Thanks for the feedback and for the sympathy. I haven't really got round to doing anything for the past couple of days but I would still estimate (my own "internal" target)that I will have a more complete version with search facilites up and possibly a means of uploading MIDIs (new territory to me)running by the end of Sunday night.

The biggest problem I am having is making my mind up as to what I want the system to do and how I want it to look... It may sound daft but that part can be much harder than the programming itself.

Noreen, I have no specific area of focus in mind. Re Ireland, I had toyed with the idea of getting over there this February, not for singing but for the Balyvaughan Fetival which atrracts a number of people I know from Bangor but I have a brother who is getting married and possibly moving to Australia that month... I'll have to see what the year brings.

Jon