maren

Thanks for the SHRDLU story, Alan. The Mad Magazine reference reminds me of travelling in Eastern Europe in my twenties and seeing signs for "Potrzebie" -- which reminds me that you called "r" a vowel, which I guess it kind of is in Poland and S(e)rbia -- remember the journalist Art Srb?

You know, oddly enough I think that FOR THE MOMENT, having all the forums (fora) might feel a little empty -- big empty house with lots of rooms -- like everybody's a little shell-shocked and feels like warming themselves and drying out around the fireplace in the little cabin called "BlueNote in the House" over at AAJ! Hopefully, we'll achieve some critical mass here soon. Maybe AAJ won't really get their forums organized fast enough and the frustration of scrolling down one long list will propel exBNBBers here. On the other hand, for me, the brand-new "musicians" forum was very inviting because it was so private -- and thanks again for the great tip, B3-er. OH - I just saw Jazzmoose saying "we landed there first" which was also kind of my point -- VERY COOL feature of this board software! -- you can monitor a new message posted after you started writing but before posting yours! P.S. -- Mark, what was your deleted post about? Also, can anyone tell me if there's a way to re-size these text lines so they don't run off the end of my screen? Thanks.

thanks Jimmy -- that BT series sounds like exactly what I need. Listening to Jimmy Smith is what has gotten me on this kick in the first place, of course! And then I recently heard cuts by Richard "Groove" Holmes on the radio (WBGO, Newark) -- really grabbed me.

B3-er: Any instructional books, tapes you would recommend to one (me) who has played the piano for years but is entirely new to Hammond B3? (I play a real pipe organ for church many years ago in high school, and Farfisa a bit in a rock band back then). Thanks -- any advice will be much appreciated -- don't worry, I don't think I'll pose much competition!

B3-er, congratulations! Great job -- I'm impressed and inspired by how quickly you got this going! Best wishes, maren