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Butch from OKC, OK, USA wrote on March 1, 2003 at 4:46 pm

I enjoyed the site a lot

Christine from San Diego, CA, USA wrote on January 2, 2003 at 12:38 pm

Hey, awesome website! I love the MIDI files.. I play the piano and I'm going to play the Entertainer for the upcoming recital. I liked that song so I wanted to hear more songs by Scott Joplin and it was really easy and fun to listen from your website!

FF from Hilo, HI, US wrote on December 20, 2002 at 8:02 pm

Nice work on your site. Enjoyed my visit.

JST from San Diego, CA, USA wrote on December 19, 2002 at 4:07 pm

Setting a goal is not the main thing. What is most important is deciding on a plan to achieve that goal and then sticking to that plan.

Ganar Dinero from London, London, England wrote on December 19, 2002 at 4:40 am

Lots of good stuff here. Quality site and such a huge list.

Jaime Gisbert from Madrid, Madrid, Spain wrote on December 19, 2002 at 4:39 am

Good job and excellent sections 🙂

chris from Anerley, London, UK wrote on December 4, 2002 at 5:56 pm

Supplying the vibes to keep London rocking

Ryan Smith from Puncsatanie, PA, NE wrote on December 3, 2002 at 5:44 pm

Hey, Jeff, you're rad with a capital R! Rock on with the ragtime, you rascal, you! By the way, congrats on the coin collecting! I love you, Jeff Powell.

Roger Miller from New York, NY, USA wrote on November 13, 2002 at 10:11 pm

great site

Brenner from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States wrote on November 11, 2002 at 5:43 pm

Woah!Your page rocks Jeff.And By the way Im an eleven year old boy that can play the piano,and does it all, day ,long!Im one of Scott Joplins beat fans.Praticly all the songs I now how to play on the piano are scott joplin songs.Jeff,if you could do me a favor and e-mail me or go to http://groups.msn.com/TheBombOrbitCodes and give me sheet music,Id eb thankfull.Thanks....Brenner Campos 🙂 😉

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Gifts Online from NO, LA, USA wrote on October 29, 2002 at 8:05 pm

What a great site!

AC from Concord, CA, USA wrote on October 18, 2002 at 12:05 am

Lots of good stuff here. Quality site and such a huge list.

Colin Day UK Voiceover Colin Day from Birmingham, West Mids, UK wrote on October 14, 2002 at 8:00 am

There are so few resources on the net as good as this. Congrats UK Voiceover Colin Day

Scott & Maria Green from SAN JOSE, CA, USA wrote on October 13, 2002 at 12:37 pm

Hello! Guys,It was nice to visit your web page. We still do not have digital camera, thus we will send you one maybe by this Christmas

Gaynor from leeds, england, uk wrote on October 11, 2002 at 11:52 am

GaynorWow what a massive guestbook, you have been working extremely hard.Visit me and be enlightened.

Gaynor from leeds, england, uk wrote on October 11, 2002 at 11:52 am

GaynorWow what a massive guestbook, you hav been working extremely hard.Visit me for and be enchanted.

Bob Brinegar from Roswell, NM., USA wrote on September 20, 2002 at 5:49 am

What a beautiful site ! ! you are obviously anaccomplished musician yourself ? ?

mike from Willits, CA, USA wrote on September 18, 2002 at 4:23 pm

Where the hell are the Apple Farm Wedding pictures?

Andy from none, none, uk wrote on September 17, 2002 at 3:45 am

Nice site keep up the good work

Web Hosting from San Diego, CA, USA wrote on September 14, 2002 at 10:23 am

nice site.

