<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David Skolnick! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the common person is far from = interested in pianotek. From what I have seen of LIST the past few weeks, it is a = rare occasion there is interjection from laymen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nevertheless, interesting hypothesis of = what could happen. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 and 3, yes. But let us not forget 1. = Ancient Greece is the cradle of civilization. "Ecclesias de Demos," or = 'Gathering of Speakers,' was a group who chose to air their differences in = public. Demosthenes, one of the world's greatest public speakers, was one. = Indeed, the word democracy is rooted from 'Demos.'</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The collective 'We' is a group of these = 'ones' who are not afraid or inhibited to speak out. Let us not be too wrapped up = in our own technology that we forget the essence of what we are doing - = performance. Let us be free to make our art as performers would have us.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kenneth Finlayson, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV>  </DIV></BODY></HTML>