Diki.....

I'd rather get NO responses than ones referring to pizza. Wouldn't you? This site was meant for musicians to relay musician-type messages to each other, and I'm assuming you're a professional musician. Yes, it's a "public forum"....but a public forum for music topics, or didn't you notice that? I would suggest those who want to clog up the boards with personal conversation start their own topics and don't interfere with us players who are focused on music issues.

As for your comment:

"NOT some kind of answering service for someone too lazy to perform their own Google searches. If we meander off topic after having posted some useful information, that is our right. If you want researchers to go out and do what you are too lazy to do yourself, go out and hire them..."

If you want to "meander off topic," that is your choice but it is NOT your right! And it is especially NOT your right to intrude on someone else's posting.

"perform their own Google searches?" I've been Google-ing Jerry Lee Lewis for months now. I've been telephoning music stores, distributors and publishing companies. I've been asking other musicians. I've been making inquiries wherever I could. I've been working off the few decent MIDI files I could find. Do you think I just upped and decided to let you members do my leg work? Learn the facts before you start making "lazy" comments.