Agree with all of the above; I can't really add anything.  I didn't realize it's been 5 years. Wow!  I discovered the site quite by accident in 1999 sometime. 
I too have met friends, exchanged music, and had my life changed, of course, by these wonderful interactions.

Dan, Pat, DB, and of course the DB website "family", Thank-you one and all,

Love and Peace,

Gene