Barbara from Santa Clara, CA, USA wrote on September 7, 2002 at 4:01 pm

I sell Reproduction Victorian Paper goods at the De Anza College Flea Market in Cupertino, CA. We bring CDs and Tapes and play music for our own pleasure and if the public enjoys it so much the better. We ALWAYS get questions and/or favorable comments when we put on our Scott Joplin tape and we notice that people stay in our booth longer. How fortunate for us that Claire came by today, told us about her wonderful, talented, Ragtime Playing Husband and gave us the web address.I'm tired, sunburned,put my back out and didn't make much money today -BUT I consider this day a total success because of having access to this wonderful music! Thank you Thank you!! I've just sent the link to everyone I know!

Phil Woodbury from Eufaula, Al, USA wrote on August 25, 2002 at 12:56 pm

This provides much more than a brief introduction to Ragtime Music. I shall recommend it to any and all.

Paul from London, London, UK wrote on August 16, 2002 at 8:11 am

Hi i just stop by to say that this is a great site.

Jim Howell from Wilson, NC, USA wrote on August 13, 2002 at 5:07 pm

Great website....Rag-time music very good....Thanks for the midi downloads.

Keith from Malton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom wrote on August 8, 2002 at 11:50 am

I have loved the music of Scott Joplin for many years but did not know that you had this web site. I have downloaded your midi files and now play them as a background when I am writing.Wonderful, keep up the good work.regards Keith 🙂

AL from NP, TAR, NZ wrote on June 2, 2002 at 3:50 am

Cool site!

Robert E Harrell from Illinois, USA, Pekin wrote on April 25, 2002 at 5:25 pm

Unfortunely I am not a piano player but, Iwould give any thing to be able to play. Especially ragtime music. i envey people that can play it. It has to be wonderful to have such a talent.

William L. Plazewski from Winchester, WI, USA wrote on April 4, 2002 at 8:23 am

Thank you so very much. I play the piano a lot including some Scott Joplin. I have the music book from the New York Library but I am not a good enough sight reader to find any new pieces to play outside of recordings which are quite incomplete. Now I can hear them all and learn any I like. My favorites so far are: Maple Leaf, Entertainer, PineApple, Easy Winners and Rose Leaf rags. Bless you and your wife.

Georg from Vienna, Austria, Europe wrote on March 18, 2002 at 4:23 am

hi to all music-lovers around the world from austria

Kevin Boyd from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England wrote on March 17, 2002 at 1:25 pm

Jeff - thanks for still being here! Got a new computer recently and was tidying up the old bookmark list. So many on it have moved on or just don't work, it's good to find the ragtime stuff still there! Hope you and Claire are good, and yes I know I should write. Well this is a start isn't it?All the best,Kevin

Jacob Busse from Raymondville, Texas, USA wrote on March 11, 2002 at 8:10 pm

This is a excellent source of ragtime music, it helps me out when im trying to look for a ragtime piece to play on the piano.

Jacob from ramondville, Texas, USA wrote on March 11, 2002 at 8:08 pm

This is a Excellent source for some good old ragtime music, when I come on here, it makes it easier just to look for the songs that im gonna play, and it brings back history.

Keith from Dereham, Norfolk, U.K. wrote on February 27, 2002 at 12:13 pm

Brilliant site. Keep up the good work!

Janet Powell from Manteca, Ca, usa wrote on February 16, 2002 at 11:29 am

HI Jeff

Megan Butt from carbonear, nfld, canada wrote on February 14, 2002 at 1:11 pm

i'am very greatfull that you have this page because its helping me on my english report. scott joplin made very remarkable music and i'am glad that i can help other people realize that. thank you for all you help! it is greatfully appreciated. yours truly,

EMILY ORTEGA from MIAMI, FLORIDA, u.s.a. wrote on February 10, 2002 at 10:55 am

i LOVE UR WEBPAGE .ESPCIALLY WHEN I DOWNLOADED "MAPLE LEAF RAG".LOL 2 U .YOUR SITE IS CUTERZZZZZZZ!!!!!!;].

Serge Maillet from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada wrote on February 8, 2002 at 7:27 am

Hi, thank you for this great site both from a personal point of view and for the music. You are one of the few you shares his interests and possessions and skills with others making this a true internet site. Thanks for sharing.

