paul

Just got tickets for Reno, NV Sep 30th Steel Woods show.  Surprised and pumped to see ya'll getting dates out West.  Im here in norcal ElDorado, CA so less than a couple hours away.  Would be cool to meet up for a coffee. 

Overall my practice has been pretty steady for the last several months making progress with the SDS curriculum.  The weekly calls and this forum help me to feel more connected and stay motivated.  So being over 60 with luck of arthritic thumbs and other finger joints has been frustrating and more recently: a practice killer.  In about 10 days I will undergo a fusion of left thumb (screw middle to proximal joint),  and remove the trapezium bone,then attach a tendon from the forearm to the proximal to keep it in place.  Doc said is a fairly common practice and will not notice much restriction, just no more pain.  Six weeks completely immobilized and 6 months to recover.  Not looking forward to the process,  but I am excited at the prospect of having less pain.  The more positive thing is I've  taken advantage of these last few weeks down time to rewire and setup a more comfortable practice room instead of just being in my dusty old workshop storeroom.  Have a scheduled practice today in about an hour that I've been thinking about for a couple weeks > going to have to take it easy and start working on improving transcription skills to keep my MOJO.  Thanks to The Shed for keeping me on track.

Funk gets you.   One of my brothers breaks it down here very clearly: