echolalianova mentioned a couple of weeks ago that it might be cool to start a Family Band Collaboration, and I think she's right. I mean, there have already been several things RECorded in the spirit of the family band, so the collaboration has already been going on for a little while, in a way. A week or so after I first joined HitRECord I wrote "Our new family band", not imagining that so many folks would connect with that RECord the way they have. Éliante was the first to start up the conversation, it all started as just a conversation. A steady stream of hitRECorders have joined in over time, just by stating that they wished to do so, and often they'll also declare what part they could play in said family band. It really is just as simple as that. I wrote this little thing to be part of the introduction to the Family Band Collaboration, just for the heck of it. I guess the first question I have is: what should we do for an icon for this collaboration? -- O Family Band Come, all you characters Come you from the four winds Family band O family band Rascals every one. Bring what you will Bring any assortment of things Set it down among us Sit here in this bent circle O family band. Make limber your ears Make up some tales to bend our ears We'll carry on like we believe it all There'll be lots of carrying on O family band. RECord a thing or two while we're at it RECord the family band experience Collaborate, inspire, RECord, repeat That's what made us what we are O family band. Where will this go? Where are our well-defined objectives? None are listed or delineated It's all just in the spirit of things O family band.