I'm still pissed off that my sweet guitar sound went crappy in the middle of a gig-gle and my mood went sour trying to figure out what was wrong... I needed a battery, and felt even stupider than usual. It was distorting in a most unappealing way...

My beef with the sampling and effects is pretty straight forward. I find that clutter is soon to gather, and that the 'sounds' are often more interesting than the music. Believe me, I've been there and I've done that. Quite finished with it... I am!

So long as the song is the focus, I can try to open up my mind to the electric digital sampling thing... But please, please don't make me listen to Afro-Celt Soundsystem...

I like acoustic resonance so much though... It took me so long to get here, I'm not going to give it up. ttr