answer:Well, nothing’s impossible, right? I know there used to be a site called MyEBand that allowed people to collaborate online. The site isn’t coming up for me, but I’m wondering if that might not be something my husband did… I think he was involved with that for a while. Anyway… It would be hard as hell, I think, to actually form a productive band over the internet. You miss out on the hours of sitting around in a practice pad going “What do you think of this?” and writing stuff on the spot. Going online, you’d have to write your piece, record it, format it, send it over, and wait for a reply. You lose the “meh, that sucks, but if you change the time signature and bring the second riff back around…”