hi jim

Yes of course you are right....but the point I was trying to make was that I was almost a complete beginner at that time....tho a serious one certainly.

And as a beginner I was welcomed to the fold. Had I not been I could just have given up before I started.

I agree that you owe it to your audience to do the best you can....and there is no substitute for that.

Gary Player was once interviewed by a reporter who asked Gary if his reputation for being able to hole-out from bunkers was luck. His relpy was...."sure and do you know the more I practise the luckier I get".

Music is like that ....practice makes perfect.

Cheers

MikeL