Hi Scott,

I always enjoy your broad-based "What's your...? kind of questions. (I've also listened with admiration to some of your work on the Tyros.)

I'm an old "hippie" drop-out type who never got into the professions. I did make a small living for a while playing keys in clubs, but didn't like working nights. So I decided a while back to completely divorce my musical aspirations from my "make a living" necessities.

Silly as it sounds, it frees me up to just pursue "art for art's sake," untainted by the pragmatics or politics of events.

I have a humble position as a Physical Therapy Tech at a major teaching hospital. While not lucrative, it's good, solid, and rewarding sevice work, dealing hands-on with the elderly, the sick, the injured, and the traumatized. The work is both interesting and rewarding. Every day is different, and I'm happy with it.