Hi AJ,
for me, music's only ever been a hobby. Technology became a lust, keyboard after keyboard. In the end, I was barely playing anymore, too busy with the technology side of things, not enough time spent on music.

I'd totally lost sight of why I became involved with keyboards in the first place, My original aim was only to be able to create some midifiles that I could use as backing when I played piano, just to fill things out. ( there wasn't much around in the early 90's, and the commercial one's were very expensive) In the end I stopped playing piano totally.

I think I'm finally back to where I want to be also. I have my laptop/omb/softsynths for when I feel the need to play an arranger, but better still, I've finally gone back to playing solo piano, found some online lessons to help me brush up again and I'm having a ball. I found some "New Age" piano lessons. ( I'm sort of 20 years too late for this type of music) but, this guy has at least given me some hope, ie that you're never too old to learn. haa haa

best wishes
Rikki