Dave Baer from girard, oh, usa wrote on December 30, 2001 at 3:56 pm

Hi, from Ohio, Checking at the website. Looks great !!

Debbie from LAKEPORT, CA, USA wrote on December 15, 2001 at 8:06 pm

LOVED THIS SITE. I am a Joplin fan. I just bought the sheet music today from the Entertainer 1902. I am stoked.

Brad Brooks and Steve Lioi from Baltimore, Maryland, USA wrote on November 14, 2001 at 10:51 am

this is a good site. thanx for the joplin bio. the midi's are good also.

Alison from S'pore, S'pore, S'pore wrote on November 11, 2001 at 6:08 pm

Hey your website's cool but u should have a lot more info. on Ragtime itself that would be a bit more handy but I luv that pix of Joplin's gravestone, he wrote incredible, fantastic things.

Loutrisha Wilson from Chicago, IL, USA wrote on November 5, 2001 at 12:24 pm

I enjoyed the selections on your web page. When I need a picker upper on a terrible day I'll be listening to my favorite ragtime songs.

Steve G from Baltimore, USA, MD wrote on October 11, 2001 at 6:19 am

Great site! I really appreciate people like you who share their interests with others who do not have the technical skills to do it themselves. The Internet is a great forum for people to share. My sincere thanks!Steve G. aka the JobDoc

Marjorie from Austin, Texas, USA wrote on September 7, 2001 at 7:00 pm

I only had a short time to sample your music, but I'll be back. Really good site.

thomas c.callahan from solvay, new york, usa wrote on August 15, 2001 at 7:00 pm

im a ragtime fan i love scott joplin music its relaxing its jusgood

Nicole from clovis, ca, usa wrote on July 24, 2001 at 7:33 pm

When we were looking for some rag songs for my husband's band to cover i was shocked to see your site come up. To think Clair had this hidden talent all of these years in her husband. Great seeing your wedding photos. I still miss your friendship.

Matt Belanger from Enfiled, CT, .S(and proud of it wrote on July 23, 2001 at 2:55 pm

I think this is one of the best sites on the net. I'm 13 and play piano and like to listen to things before i play them so i have an idea of how it goes. therefore, this site has helped me immensely and i would like to thank Jeff Powell for setting it up.

Michelle D from NO ENTRY, NO ENTRY, AUSTRALIA wrote on July 23, 2001 at 2:06 am

WOW I HOPE THIS COMES OUT!!!!I AM DOING A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT ON RAGTIME.l PLAY THE PIANO AND FOR MY ASSIGNMENT I HAVE TO PLAY A RAGTIME PIECE.IHAVE NOT LOOKED THROUGH THE WHOLE SITE YET SO BYE BYE

Konstantin Petrov from Vladivostok, *, RUSSIA wrote on July 9, 2001 at 8:36 pm

Wonderful page!Thank You for Joplin's SheetMusic especially.Wishes!

Halcyon from City, State/province, county wrote on July 7, 2001 at 2:55 pm

"The eyes are the windows to the soul. So I open mine and give them the best view."

cheryl from washington, dc, usa wrote on July 7, 2001 at 6:07 am

11/3/01 symposium at the arts club of washington "African American Composers, Musicians, Entertainers, 1880-1920" speakers to include Reid Badger, Maurice Peress, John Graziano, Doris McGinty, Wayne Shirley; evening concert featuring the music of the era.Tell everyone you can think of. Next year: maybe G&S

Harvey Franklin Greenwell from Palatka, Florida, USofA wrote on June 22, 2001 at 5:51 pm

Scott Joplin has been a special favorite for "lo these many years" It is great hearing him anytime.

