Jim, I don't know whether to say,'Your welcome' or how to take your part of the post, referencing my 'out of tune' line. I hope it wasn't taken offensively. I DO know, and appreciate the difference between traditional music purely done, and a 'purist'...however, the thread was about,'Where have the audiences gone?'. Like so many things out there, the pendulum swings as to what is popular and what is not. If one is going to stick to a strictly traditional program in their music, well, they better play it not just well, but extremely outstanding, that is if they want to attract an audience. My comment about the 'out of tune', is meant for those musicians, who come into the studio, and feel that using a digital tuner, is an 'insult' to their 'I've got perfect pitch' rap...when in actuality, they've just got used to hearing themselves out of tune for so long, that they think that that is the way their instrument is supposed to sound like..but in ensemble playing, somebody's always out, and of course, its never the one who couldn't stoop so low, as to use a tuner. Those are the same ones, who blame the audience(s), for Not appreciating 'good stuff'....Just thought I'd clarify that...for we all have run across those(or used to)....or you might be one, (I do not know), and perhaps needed a handy hint, found on the web...Hey, keep pickin'!