Star Wars

 

The flutes and violins have the happy faces while the tuba and bass have serious faces.  So, has Taylor returned your jacket yet?  It's probably lost in her mile-high pile of clothes.

Remember

 

When you played anywhere you could?  I remember telling you that you don't need to do that anymore, so as to help protect you from jealous people.  You definitely have better gigs now, but you were a better politician back then.  Or perhaps just clueless.  It's a good thing that you're a rock star, not a politician!

But how to tour and work the local scene at the same time?  Just try your best.  When you get big enough, the locals will claim you as their own.

If you were not local, then you're a wanderer

 

Jazz blues funk.  Sorry, I forgot the funk part.  But you don't really play that much funk per set do you, maybe 2 or 3 songs?  I hope you're getting lots of support from the locals for your 4th of July show in Nashville.  

I don't wander, thus I'm a local.  I'm a servant of Allah.  I stream the Qur'an globally, and I serve Allah with music.  I wish I could buy musical and computer equipment.  I'm really broke though, I can barely pay my bills and I have to prepare my own meals.  This is a predominantly Muslim country, but I haven't received any financial support to strengthen my position against the enemies of Allah.  I only have enough to pay bills and stay alive.  Of course I'm not allowed to ask.

Everyone is on a timer and when time's up, there will no more getting away.  Ya Allah, please forgive and protect the sincere believers.

The drums

 

That was a smart gig in Montreal.  Very well managed indeed!  I guess you are jazz blues, huh.  Mary Unknown7 is global pop.  Shadowplay is metal.

Did I ever tell you I used to be a drum teacher at Yamaha?  No more though.  I don't qualify anyway, and I hate teaching brats that don't wanna learn.  Plus my feet have become huge and useless for drums.  Although it is an artistic statement that may be impossible to copy...

Would I get a ridiculous drum set?  Maybe.  Ridiculous is a point of view.  My current drum set is ridiculous, because I don't really have one.  My favorite part of the video above is when he yanks on the rope to a bell with his teeth!

Homesick

 

So you finally figured out that life on the road is lonely.  You finally figured out that you can get lonely in a crowd.

I first got homesick when I was about 17.  I don't get homesick anymore, because I don't leave home other than to go to the mosque or run errands.  I don't like to leave my cat family.  They're naughty and stinky, but I love them so much.  This is the only photo where I have them all together.  Mama cat had a nervous habit of over grooming as you can see in the picture, but she stopped doing that after she had all her kittens.  Today my boy Otto isn't well.  He's showing symptoms of kidney disease, and I need to take him to the vet.  Please pray for my kitty.

Long Live Rick

 

It's been a while since I saw Rick Beato video though.  This one was brought to my attention by the YouTube algorithm, however.  Maybe it's because I'm not a subscriber.

The chain

 

Get some exercise, Tal.