Chas, I always enjoy your posts, and have the greatest respect for you as a fellow musician and a fair minded person.

I'm not that insecure about my own talent (and sometimes too obvious limitations), to feel at odds with any of your posts, and I always found them well worded, and most of the time I had a good chuckle at some of the responses, some overly defensive, and some very well chosen and interesting replies.

They sometimes hit the occasional nerve, but, they were generally thought provoking, and to me, that is a good thing.

The older I get, the more I care less about musical competitiveness, whether it be in playing skills, the number of gigs played per year or month, and how much money being made, and I always had the belief that you felt much the same, and we both shared similar attitudes towards bullshit and phoniness.

So, don't count me as a non-admirer, I have heard enough of your music to admire your substantial playing skills, and read enough of your posts to know that you never mean anyone any harm or disrespect.

Just my 3 cents Canadian (2 cents American)


Ian