I finally did it. After seeing Scott's at the Florida Jam this spring , I knew I had to have one. For anyone interested , Music 123 has some great option packages.
http://www.music123.com/Sheet-Music-Viewers-d6158.music

Bernie,

This is Mark. Met you at the event earlier this yr>
I'm also interested in getting one since I'm a slave to fake sheets as I have numerous fake books with xerox copies all over the place. I think this is a good tool to get one to wean oneself from music. Also, if a tune comes to mind, you don't have to "dig" for it.
Please give us a report/review.

Thanks,

Mark/Fla.

I've got my sights set on purchasing one too, since I share being a slave to fake books and xerox copies. Most of the copies I have are stored in sheet protectors in binders. I then set up registrations of 8 tunes on my PSR 3000. Each registration has a bit a variety of songs, I've got about 200 stored this way. The music pad pro hopefully will save me some time and be less of a mess.

I previously have spoken to Scott Yee about the music pad pro. I'm sold on it, just a matter of putting some cash together to buy it. Bernie, I'll looking for your feedback too.

We'll compare notes.
I am concerned about how the data is backed up.
Every hand-held organizer I've owned including the the Visor (a copy of the palm) has crashed and burned, even with the back-up chip. How can we be assured that the songs won't dissapear after all that labor?

Mark, all your data can be kept on a USB jump drive that can be backed up with your computer in many ways. The jump drive is plugged directly into the Music Pad. I keep my backups on CD's. I have hundreds of songs in my jump drive for the Music Pad.

Hi All
Not sure if this is going to be relevant but, rather than keep buying music and fake books, buy one of the many books that teach you how to play music by ear, that way you will eventually be in a position that if someone asks you to play a song for a specific function etc, you can search the web for MP3 files to listen to and play straight from there.
The fact that you can already play a hell of a lot of tunes from fake books, means you will only need to go that little bit further to play by ear.
Just a Thought.

Bill

Hi Mark
Good to hear from you again. I will be glad to report my findings when I get it. In the meantime, Scott and Bob H are the Garu's,so to speak. I will be learning from them. They will tell you more , but, they have invited me into their club that communicates through Skype through conferencing.

I am sure Scott Yee will be chiming in ,so stay tuned.

Bernie

Bob
What flavor USB jumpdrive do you have. I had better get one.
Bernie

Thought I'd put my 2 cents worth. I have 2 512 MB SanDisk Cruzer Minis. Both work just fine with the Music Pad. Later, Ray