Howdy Fred,

Great piece! I really like the contrasting lead-in with just the piano and occasional bass.

I had some problems with stuck notes for the acoustic bass, though, so I tried using the pizzicato strings, and that sounded really nice and "woody" (I'm using my Chaos soundfont bank), which I thought went particularly well.

Dare I ask? .... Have you worked this up with JABB or GPO? I might give it a try with GPO and see what that sounds like - the muted trumpet on my Chaos (while much better than my soundcard's FM sounds) doesn't do the part justice by a mile, I'm sure.

I'm sure this piece is powerful for you in more ways than one right now. Hang in there, guy, and know that lots of folks are praying for Patsy and you.

glr,
Sherry