| Dear Rick,
Jack has an excellent idea. Since you have the capability to earn bucks in a relatively short amount of time by busking, you could get your reading back by playing with community bands or reading bands that get together once a week to blow down charts. Does your wife play piano? Maybe you could get a collection of solos and just learn them for fun. Playing with a piano is just about the best thing for your playing you can do. It straightens out time and intonation primarily.
ML |