Hi Spalding....I'm the OP. I guess I forgot to say....I have no choice but to quit playing now because.........I BURNED OUT!!!.

I haven't been able to play the piano for weeks now. When I sit down I don't even remember HOW to play, much less what to play! Pretty soon I won't even remember where the piano is! It's not a nervous breakdown, it's a "musical breakdown!"



That's a lot of what "burned me out"......having to deal with PEOPLE in these very trying times.....obnoxious, abrasive, disrespectful, unappreciative (where I live anyway). I've had a career of dealing with happy, civil people as an audience......suddenly it's changed overnight. I'm not sure how one can be a very sensitive musician playing meaningful, beautiful music while coping with the aforementioned.

I never dreamed in a million years this is the direction music would take. I've adapted to just about everything I had to over the years, but I don't have the energy or the desire anymore to deal with this kind of thing. More power to you guys if you CAN!!!

But...after I take some good rest away from music completely, I have the feeling somewhere down the line when it's time to pay the monthly bills and I have to be reminded of my shrinking bank account, I'll wish I was back playing again!

Mark