It was a good night and I determined I would play two songs from the new record, and one newer one that is just so fun to play.

Because I was playing as a musician in the round, I downsized so as not to hog the whole space of the circle and got back to my first keyboard  a tried and true Roland XP10, lighter and dinkier than the 88-key weighted key behemoth keyboards to which I upgraded when I got “serious.”  I can’t even lift one of my keyboards, a Korg with amazing sounds.   I held on to the Roland for nostalgia’s sake but it does come in handy for certain shows, however more limited it is in terms of range with just 61 keys.

Of course, going to guitar would be even more compact but I am just so much more at home on the keys.  I’m actually in the market for an upright piano now.  I donated my baby grand piano when I vacated my studio but am missing a real piano something fierce.  Ain’t nothing like the real thing baby.