Yeah, Leadfingers,

I never could go back too often to sessions with tunes played that fast, and the attitude "if you can't keep up - piss off!".

When I had been learning the piano a couple of years, I tried to impress my father - who was a good violinist and was second lead in a symphony orchestra in the 1920's when he was less than 18 - sat me down quietly and said "any fool can play loud and fast - it takes real skill to play soft and quiet" and then demonstrated to me just how SLOW he could draw the bow across the strings while making a wonderful unwavering, totally controlled sound.

Affected my attitude to music for the last 45 years.... :-)

Robin