I awoke this morning and read a very inspiring and well put comment by BullZephyr that was quickly marked as spam in another blog. I rarely post blogs, but think these words are golden and should be available for everyone to read...

Is it possible to limit memberships as it seems that you can open account after account, would this alleviate the problem.

I don't understand what motivates Trolls, it's puzzling to me so finding a solution for such a complicated mindset is not easy. It must be hard to have so little belief in yourself that you have to gain confidence or pleasure from the demise of others. Belittleing another only belittles you and I know they understand that, the pain they must carry is obviously enormous. If you put hate in life's account you'll must certainly only withdraw misery.

Although I see this as an important issue I would however note that the many great people I get to be involved with on this site make it worth the odd Stalker/ Troll. Where else could you get to play music with the likes of great people Like Dazzlefly (what a voice) Raven (hooboy a scorcher of a voice) Ryan (Tone and phrasing deluxe) Ray, Chyrstal, Joe NY, Kevnut, Dean, Mauro, Figsounds, Rob's Coney & Glass, Ian, Reggie, Avi, Stephane, Shifty, Vic, Deanna, Bill Thunder, Ken, Jumbo, Ronggo, Alice, Mike P, Bramble I mean Brannon, Jeanette, Drew,  Nelson, Jack, Francessco, Thom, VR,  Nicola, Slyder, Peter, Pete's wife, Ralph, Liljoey.

The list is endless and if I missed any out I'm sorry but these are the guys that come immediately to mind as not only being inspirational on a musical level but also on a personal level. Just abou all these guys I talk to regularly and get to make music with as well so they more than make up for one iddy biddy Troll, so a big thanks to you all or as  a great friend taught me Y'all. There are lots more of you I haven't played with or talked much with but as I always see they lead by example and make others around them comfortable, guys like Lonnie, Bjorn & Cory always keep it cool and make those their collabing with  a special time.

I suppose what I'm saying is although Trolls are annoying there is too much love in this place for any troll to destroy that. You put nothing in and you get nothing out so best to make others feel special for everyone has something about them that we should all value even a troll. If it were possible to rid the world of such types maybe things would be better but no sense in looking at such a small percentage of the world I say.

I think everyone can see now who has returned so maybe this time we wont have to wait until he does something nasty to someone who is new to this game. It's a learning curve so if you're new to this story and wondering what's all the fuss, never mind there are far too many great people here and good music to occupy us and besides not playing the trolls game damages him more than any clever retort you can think of. So if someone who has just joined seems to be stirring the pot, best to give them a wide berth and laugh off their nasty comments, you can ignore them or let them know how little it affects. It's easy to do as no one with any self worth would belittle another so that's the acid test, no point considering a nasty comment it is more than likely a refelection of how they see themselves and it's very likely they admire you so it's always a compliment.

more than likely this will get the spam button treatment but it's easy to paste again and again until you are stopped again.

What a wonderful day I had today everyone!! Had my first Kompoz encounter and the honor of meeting the handsome and charming Mark Alan Dooley!!

Mark & I live quite close to each other, neighboring suburbs. And after a recent kollaboration, we decided it would be great to meet for lunch. So...we did...and he graciously tolerated my clumsy & extremely messy eating...somehow in my zeal for chips and salsa I managed to get salsa on my shirt...ugh.

Only regrets? Time flew & I forgot to take a picture. There was so much to talk about! Kompoz, Kompoz addiction, music, guitars, work, family, previous bands...and then he patiently listened and gave sound advice as I rambled on about myself...musical weaknesses and little insecurities (thanks Mark...sorry about that..)

I must tell you all...Mark has a tremendous depth to his soul, the kind that is earned over a lifetime. He's very focused and approaches life with joy, passion and as if there is no time to waste. Quite an inspiration. I would encourage any and all who have a chance to meet him, not to miss it.

Many thanks to you Raf, and all the hard work you do on our behalf...this site is a complete joy. I've met some amazing people here and my wildest dreams cannot match the experiences I have on this site every day.