I remember that post Russ and I really enjoyed your performance. It was the musicality I enjoyed despite your physical difficulties. And I know you have a good ear and sense of musical judgement so despite it being your own performance you still could appreciate the musical content or you wouldn't have bothered posting it and asking for our opinions.

If I remember correctly on that post of yours I talked about Django overcoming an even more dramatic physical problem and still being able to present some of the most wonderful gypsy jazz the world has ever heard. It is the musical content that matters not how the music may have sounded if the physical problem had never happened. In fact working around the physical problems may even draw out a new aspect of the musicality. I certainly think that was the case with Django and you must draw on that when dealing with your own difficulties. While your hands are certainly a big part of performance the music itself doesn't start there, it comes from your mind and that hasn't changed at all.