If I have an off day, I bring in the board the night before and could spend 8 hours, no problem.

If I have continuous bookings, I usually leave it in the car, or bring it inside.

Weekends vary, roughly 4 - 6 total.

= 20 hours per week. HAVE TO keep working on new material.

I play just about every day, going over old stuff, and trying 'new' stuff ... I really don't play any of today's new songs, even though some of them pretty good ... I just don't see, that even in a venue like the restaurant I sometimes play in, a heavy, bald guy in his mid seventies is going to be appreciated performing an Ed Sheeran song ...
The 'new' stuff I work on are songs that are new to ME ... Like the past few days the Nat King Cole song "That Day, Last Summer" has been going around in my head, so I will probably work on that next week ...
Although I am not a 'Jazz player' by any stretch of the imagination, I also like to pick up the Real Book and go through songs from there ...

Donny...I give you credit for sticking to a routine after semi-retiring. I’m pretty toasted after dealing with idiot inmates for 12 hours.

If a jingle project comes in...that’s my practice time.

By the way Mr. Mason...how is the 970 working out?

jingleman

It is perfectly fine for now! I didn't announce I had changed and nobody commented other than the usual BS about how wonderful I sound!

For now?.... Mr Mason?

It all depends on how my health goes. No plans to change right now, but I do get bored pretty easily. There are lots of choices, old and new.

"The keyboardist, not the keyboard"

I good steak, a fine wine and a flaming table-side dessert all go together to make a great filter for the music! I can play a hundred songs with girls' names in them and everybody feels special! Throw in Brown-eyed Girl and Wonderful Tonight and they all leave happy!

Ditto! As I have stated in the past, I played for the ladies.

Gary

I am at one of my three keyboards and SD40 or my pc and tablets at least seven hours a day when I am not playing out. Since I don't chew the same cud twice, I am always looking to improve something. It is either organizing material for a show, learning new songs, improving on registrations, or learning something new about the keyboards.

People may say to get a life. Well. this is my life, and I love every minute of it.