theme from the "Flintstones". It's a pretty snappy song as it turns out and has been done by a lot of different artists from Ray Brown to Pat Metheny. The music lends itself to a fast be-boppy kind of arrangement although there's some room for tweezing it a little here and there. The changes are simple with room to move - say - starts in Bb for the main verse then runs through a circle of 4ths for the bridge - D to G, C to F which resolves it to the 5th of Bb, and then back to Bb and the verse again. The music was written by Hoyt Curtin who also wrote other Hanna Barbera themes including The Jetsons. I read he knocked this one out in about an hour. Hanna and Barbera are credited for the lyrics I think. It's a cool little tune.

Epiphone Viola bass!