Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- Creighton Higgins wrote:
> My Christmas gift is so cool...
> My 14-year-old daughter has been active with her church
> which includes singing in the gospel choir. I have been
> recruited ... and will be playing in front of people for
> the 1st time in over 30 years next week.

Fantastic. I have just done the same (non-Church), with the slight 
exception that it was only 28 years, and the public appearance was on 
an acoustic kit but practice was on the DTXpressII.
 
You are going to love it. Trust me on this one.

So (heart in mouth) I will "expose myself" to you all now. If you go 
to http://www.moonbeams.plus.com you will find links to three home 
movies. Two of these are practice sessions at home (how to cram too 
many people into a small music room), and one at the kids school. One 
of the practice videos is a blooper reel. Be warned - the videos are 
large (largest 45Mb) as I haven't downsampled them yet.

Be gentle with me.

> I am sure that many members here aren't Christian and
> I want to apologize for any perceived insensitivity...

I am not Christian, and I perceive no insensitivity. To underline the 
sincerity of the wish with your belief only strengthens it. For my
(agnostic) part, I wish you (and other forum dwellers) the season's 
best in return.

Stewart