Yeah I got Finale too and use it all the time. I love it, Great program. Alittle hard to get used to but it does anything and everything you want. That's what I use to write out the midis. As for reading music, haven't taken time to learn. I can read tab and rhythm perfectly, but notes on the staff can confuse me. I should probably just learn that, I know it wouldn't take long but I got alot of other things to work on.

Finale like power-tab can write out the tab, but it also writes some awfully hard fingerings. When taking a midi and figuring it out, still gotta fix that and I also like learn string quartets. And well I like playing the best parts, so I have to switch between instruments. Playing the violin part at one point, then the viola. That book would definitely be something I would be interested in.

As for your band, that's awesome that you've gotten together with such good musicians. My great great grandfather got to travel around the globe and learn from different musicians. He actually studied under alot of the great composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries. I have his journals now, great stuff but not much on Jazz. But yeah I hope you guys do well. Let me know if you guys put up something to listen to.

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 02-08-2004 at 09:20 PM]