No work for this musician, but i’m hanging tough and still practicing…

Just a quick update that I’m doing okay and hanging in there. I don’t have any gigs scheduled whatsoever, and who knows when the gigs will start to trickle in again… my main gigs have been retirement homes, senior living centers, corporate events, weddings and miscellaneous private events. Still, nothing has come up.

But I’m still practicing every day and yesterday for Father’s Day I played piano for a good 2 hours, practicing all sorts of things from standards to classical to patriotic songs.

As far as being able to do gigs or jam sessions online?

I still don’t know how to do that, but I’m looking into that possibility. I noticed a few musicians have been using Zoom or Microsoft Teams or some other technology. I confess I’m behind the times, so I need to get that going because I don’t know how much longer will we musicians be unemployed.

But we channel our sadness through our music…

Still Quarantined after all these months

I sincerely hope everyone is doing okay out there. I mean, most of us have been pretty much quarantined since day one. And for those who are fighting this coronavirus pandemic at the frontlines, I commend you for your service. And to those who are taking care of the sick, the elderly, the young and the meek… I commend you too.

The weather has gotten nicer, and so I’ve been able to go out into the garden and do some gardening. And there’s a lot to catch up on after the rains, which seemed to have gone on for weeks.

Movies watched: The Shape of Water, Little Miss Sunshine, Dodgeball, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, The Millenium Trilogy, to name a few. Of course, I’ve had plenty of time to watch movies.

I practice piano, but I could sure use the time to practice a lot more. Especially some of the Joplin tunes which I forgot some of them already.

Anyway, I need to work on my coin and stamp collection. Just to organize it, catalogue it, etc.

Going to get groceries is quite the endeavor these days. I try to go once every 2 weeks, because it’s this whole ordeal now with social distancing and wearing masks and gloves. But you gotta do it.

More later… I’m out.

Coronavirus affecting us musicians

Today, I did my last gig for a while, as this coronavirus threat has affected us musicians to the point that all gigs seem to be canceled until further notice.

The current administration was talking about payroll tax cuts, but most of us musicians are freelance and self-employed. We don’t have the kind of benefits that workers of companies have.

It’s truly a gig economy with us musicians, and if I didn’t have my business as a self-employed active stock trader, then I really be struggling right now.

Anyway, I hope this will all blow over soon, as us musicians need the business, but in the name of stopping the spread of this coronavirus, I will stay unemployed for as long as it takes.

For my sake, I will have to mark all the gigs I have that were canceled due to the coronavirus.

Be safe, everyone! Self quarantine if you have to, don’t worry, be happy!!! 🙂