Re: J. Conley - Latest Treatments, EWI, and Food,

Sounds like a lot of hard work ahead with all of the treatments, and as I understand it is not so easy to keep your strength up.
Do the doctors recommend getting some Sun, in order to get a good blast of vitamin D (or take pills) ? Of all the vitamins, D has turned out to be the only one that's truly hugely beneficial. Research going back more than 10 yrs has all been very positive, whereas new research has sown doubts about many of the other vitamins that were at some earlier time highly recommended.

I'm even more convinced than ever that the EWI-4000s was the best choice for you even apart from not having to have a computer around. I've finally tweaked the sensitivity knobs and got the dynamic range optimized, so the sm Baritone Sax now sounds really good -much better than with the EWI-USB.

The samplemodeling software is much cheaper at this point than when I bought it -especially the all combo deal, due to the relative pricing of the Euro vs the Dollar, so if you're considering buying any check the prices.

I bought a number of Hal Leonard Play along music and the best one is Gerry Mulligan (vol #43). He composed all the songs and he plays them. What could be more fun than playing with Gerry Mulligan (assuming you like his music, of course)? The other play a-longs are mostly ok (I don't care for a lot of the soloists stylings), but the Gerry Mulligan volume is in a league of his own.

I'm glad to hear you're a good cook and your ability to enjoy food has not been been compromised.

Please keep us updated.

Wishing you a speedy recovery,

Last edited by Dan Tong; 05/09/10 11:15 PM.
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