I appreciate your words of encouragement (Craig & Efren), but you see...first and foremost, I am a musician. Not an author. I am also an alto saxophonist, who very much like Zorn, is a composer of many different styles of music. So, I know how it feels to be misunderstood in a lot of musical ways. THAT is the LAST thing I would want to do to Zorn. My personal opinion is that if you take the time to listen to this man's work...and I mean "really" listen, then you start to feel wrong if you write anything that may be taken and misconstrued. So, in short...I started transcribing the sax parts to Masada tunes, because it spoke to me. Then came the trumpet and bass, etc. Then Naked City, then Filmworks volumes, and the Gift, etc... And this was strictly for the hell of it at the time. Then I decided to get a bunch of musicians together and give a 2-night dedication to his music, called "Zornography: The music of John Zorn," and this is what really opened my mind and ears. Anybody can just listen to it, and few can "really" listen to it, but when you play it, and you rehearse it, and analyze the hell out of it, things start to make sense, patterns of logic start to come to the forefront, when you rehearse the bass part with another part (for example). So, now...after having this "Zornographic Enlightenment," I am really wanting to write a book (in which I have only started), but make it as close as possible to the purest, truest Zorn perspective imaginable...which is impossible...but I'm merely hoping to come close. side note...for anybody wanting to come down to Tuscaloosa, AL in late Nov./ early Dec., I'm organizing "Zornography II." Just ask for details _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married