Sincere apologies, mousethief. I was only teasing, totally tongue-in-cheek. I love cats and mice equally, and wouldn't like to harm either species.

Michael K.

Intersting points about timing. I don't have time to elaborate now but I'll get back here tonight or tomorrow and tell you about a really interesting tv show called "What is Music" which investigated what makes some musicians play more artistically than others. One of the aspects was stretching the timing to relate to feeling. I know that that doesn't work when everyone in a band or session group are trying to play together, but when there is a soloist who is interpreting the music and the rest of the musicians are supporting that soloist's interpretation then it is a different story.

More later Helen