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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

(74,101 posts)

7. Only For Myself

Reply to B.See (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:41 PM

Friday

After 30+ years (20 with the same 4 of us, plus the same soundma& lighting guy) the gig schedule and my work travel became too hard to manage.
After 20 years together, nobody was upset that we had to pull the plug.
I play guitar & piano every day, though. A few times on each instrument 15 or 20 minutes at a time.
I mostly play acoustic guitar now, and I've got a real piano. So no amps, cords, electrical connections.
Just sit down at the piano or get a guitar off the wall and play.
But, I'm done performing aside from 2 or 3 tunes at a local open mic thing.
Here's an example of some stuff I recorded for my own entertainment a few years ago. I'm playing & singing all the parts on these.
https://m.soundcloud.com/user-134084288/tracks