Jeff Powell PRIME from Shaolin, NY, usa wrote on June 19, 2001 at 9:38 pm

I too am Jeff Powell. I'm not a sissy "Jeffrey" either. My give name is "Jeff". Says so on my birth certificate! You don't even look like a Jeff. You look more like a Steve or a Paul. I hereby challenge you and all other self-styled, bogus Jeff Powells (especially Canadian ones!) worldwide to do battle for the title of Jeff Powell Prime! I'm no lightweight either! 6'2"/200lbs of Jeff Powell fury!! I'm 27 and I do graphic design/illustration and work in comics but I'm a scrapper, boyo! Grrrr!

Sarah Simich from Costa Mesa, CA, USA wrote on June 18, 2001 at 3:07 pm

Your page is wonderful!! I enjoyed viewing your new home. Marvelous! I would love to see some extended family pictures on your page so that the world could see the best cousin in the world.

anthony from nottingham, united kingdom, uk wrote on June 12, 2001 at 9:54 am

i saw your site looking for infomation on jazz and lious armstrong and i saw your site, i think it is very good i cant stop listening,your piano playing is very good i wish it was me playing,thank you for creating the site,keep the music comming.anthony.

D.Coughlin from NorCal, US, Earth wrote on May 10, 2001 at 11:43 am

I think I did this correctly. Otherwise I just screwed up big time.

diane from lancaster, pa, usa wrote on May 1, 2001 at 5:25 pm

Just happened to "bump" into your web site looking for some piano midi files to put on my home page!! Very good. I like it!!Thanks!

Jonathan Whittington from Andover, Hampshire, England wrote on April 14, 2001 at 5:55 pm

Huy! Scott Joplin is the King of ragtime music. I have his complete works at home which I often play on the Piano. Almost every day! I can play most of his compositions and I am learning the few that are left to play! Here are the rags that I play most frequently:Original RagsMaple Leaf RagSunflower Slow DragThe Easy WinnersPeacherine RagThe EntertainerElite SyncopationsSomething DoingThe Cascades (One of my favourites! Especially in the C section with the grande moving full octave chord movements deviating in each hand!)LeolaEugeniaThe Ragtime Dance (The rag and the stage dance)Searchlight Rag (Another favourite!)Gladiolus Rag (Another favourite! Again with the complex chord movements in each hand)Heliotrope BouquetFig Leaf RagPineapple Rag (One of the best ever composed!)Country ClubEuphonic SoundsParagon RagStoptime Rag (An absoloutely fantastic rag!)Felicity RagScott Joplin's New RagKismet RagMagnetic Rag (Brilliant!)Reflection RagLily QueenCleophaThe ChrysanthemumHis music is fantastic and I don't really think I could put a finger on a favourite I have because they are all great but if I had to.. probably something like the Cascades or Stoptime Rag. Please do send me e-mails to discuss Scott Joplin's music as he is worth discussing! The site is great and I love listening to his music aswell as playing it on the Piano.

Josh from San Bernardino, CA, USA wrote on April 6, 2001 at 5:12 pm

Hey whoever made this site. I have been looking all day for a site exactly like this. Thanks for making it availiable. Scott Joplin is my favorite to play on piano and now i can hear them before i play them . THANKS!

Kitty Kelly from North Bay, Ontario, Canada wrote on March 30, 2001 at 1:40 am

Hi!I was wondering if you could help me with a little personal research of mine. I'm trying to find music that was popular in 1899. Your Scott Joplin page was a great help in this aspect and I was hoping that you might have some info for me. Thanks so much~Kitty

Steve from Donaghadee, xxx, Ireland wrote on March 29, 2001 at 6:48 am

Great site. I am teaching ragtime to some students at the moment and your site will be indispensible. Will return often.

russell from scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom wrote on March 12, 2001 at 3:01 pm

Hi there, need help! A tridbute band put a song to the entertainer, I heard it years ago and I have forgotton most of the words.Do you have any idea what the words were, The piece I remember goes, Back in the olden days before the golden daysWay before the birth of Rock and RollThere was a music man with piano hands and lots of syncapation in his sole.The Chorus went la la la la la la la hay Mr Joplin wer'e singing your songla la la la la la la la and we're happy to say it going stong.???????????????Thanks for any help in advance. Russ

Jeff Powell from Barrie, Ontario, Canada wrote on March 10, 2001 at 12:35 pm

I am just a 21 yr. old student in Canada training as a pilot at Georgian College in Barrie. Coincidence my name is Jeff Powell to!!! Pretty Cool!

