Happy new year all:-)

Thanks for enlightening me Rumncoke. Like I said earlier I could well have got the wrong end of the stick and, once again, apologies for misinterpreting your intentions. I still stand by my argument though. Even though it may not have been you saying it in this instance, I will always disagree with anyone saying that music should just be allowed to be changed and 'improved' regardless. More often than not changes to the composers intentions add nothing. Look at this thread as an example. I interpreted your words to mean something different and it seems to have attracted a whole host of unsavoury posting for what appears to be no apparant reason. What if I would have misinterpreted one of your pieces of composed music in the same way? It would certainly have become worse than the original!

And I hope I take the term 'average man' in the context I believe it was intended and treat it as the compliment it seems to be. Much as I would also prefer to be naive than manipulative:-) BTW - is it white or dark rum? I love the dark navy rum myself and had more than a couple of glasses of 'Pussers' last night.

Melissa. I did say I may not be courteous next time but what the heck, It is a new year and a time for forgiveness and all that. If you feel offended or slighted in anyway by me feel free to PM me. But if you have nothing possitive to add to the thread then just don't post to it. Easy.

Cheers

Dave