Greetings, whoever-reads-this! I had a LOT of traffic yesterday, at least for my humble page, with 192 hits. And I'd imagine out of that number that some of them read my Blog(s).
My calendar in 2026 looks like my calendar in 2013, only now it's medical appointments rather than gigs. That was the year- actually halfway into it- that I left the world of dayjob. And before the age of 60- a couple months shy of my 59th birthday. For awhile in there, I was playing 6 to 10 times a month.
This was lots of fun for the first couple years, and then it got to be more work. My own group sort of disintegrated about then as well, which was the other nail in the coffin. Since then, I've done both sideman jobs and gigs where I hire the band- so I still get a few of my bandleader desires fulfilled.
At this point, I still practice most every day, and maintain a YouTube page with videos I make. I play out a couple times in a year. I've also reached the age where I'm starting to have some health issues, hence all the medical stuff on the calendar. Just a few things that need fixing. So I'm trying to play ball with them.
It's all about quality of life. So far there's just enough on the schedule to give me the little bit of structure I need. Plus they're supposed to fix these problems down the road. Like my gig calendar of old, I'm trying not to let it get out of hand..
And that's all I've got to say for the moment. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Much love to you! More later.
