In a message dated 10/5/99 5:30:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kim@... writes:
<< I used this song to practice up my brass skill a bit.  I
 feared a bunch of snakes, skunks, etc. in Butcherblock and set
 myself on a hill near a goblin camp >>
Everyone seems to think that the only way to practice brass is to have 
something being hit by the effect. I know for a fact that this isnt true. I 
set myself up on the side of a mountain in a newbie zone playing DDD for but 
4 hours (this was at 18 when it was the first brass song); I gained almost 60 
points in that time even though nothing was being targeted.
Renaldo