solo piano and weird aches

Tonight I have a solo gig at Bistro 221! Cool! I’m soooo looking forward to it.

What happened was an anamoly… a gliche in the Matrix! Singer Donnie Finnell thought I was busy with Big Daddy Orchestra tonight and got another drummer. I thought it was going to be a usual gig at The Bistro but Donnie is doing a private party at the Rancho Bernardo Country Club!

So, fortune smiled down upon me and the owners of the Bistro would like me to play solo piano tonight! And I haven’t done a solo piano gig in a long, long time, so I’m kinda happy for the change of pace.

Anyways, I’ve been feeling these aches in my neck and shoulders, even though I’ve been doing my daily Yoga routine. It’s weird because I don’t feel any aches and pains while doing the Yoga, just while sitting. Perhaps it’s some form of stress-related, poor posture thing. But the Yoga should help alleviate that. Ah, it might be the headstands. I do headstands in my Yoga routine and I’ve been doing them for longer periods of time. I think I’d better ease up on that because it does take some neck and shoulder muscle effort to maintain the headstand itself, so… that just might be it.

Other than that, my Yoga routine itself is going great. I’m doing it daily but dividing it between A.M. and P.M. routines, and going for 30 to 45 minutes each time. Nowadays, it’s kinda hard to get a 90 minute to 2 hour routine going, so dividing the Yoga time allows me to continue to do it daily. The Yoga continues to help my musical performance considerably, and last night I had a really great night. I felt really good and it reflected in the audience reaction and the tips. One very important reason to continue doing the daily Yoga routine.