I tend to go through phases with music--sometimes I'm really devoted to it, and other times it hardly crosses my mind to play, nevermind practice enough to perform in front of an audience, even if it's just an open mic. I knew this about myself already, though, and it's the reason I didn't attempt to make a career out of performing or songwriting. I don't know how long it will take for the inspiration to come back, although I don't doubt it will eventually. Lately I have had some different ideas for music, or styles of music, I want to write, but I'm still drawing blanks on new lyrics. Whatever I write next has to be somewhat distinct from what I've written before, partly because I don't want to keep saying the same things all over again, and partly because I'll need some new twists to hold my interest. Not that I'm saying anything real insightful here. Stuff gets boring if you don't change it up sometimes. Pretty basic concept.

Anyway, I recently found out that my boss will be retiring next spring, so in order to continue with my piano technician career I'll be moving early summer. The plan is to live back in NH with my parents while I take a correspondence course and work towards becoming a Registered Piano Technician (RPT), but I have no idea where I'll be headed off to after that. Boston area, maybe... but it really could be anywhere, including Las Vegas--where I've been several times and feels like home-away-from-home. Anyway, I'm not going anywhere unfamiliar for quite a while... but I do have a limited time in this area of NY, so I'm going to try and get out more to Lena's and the rest of the music scene, even if I'm not up to playing. I'm definitely going to miss it here, and all my friends in the area (most of whom I met through Lena's!), so I'd best make the most of my last several months here.