Scott Lee
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Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
Hi all,
This is not directly a Sonar question, but a very important question about a huge contributor to the Sonar forums and Cakewalk overall. Has anyone heard from Billy?
He hasnt posted since May 13th and both his work and cel aren't responding. Im not sure if you are all aware, but he was having medical issues and am trying to find out if my good friend is okay. If you can please PM me or if anyone knows anything that would be great.
Best Reguards,
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 18:12:22
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Ba MIDI is one of the best. I hope you find that all is well with him. I thank you for alerting us. If you do get some positive information please let us know.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 18:12:36
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 19:50:15
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I hope and pray all is well...
This is an instance where I hope someone is checking out Protools or Cubase or S2...
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 20:52:08
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Keep us posted, Scott. I've always appreciated Billy - crossing my fingers that everything is ok.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 21:48:05
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Billy is a definite goodun. A helpful, knowledgable and funny ol feller. I bet he's just takin a break.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/10 23:27:28
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billy does that once in awhile,hes a good guy.hes very smart and very helpful.
ive learned alot from billy,hes patient and a gentlemen.
i think he got sick of being accused of telling it like it is with his issues in sonar and haivng people tell him "its your system"
billy hates that line "it your system"
i love that line...its really the answer to everything..what your problem??
"its your system".
i miss billys company as a comrad here on the forum.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 01:42:43
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There's a Ba-Midi on the studio one forum, don't know if he's the same person...
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 02:22:36
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Hi pal,
He was having brain surgery and it was very serious.. I have concerns because we use to talk often, both phone lines are cut off and he's not posting. I really hope he is okay. Anyone know him in person or live in NYC?
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 04:01:57
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I really hope he is okay. I know he was having some serious health problems, but he does take a break from time to time. Phones not working is concerning though.
My thoughts are with him.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 04:40:03
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FastBikerBoy
I really hope he is okay. I know he was having some serious health problems, but he does take a break from time to time. Phones not working is concerning though.
My thoughts are with him.
I hope yer right! The thing is, Billy and I kept in good contact up until his surgery. He would talk about taking breaks. The thing that concerns me is he we would still always talk on his downtime either phone or text.. Both his work line is gone and his personal cel phone no longer working. Bitflipper have you heard from him or know anything?
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 07:57:14
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Uh oh...I just hope that is not the same one but i he is...condolences to his family....
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 08:04:18
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Scott,
What ever the outcome of this quesion I want to thank you for bringing it up.
I had no idea that Billy wasn't in great health.
I've always held him in the highest esteem and it saddens me to think he hasn't been here for reasons such as has been suggested.
I'll be keeping him and his family in my thoughts.
best regards,
mike
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 09:19:25
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There's a Ba-Midi on the studio one forum, don't know if he's the same person...
Same person. He spoke about being a member there on multiple occasions. Hope all is well w/ him. Really liked his contributions to the forum as he was very unbiased and would tell it like it is, be it good or bad.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 10:52:12
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Billy is a really good guy. I hope that obit is not true, but my prayers are with him and his family.
Scott
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 11:05:26
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I've heard nothing from Billy in months, but thought nothing of it since he's gone silent before and has always come back.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 12:01:55
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Scott, was Billy living in or around New York City? As per post #12 we see a certain "William Arnell died on June 3, 20012 in New York City". Have you talked to BaMidi after that date? The area code for the funeral home is 212, was that Billy's?
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 12:07:21
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Thanks Scott for flagging this up.
A really genuine character our Billy.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 12:12:31
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spanky
Scott, was Billy living in or around New York City? As per post #12 we see a certain "William Arnell died on June 3, 20012 in New York City". Have you talked to BaMidi after that date? The area code for the funeral home is 212, was that Billy's?
Billy lives in NY, yes. 212 is pretty common here. And there are quite a few fellows named Billy Arnell... I'm just crossing my fingers. Is Billy Jewish? The link above is to a Jewish chapel.
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2012/08/11 12:48:24
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There's a Ba-Midi on the studio one forum, don't know if he's the same person...
Last posted there October 2011, if I'm reading the forum correctly.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 13:30:17
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I hope and pray for Billy. He's a great guy no matter where he is.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 18:00:01
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Anyone (Scott) who has info about this please keep us posted. I'm sure many on the forum thought very highly of Billy (as do i) and considered him a real friend.
If this is true however I'm gonna do what he always admonished me to do...make some music. It couldn't hurt. Rock on Billy, ol pal. Rock on.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 18:21:42
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Billy was the first person to help me out when I joined the forum years ago. Super nice guy.
I hope that he is ok.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 18:36:46
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Billy always struck me as the kind of guy you could always rely on. Rock on Billy, thoughts and prayers...
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 19:17:25
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Billy loved my "This Changes Everything" crack. He was helpful to me in the past. He will be missed if this is the end.
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 20:22:15
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hope the guy's alright, hate hearing news like this
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 20:38:42
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I hope everything turns out okay. It sounds like he's a great guy. *positive vibes*
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Re:Has anyone seen or heard from Billy A (BA-Midi)?
2012/08/11 21:23:36
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Like his music, there's some great old-skool trance/techno in there. In fact it gave me sweaty palms....
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