Rob Foster from Tulsa, Okla, USA wrote on March 10, 2001 at 9:47 am

thoroughly enjoyed all these works...being a piano and guitar player I greatly appreciate what u have done...very inspiring...I've always loved ragtime music..Thanx

John Davis from Jacksonville, FL., USA wrote on February 6, 2001 at 9:22 am

Many thanks for making your talent available!Ragtime is as American as Stars and Stripes

ivan from shrewsbury, shropshire, UK wrote on January 28, 2001 at 6:05 pm

great music, no trying to be different or outstanding, and therefore outstanding.I found the site through an obscure link, have bookmarked it, and hope to find some more no-bullsh*t music soon, as promised.Thanks again.

henry from willemstad, cur, neth antilles wrote on January 14, 2001 at 7:41 am

great site. It's been said and i can't agree more. Thanks.

Ted Johnson from Houston, TX, USA, 77459 wrote on January 10, 2001 at 11:41 am

Play piano. Rag and classical.

John Welch from Chattanooga, TN, US wrote on January 6, 2001 at 9:51 am

Hi Jeff and Claire,I met you on the train.How are you 2 doing.I hope great,and when's the baby due.Email me a pic of him or her when avaliable.

ELee from HK, HK, HK wrote on November 14, 2000 at 11:21 pm

DO u have the sheet music of the Entertainer? If you have, would you pls send a copy to me via e-mail?

Erica from HK, HK, China wrote on November 11, 2000 at 4:24 pm

Would you pls send me the sheet music of entertainer?

Erica from HK, HKSAR, China wrote on November 11, 2000 at 3:30 pm

Great!!!

Doug Lewis from Youngstown, OH, USA wrote on October 23, 2000 at 6:32 pm

Great site! Keep up the good work.

michael craig from edinburgh, lothian, scotland wrote on October 10, 2000 at 1:09 pm

Great web site - i love your wedding photos!!

What's New from Nagoya, NA, Japan wrote on September 18, 2000 at 7:26 pm

Your Ragtime MIDI page has been added to http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/new/, the "What's New" page of Standard MIDI Files on the Net.

Joyce Elish from Bridgeville, PA, USA wrote on September 15, 2000 at 7:23 am

I love your website! I really enjoy listening to your selections.

Jack Hamshar from El Dorado, AR, USA wrote on September 10, 2000 at 5:38 am

Enjoy your site. Playing classic ragtime is a joy.

Maurizio from Roma, RM, Italy wrote on September 5, 2000 at 2:44 pm

GREAT!!! ESPECIALLY THE ORIGINAL PDF SHEETS!!!They are now (printed out!!! :-)))) in a little room on a little vertical piano in Rome... And they are going to be played tomorrow (just becouse it is almost midnight now...)Grazie!!!CIAOOOOOOOoooooo

Lois Cordrey from Glendale, AZ, USA wrote on September 2, 2000 at 5:25 pm

Hi! For the past 20 yrs. I have been issuing, monthly, an illustrated newsletter about collecting vintage sheet music. It is called Remember That Song. We have a lot of ragtimers among our members , Dick Zimmerman, Dave Jasen, Trebor Tichenor, Terry Parrish, and Elliott Adams writes and illustrates our monthly ragtime feature. I was very happy to see this site and i know it will bring GREAT pleasure to ragtime fans all over. It is such a joy! Good luck! Lois, Editor, Remember That Song News. (If you would like some past issue samples, just tell me where to mail them)

Cliff Shield from Vineland, New Jersey, USA wrote on September 1, 2000 at 2:11 pm

GREAT web site!! Especially like Scott Joplin's music. Fine job!!

