John, Ted, Bill, and Many Others of you that will post to this topic.
You are a joy to me, and I look forward every day to reading and studying your wisdom. My learning curve is not composed solely of the new keyboards wife Jann is always buying me but also to developing wisdom to overcome 72 years of developing attitudes about many things. I am gaining thanks to you my friends and to my best friend, Jann my wife.
I had a great hatred of music for many years of my life. My dad made me practice many hours a day from age 5 through 12. At age 12 I switched from Piano to Horns and life got better. I did a lot of gigging in bigger and bigger bands, as I bummed around the country. I doubled on piano and horns and also played accordion and organ and guitar just to keep from being hungry too long. Going through college, I played 6 nights a week at a piano bar. I really hated it even more. I spent 30 years building 5 companies and never played a note. I then begin to like music again by just listening to it.
I retired and Jann bought me the first Technics digital Piano to come out and for the first time in my life I begin to love music and not consider it work. Now I play every day and every night and just love to play. I don't have to play for a living and I love that too. Live is good. Thank you LORD.
Bill the Bebop