Hey Bob, how are you doing? Life has been weird, there's no doubt about that. Things have changed significantly for me in the past few years, I lost most everything in a foreclosure, then eviction, homeless for almost three years. Thankfully my sister saved my keyboard and some other stuff, but I lost a lot. I was working for a bit, but got laid off a year ago, and haven't been able to find work. So, I'm semi-retired, looking for work, but have a Social Security income. I have a few dollars from retirement accounts, but really not much. I've been living in a room in a house. I don't have enough money or income to even get a small one bedroom apartment, and the low income housing I just applied for denied me because of some court issues from my previous eviction. Thankfully, I have a friend who just bought a house and is looking for people to move in with him. So, I know the other three people who are going to be there, all close friends, so that's good.

I still have my ancient PA800 keyboard, but have been wanting to replace it with a new Korg PA5X-76. Saw a 'mint' used one for only $3,600, and I have that money from my retirement account, so if after the move I have enough, I'll be getting that. Maybe put the PA800 on sale. On Reverb, even though it's like 18 years old, they're still getting $1,200-1,500!

But, I haven't been playing much, and I need to get back into it. The guy that I moving in with and one other person both are guitarists, Christian music, so I hope to be able to utilize Band In A Box to flesh out some new music for them. It would be nice. They know of the program, but not really all that it's capable of, so we might be putting together some music for a new album sometime in the future. Maybe, depending on if they like the concept or not. But, it's a desire on my part.

In the meantime, I'm still alive, still doing the things I need to be doing, and God provides for the rest. Oh yeah, one of the biggest things is I've returned to my Christian heritage, and for that, I am very thankful!

Gary

I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!