Hey there Dragon Clan. Time to get back into my music. Last post was June 2025. I played 3 gigs that month. That was the last time I felt well. I had a small surgery at the end of June. No music in July and played my last open to the public gig in August. I dialed it in for that show. I did a couple more shows at St Anne's, again all dialed in. I wasn't practicing and I could feel the performances lacking any quality. I stopped playing out all together by November. I was back in a depression. 

Well I'm climbing back. I've written 3 or 4 songs this year and am practicing again. Not much, but a good start. I am taking piano lessons and making some small progress. I'm back on the banjo too, doing some online lessons. I've played 2 open mics this year. I'm really hoping to do more soon. I need to practice my repertoire so I feel comfortable playing those songs again. I'm hoping to play out with my 4 instruments this summer. Banjo, guitar, harmonica, and piano.

I never recorded the song I mentioned in my last blog. It is good. I need to rehearse it and figure out the percussion (a fifth instrument, the bodhran). I've had a few song ideas pop into my head and I'm writing them down and making voice memos.