Unlike Don, all of my jobs are at different locations and on some days I play two jobs a day-but not a lot these days. I will turn 80 In June but have been very lucky health wise and am still able to do most things I want to do. However, I have made a few adjustments that make my jobs a lot easier. Last year I changed from a Ketron SD7 to a Ketron SD40 Module and a 49 Key M-Audio Midi Controller. I also changed out my Bose L1 Compact for a Bose S1-Pro speaker. All this helps a lot and is working wonderfully.

What Don said about the Senior living places is very true. The corporate owners don't seem to care a lot about the residents and often do not give the Activity Directors a lot of money to work with and the turnover of the Activity Directors is Hugh which often makes rebooking a real pain - but it Is all part of the Senior Living business - take it or leave it.

The biggest negative now for me is driving to and from the jobs. In the last two years the traffic In our area has gotten very bad. Often it will take me 2 hours to drive to a job that was once only an hour drive. It was reported that last year 24 families moved into our area every hour! But, what else would I be doing - probably just sitting around the house and really growing old! My wife of 57 years goes with me and we have a lot of fun being together and watching all the stupid drivers we see.

I guess as long as my clients want me I will continue to play and I am already booked at some for 2020.

Deane