I Am Music

Right On Brother Bill!!
Sum of us envy you and yet very happy for you. When can we hear some gnu swamp music?

I've always like your playing, style, and songs......every once in awhile, I'll go and listen to your soundclick page. Looking forward to this "summer"!! :))

Bill,
 
If your hands allow, the classical repertoire is really great and worth spending time on.  Start with the segovia scales and you'll be hooked.

It's good you don't play for money anymore, because it's pretty much impossible to profit from it anyway. Musicians' wages are about the same as they were in 1980, only with one-tenth as many venues in which to play.
 
I've got a gig tonight, for which we'll earn 10% of the till, split 5 ways. They also buy us a meal...nothing like a big greasy bar burger right before a gig! My net profit might be twenty bucks after filling the gas tank.
 
Still, I recommend playing out in a band - even for free if necessary. It's not the same as composing and recording (I do miss that!) but nothing's better for keeping your chops up and your vocal chords loose. Good exercise, too.

I physically can't play live in a band. I'm just not healthy enough. I do miss it very much but I have my practice regiment. If I stick to it I get 4 hours of specialized technique practice to keep my chops up. The problem I have is being ill and unable to play for a week at a time. I try to play smarter these days. I have so much to learn and work on that I have to remind myself to record something. I have to tools

I started "playing" drums in a band about a year and a half ago, due to them lacking a drummer.
It is nowhere close to  being traditional drums in any way. 
I was just bad enough to let them keep me as noise in the background (I even played drums in a marching band as a kid...)
We've played a few concerts locally, and I'm both proud and ashamed of my contribution(s). But that won't keep me from enjoying making some noise behind a drum kit
Be all, Am all