O.K. since it's the bar and not the arranger forum I'll comment.
Fran has always been very helpful and friendly to me, many times supplying midi files or styles that I couldn't or didn't find myself.
Scott has also always been ready to help anyone in any way possible.
I wouldn't hesitate to call either for help tonight and I know they would do the same.
It's NOT about honest criticism, it's about the unnecessarily rude way such criticism is conveyed. There was absolutely no reason for Taike to take the criticism to a personal level.
MAYBE most of this is intended to be good-natured teasing, but it's easy to go too far.
I won't comment on any of this any more. Like many others, I will simply pull back and not participate any more unless the discussions return to a higher level.
I must speak up because I feel that Scott is a good person, just as I feel that Fran is a good person and I would do the same for him as well if I felt he needed it.
DonM



[This message has been edited by DonM (edited 12-03-2006).]