Hi, Mrrzy. Thanks for the link. I enjoyed the five-minute show.

I can't recall when I first started using MIDI. About 1990, perhaps. I have a MIDI controller and Noteworthy Composer, and I use it to download and edit early music and Celtic music for my friends. I also use it to produce music that I play on piano.

For us, MIDI music is a half-way point. I listen to it on the computer, edit it to suit, and then we play the printed music on acoustic instruments.

Without MIDI, I would have much less music and fewer friends.

Last Sunday (Mother's Day) only three friends showed up for music. Our only harpist can hardly read music. She sat at the harp and began playing 'Southwind' from memory. I stepped to the PC, brought up JC's Tune Finder, found and printed 'Southwind' and in a few minutes we were all playing it together.