Music to My Ears

I am so musical I have a set of drums in my ears.
Music has played a big part in life for me.  Less so since the tumour and stroke though.  I warble now rather than sing.  That is ok though.  Music had taken more of a back seat for me in recent years anyway.
Not so much listening to music.  I still do a lot of that and love it.  It is thee playing of music I do less of.  I did play the guitar and the piano.  I wrote and recorded some of my own songs.
These days that does seem easier than it was.  I used band in a box and loved that I could load a program and be a bass player while playing notes on the piano.  Any way I put together some things.  But these days individuals can sound like a whole band and the backing is seamless.  We had advantages our forbears did not have and people today have advantages we did not have.  I guess it is a bit like Merril said when having trouble with some technology.  “I need a 12 year old to show me.”
I used to organize people to perform quarterly at the church I attended.  We had food and music and guest artists.  I would always make a point of asking second tier people.  Those that were not necessarily seen as the best but were incredible good but lacked opportunity.  They were the ones I would give opportunity to and they were great.
I do remember performing one of my songs and having a band back me who had never seen or played the song before.  They were great.  I did preface my performance with “if I am going down you are going down with me.”  We did not go down and they were great.
It’s funny but they were a bluegrass band.  I had seen a busker in town say something I thought I would use.  He said “I don’t care what you give as long as you fold it neatly.”  I loved that line and as I used to take a donation for any performers I used it.  That was the best we ever received.
I do not play much these days but I do have piano, guitars, bass, tambourines at home at the ready for anyone who wants to play.
I am constantly listening to music and enjoy a lot of both new and old.