John added tunes for hundreds of Australian songs to Mudcat, and gave technical advice in threads such as You Nominate Songs For On-Line Sheet Music . He experimented with systems to find ways of converting PDF Sheet Music to get more traditional music on line.

This thread, Tune Req: Iranian/Persian Folk Music shows his wider interest in all sorts of music.

John was also a very practical person, as evidenced here.. Buy a guitar case for your banjo..

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