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Bill, ya got my bright, sunny Thanksgiving morning started off with a great laugh! I'm still laughing! Thank YOU! As far as your concern, I'll be sure to check my kitties with the magnetometer once I get one, per Frank's terrific suggestion. Then again, a little animal magnetism can be a lovely thing. I don't dare check myself... I'd fear a "zero" reading. Rick, I feel your pain! That shredded tape discovery must've been a bad moment, saved only by the fact those were the tapes you were replacing, not the NEW ones! Actually, my cats don't get into my studio. Don't need the flying fur, the buttons pushed on the board that I can't find for all too long, or the distraction of wanting to pat 'em all the time! I DID get valuable HELP once, tho', pre-"Kittie-Ban," from a sweet little Calico I had some years ago. She'd sleep on top of a Kurzweil keyboard while I worked, under a nearby light. No controls there, and she was never in the way. I was doing a score for a spooky ghost story book-on-tape, and my plan was, at one point, to play a squeaky, creepy kinda "Psycho" random string sting over a deep bass string movement. I was doing it "live" to the voice recording, and just as the moment approached, little Ganymede got up to stretch, turning in a full circle before she laid down again. The lower half of her "circle" fell right on the upper keyboard, JUST as I was to play the high squeaky notes! It could have been CATastrophic, but she "squeaked" as well as I would've! I kept on playing to the end of the cue, and with MIDI, I only removed the last note she'd played, the only one that didn't work purrfectly! I gave her proper credit as co-writer. My first cat LOVED my Mini-Moog. He'd lie on the keys, his elbows on the lowest notes... he'd move and the note would change... I think he thought it was the Mother Ship, purring. I'd let him go... keep the volume low. It was all good. Both true stories. HAPPY TURKEY (and cats!) to you all! Cheers! Berington n Productions / V.C.MusiCorp / BEATUNES Beatles Tribute VCMusiCorp1@yahoo.com (626) 458-4474 Home/Office www.myspace.com/berington www.facebook.com/berington www.myspace.com/VCMusiCorpScoring |