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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1490978407' post='3269591'] My apologies, to who it may concern. [/quote] Perfectly unacceptable. 'To [b][i]whom [/i][/b]it may concern'..! ... [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1491152405' post='3270840']... I'd be happy to drive down and might have an amp and cab you could use too. Not the best of gear but it might help you out and when you get back on your feet give me a shout and i'll come down and pick it back up again... [/quote] Lanark - Cheltenham, there and back (twice..?)..! Surely the stuff of heroes..! Medals deserved simply for [i]offering[/i], I say. It doesn't get much better than that. Good man, that fellow. Hat duly doffed.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1491081029' post='3270423'] ...giant golden sprouting broccoli inspired... [/quote] Go for it..!

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1491042430' post='3270045'] I've had a more polished version... [/quote] Jolly good. The early version was fine, but this is a definite improvement; all is 'tied together' coherently, with a fine build-up and crescendo. Good stuff; a thoroughly enjoyable listen. My thumb is up.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1491045512' post='3270096'] Looks like I will be looking elsewhere... [/quote] More modest, but free (only requires giving an email address, but non-invasive...), here's a few decent Vst instruments... [url="http://alpineproject.wixsite.com/main"]Alpine Project ...[/url] Here's another Vst with ochestral sounds ... [url="http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=339"]DSK Virtuoso ...[/url] That'll get you started. A search for 'free Vst instruments' will bring up a bewildering array of all sorts; hours of fun, but some deceptions, too. DSK have a pretty extensive range of other genres, too; well worth a look, I reckon.

Well pleased to see 24 voters..! Someone must be doing something right. Good stuff from all (yes, even Lenny, albeit grudgingly... ). And the picture for April is... (Bearing in mind today's date, I'm apprehensive ...)

[left][size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4]And the winner is... SH73..! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167486] Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...[/size][/font][/color] [attachment=242114:BC_Chal_Cert_2017_03.pdf] [color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4]... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...[/size][/font][/color][/size] [/left] [left][size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4][/size][/font][/color][/size][/left]

The Winner's Certificate is going to look even odder than usual later on this evening, I fear. No voters left to break the deadlock..? No..? Oh well, small fonts time ([i]sigh[/i]..!).

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1490955128' post='3269334'] I'm just curious... [/quote] You've not got the full picture; there were other issues with that thread. Thanks for supporting the Mods, though; it's not always easy to take these decisions. This topic, in its turn, will now be locked, hoping that curiosity has been satisfied.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490890891' post='3268884'] Just busy doing other things... [/quote] Cheers, thanks for replying. .. ([i]Getting old, it would seem; needs to get out and rave more[/i]... )

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1490871967' post='3268636'] That's greedy. You can't vote for yourself and three others as well. [/quote] [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490824716' post='3268422'] voted for mine... [/quote] To be understood as 'mine' = 'my favourite three'.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1490822928' post='3268410'] Dad... [/quote]

... and voted. Tough choice, as ever. There's some good stuff there (and then there's Lenny's tune, of course ...). Well done, folks.

... or this..?

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490739201' post='3267628'] Eek! I was only kidding! At least there's plenty to criticize, so sharpen your teeth... [/quote] Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490733816' post='3267573'] I am not getting to these lately, I am afraid. [/quote] You wouldn't care to expand on that, by any chance..? A bit cryptic for an old beggar such as I, and I'd be interested to have any ambiguity resolved.

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1490490175' post='3265517'] Exotic tree's [/quote] Exotic tree's [i]what[/i], exactly..? Please finish your sentences.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490651729' post='3266838']...you could retrospectively do all mine... [/quote] I'll do that, an 'MBA Special'. I've given 'em a short listen just now, and they're worthy of comment. Not this week (our daughter and grandson are coming over for a week's visit...), but it'll maybe help me get back in the saddle. Coming soon, then...

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490630581' post='3266627']...i wrote and recorded the lyrics, edited and mixed it in the space of 2 hours... [/quote] 2 hours..? What kept you..? I have time to bung out a couple of symphonies and a fugue or two in that time..! ... (... [size=2]although it's true that mine are unpolishable, too..![/size] ) As for 'Play Of The Day', it's tempting (I miss it too...), but I have to be fit enough for the 'long haul' first. Soon, but not this month, I'm afraid.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490626863' post='3266586'] i wouldn't bother, mine is sh*t [/quote] So, now is not the right moment for me to resume my 'Play Of The Day' critiques, then..?

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490393630' post='3264922'] oh well in that case, you can't have mine [/quote] NO; GET YER SKATES ON..! ... ... (Skol will be late posting the voting, anyway, so ... )

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490395285' post='3264933']... The great thing about this challenge, for me, is that it makes me do stuff and learn stuff that I would normally keep putting off... [/quote] Unfortunately, the same goes for Lenny. ... ...

Official date-time for entering is midnight, tonight, so any entrants yet to come may need to get their skates on ... It's not strictly applied, so no panic, but time is running out, just the same. Just sayin'.