Hi Steve
Thanks again for your really useful links. I am going to join the Yahoo Group now!! By the way, I listened to some of your music and I think its wonderful and really interesting - Yesterday is History in particular I think is fantastic.
I plan to finally do some serious composing and recording on Logic, and want to enter some composing competitions to get some of my work performed. At the moment I am interested in writing music for classical orchestral instruments although might try some dance music too. Apparently, Logic Pro 7 comes with a lot of virtual instruments, but I am thinking of getting one of the EastWest orchestras, which you recommended to me before. The Silver one is on sale in the UK for £99. I think I mentioned before, I am doing a music course part-time which has made me realise that composing is what I want to do with my life! I desperately want to cut down on my day job, but have not yet had the courage to do so. I am in the position of not having made any money out of composing yet, but not having enough time to compose because I have another job full time! Do you compose professionally full-time, if you don't mind me asking?