disasters and why you need to backup your stuff

[Mike]

All my scores.
all my work
my back catalog

all my musical sketches are gone...

the only music I have is what was uploaded here.

all my computers, my gear and my backup drives were lost to a house fire.

this leads me to the meat of this post.

PLEASE BACK UP 

and even when you have backups make an extra backup once a month and put it at a friends house and keep complete online back ups also. 

  

[James Burnon Ross]

Sorry to hear of your loss.   Especially a house fire.  That must have been pretty damaging to a lot of stuff not the least of which would be the house itself.

[Mike]

it was a mobile home.. when they burn it is hot and fast.. 100% loss. thank god for the red cross they put my family up in a motel and got us in HUD housing and the boys club donated us clothing.

but losing 10 years of music is the most heart braking