I can’t deny that the phrase
“the end of an era” makes me feel sad and gives me this weird feeling in my stomach… I don’t really want for it to finish… If I had the power, I would make the trick of getting the hour hand 15 years back, like Doc and Marty did.
We have had so much passion together and so much fun, now and then we did some music together too and it was so cool, really cool!
I remember lots and lots of names that today are no longer among us like Paul Martin, Spirit and so many others, just to name a few of them. A lot has happened too between us through this main Z contact: the creation of new music groups, scope projects, new plugins, new developers groups, some other music forums, some sample libraries (I did one myself if you can remember “The Bass that Wan the War”), quite a few albums collaborations, internet collaborations, DAW building and configuration, synth courses, audio training, album mastering, a few jobs in TV and theatre, and literally thousands of systems problems solved and misunderstandings cleared, in most cases, by the help of Gary, this kind of angel with long beard we all know
and of course, lots and lots of friends in the fields of technology and music, friends that will keep in touch with each other for the rest of their lives. How much we have learned! Wow!
I feel so grateful!
Man…, we are getting older. Definitely, one of the things I will remember for the rest of my life is going to be this forum. I know it is still here, but it is not the same, Z has died and we are in a different plane, a different name, and probably in the future, a different feel… This is not necessarily bad, not at all, but I feel somehow blue, some melancholia for all of this…
John, you selling our cards, wow…, this is the ultimate wakeup call to say this is the end of an era, indeed.
Dear John, for you my deepest respect for the job you did for all of us, it was great. We can recognize now, clearly, that your psychological approach to lead the forum was a key point that kept us together without getting into much trouble, which is not always easy. You moderated all problems with much intelligence and tolerance, being nice with both sides of the problem always; this tells a lot of good things about you and your nature. All the best in your endeavors, projects and personal life, thank you for your sincere friendship
Thank you very much! If we read the bottom line of all you have done along the years, that is to say, working for others without any apparent reason, without earnings, without even getting to know those you are helping, we discover that this attitude has a name, it is called love. Thank you for the love you have given us John!