Jeff A Powell from Gulfport, MS, USA wrote on August 30, 2000 at 1:08 pm

Hi Jeff, I TOO am a "Jeff Powell" you seem to have a collection. Just saying Hi. If you ever want to sell "jeffpowell.com" let me know. hehe

Jeff Powell from Missouri, , USA wrote on August 22, 2000 at 11:26 pm

HEY MY NAME IS Jeff Powell too. Wow that's weirdpeace out

Henri Le Roi from California, , USA wrote on August 22, 2000 at 12:02 pm

Love ragtime

Martin Fischer from Hildesheim, , Germany wrote on August 18, 2000 at 9:09 am

hallo,i live in hildesheim, 30 km in the south of hannover in germany. i have heard some pieces of your rag-files. thank you and good whishes to the usaciao martin

Diane Munsell from California, , USA wrote on August 16, 2000 at 1:22 pm

Hi Jeff:Great job on Claire's home page and the picturends2 your new home. By the way CONGRATULATIONS!!! to you both.

Paolo Sanchetti from Italy, , wrote on August 16, 2000 at 7:24 am

Great accuracy and an overall good quality is the impressionyou get since the very first visit to the site.I'll be here again and again.Good work and see you soon.Paolo SanchettiP.le Madonna 21/9I - 31045 Motta di Livenza (TV)

Lepont from France, , wrote on August 12, 2000 at 7:45 am

Fine page. Good sound.Thanks!

Rob Meek from UK, , wrote on August 8, 2000 at 1:36 pm

It is good to see that there is still interest in ragtime -I first learnt to play several Scott Joplin pieces as a teenagerand my 10 year old son is now also learning one or two!

Hope from Indiana, , USA wrote on August 8, 2000 at 12:55 pm

WHat a nice page...FOr some of us...Bound to the home...Itis so nice to see something happy from time to time.Thanks you in advance for vewing also mt page and recommending to another if you feel to.GOD Bless

G. Haigh from Virginia, , USA wrote on August 7, 2000 at 11:38 pm

Thank you for providing an excellent resource! I am a teacher and will incorporate your page in my lessons. The students will enjoy it! (By the way, my favorite rag has always been "Solace.")

Magnus McKay from Scotland, , UK wrote on August 7, 2000 at 8:21 am

It's good to know that Ragtime is still popular in the 21st century, over 100 years since the Maple Leaf Rag was published. Long may it continue

Magnus McKay from Scotland, , UK wrote on August 7, 2000 at 8:18 am

Hello I am 14 but I can play The Rag-Time Dance. It's really is a superb rag and I'd recommend it to anyone who has not heard it before.Great site

Bob Mitchell from California, , USA wrote on August 6, 2000 at 4:55 pm

I haven't listened to ragtime music since 1975 (I was just 13) and I've missed listening to a friend of mine who had played Scott Joplin for years as a youth. Thanks for brightening the workplace.

Jamie Lybrand from South Carolina, , USA wrote on July 27, 2000 at 10:51 pm

I love your midi files!

Jadelicia from Canada, , wrote on July 18, 2000 at 4:40 pm

Hello! I like your music!!!! Great site...I'll be putting your site's URL up on my Just Links site as soon as I get around to it. Oh and don't forget to visit my site!!! Bye for now.

Robert Niemera from Missouri, , USA wrote on July 18, 2000 at 3:40 pm

Hello from the Heart of Scott Joplin land!

Daniel McPherson from Florida, , USA wrote on July 18, 2000 at 3:39 pm

Beautiful!

Gramps from Canada, , wrote on July 17, 2000 at 1:52 pm

Oh yes. Can't wait to pass this to my son, a ragtime pianist

Ed Davis from Missouri, , USA wrote on July 15, 2000 at 1:24 am

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