I'd like to say thanks to Kenneth R. for your immediate welcome, to Jasun for your kind words, and to Sharward for sharing your experience with me. I've never received such a warm welcome before in any forum. I'm really grateful for that.
I can see that all of you guys are musicians, which is not so surprising, as having hands-on experiences with playing rock is a big step in the direction of being able to appreciate the very progressive music of ZH. When I went to high school some 35 years ago, I also played electric guitar and keyboards and even sang a bit (although I wasn't good at the latter) in various bands in Copenhagen. Then I started studying science and gave up playing music myself. Well, science turned out to be a mistake for me, which took me thirty years to realise fully, and then I went back to my roots. When I started listening to rock again, I was overwhelmed by the progress that had taken place since Floyd and Zep ruled. It was a tremendous joy for me to discover the wonderful music of Arena, Redemption, Dream Theater, and now Zero Hour.
On another note, I was told by several people, i.a. Murat Batmaz and Goran Panic, that Jasun and Troy are real nice down-to-earth guys, and Jasun, your fast personal response confirms that. Such things mean a lot to us fans.
Sharward, no, unfortunately I didn't get a chance to talk with the ZH guys after their concert at Headway, because they were off to Iceland the next day. If I'd had the opportunity, I would have told them how wonderful their concert was, but ok, I'm telling them now.
Happy to be here.
Nicky.
