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the free sheet music. Please let me know if you are an artist who
might like they're music featured on a composer page.

HEY! Help me get a song to the top of the mp3 jazz charts? <blink>
[Dance of the Prairie]</blink>

Please! If you like music by Pat Metheny, Scofield, Charlie Hayden, or
Michael Brecker CLICK NOW ON:

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/487/487095.html

This song was released on my first album in 1993 and it features the
best band I've ever assembled. Psychic. Creative. Live. In the
Moment. The sax player and drummer have since moved off to New York to
further they're careers there. Give this tune a spin! Let me know what
you think.


I know this is off the usual subject, but I thought parents, especially
parents to be and all kid lovers will get a chuckle out of this:

Thanks to Catherine of Habibi's

HOW TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE READY TO HAVE
CHILDREN:

MESS TEST
Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Place
a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.

TOY TEST
Obtain a 55 gallon box of Legos (or you may
substitute roofing tacks). Have a friend spread them all over the
house. Put on a blindfold. Try to walk to the bathroom or kitchen.
No screaming allowed, as this would wake a child at night.

GROCERY STORE TEST
Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best)
and take them with you as you shop. Always keep them in sight and
pay for anything they eat or damage.

DRESSING TEST
Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into
a small net bag making sure that all the arms stay inside.

FEEDING TEST
Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with
water. Suspend from the ceiling with a cord. Start the jug
swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal into the mouth of
the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents
of the jug on the floor.

NIGHT TEST
Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it
with 8-12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 3:00p.m.
begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00p.m. Lay down your
bag and set your alarm for 10:00p.m. Get up, pick up your bag, and
sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more
songs and sing these too until 4:00a.m. Set alarm for 5:00a.m. Get
up and make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.

INGENUITY TEST
Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and
pot of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now take a toilet paper
tube and turn it into an attractive Christmas candle. Use only
scotch tape and a piece of foil. Last, take a milk carton, a
ping-pong ball, and an empty box of Cocoa Puffs. Make an exact
replica of the Eiffel Tower.

AUTOMOBILE TEST
Forget the BMW and buy a station wagon. Buy a
chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave
it there. Get a dime. Stick it into the cassette player. Take a
family size package of chocolate chip cookies. Mash them into the
back seat. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There,
perfect!

PHYSICAL TEST (Women)
Obtain a large beanbag chair and attach it to the
front of your clothes.
Leave it there for 9 months. Now remove 10 of the
beans.

PHYSICAL TEST (Men)
Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on
the counter. Tell the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the
nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your
paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a
newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.

FINAL ASSIGNMENT
Find a couple who already have a small child.
Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience,
tolerance, toilet training and child's table manners. Emphasize to
them that they should never allow their children to run wild. Enjoy
this time since you will never have all the answers again.

Good DAY!