As I have said, many times, there are others on this forum with chops greater than mine. It doesn't stop me from posting.

Do you honestly WANT this forum to stay the dumping ground for those with more concerns about whether the sliders on an arranger are in the wrong place (whatever THAT means) than to talk about making music...?

Because that's where it has gone. It's like a sports car forum where nobody DRIVES...

I'm sorry, but there are people round here who talk and talk, and then there are people who talk and PLAY. Without the playing part, what value is there in anyone's opinion..? I don't buy an arranger to drool over the specs. I buy it to make music. If I can't make good music with it, why should anyone listen to me. Or you. Or anyone here?

It's not how great I am.... it's how shy most others are....

Shy about their music. But they SURE aren't shy about how right they are, perpetually. And that facade is easy to maintain, as long as you keep refusing to demonstrate the PRACTICAL application of that opinion...

You see, anyone can hold an opinion around here. But sooner or later, with a deafening babel of voices, all shouting contrary opinion at each other, it gets stale. Without example, what worth is opinion?

Might as well talk politics