It is indeed early. It was either get up or lay there listening to my wife snore. It's so peaceful and quiet early in the morning and since my studio is on the opposite side of the house and pretty much soundproof, I can go down there and practice, meditate, watch porn, read some of Diki's novels...oops, I meant posts, or whatever. I love the early morning period.

As to your suggestion, yeah, I do that a lot with my guitarist and drummer (mostly at rehearsals). The drummer doesn't mind but Steve, my guitarist, doesn't really like anyone posting him on the internet. I'm not sure how that musical form would be accepted here though, as very little, if any, jazz/funk/fusion type stuff is ever posted here. BTW, my guitarist laughs his head off at my attempts to emulate jazz guitar on the keyboard (especially 'comping'). One day I'll get Capt. Russ to show me how to phrase like a real guitarist. Oh, and yes, I DO have probably every Jimmy Smith album. Being and old man and from the Philadelphia area, I knew most of the old organmeisters personally (McDuff, Grove Holmes, Don Patterson, McGriff, Papa John Defrancesco (Joey's dad), Johnny 'Hammond' Smith, et al.) from that era.

My usual recording method is to turn on the drum machine and play something through with the organ, leaving openings to overdub other solo voices. I never go back and 'fix' anything or use effects and never go beyond just a 'rough mix'.

Thanks for the compliment, though. Wish I could play the way I could 20-30 years ago. As Gary says, old age ain't for wimps.

chas