Great topic. I totally identify with your comments and do not take offense to them. I'm one of those who have always had problems with rhythm (goes back 40 years). During all the years I studied piano and some organ, my instructors always were all over me for timing problems. Fact is at a young age I always seemed to be in a hurry to learn to play the piece. This problem has come back to haunt me time and again. In the last couple of years I've become real aware of this problem and have been making a real effort to correct it. It's not necessarily easy and I for one always have known I don't fall into the class of a natural musician.

What is helping me to correct this problem is that I'm doing some voice work with a singing instructor. By working out songs and having him coach me I'm making progress. I'm playing 4 or 5 gigs per month and knows maybe I would be playing a lot more if I had worked this out years ago. I'm just glad I have a day job otherwise if I depended on music as a full time pro, I'd probably be in the bread line at the local halfway house.



[This message has been edited by Stephenm52 (edited 09-04-2006).]