Hi, all,
I was just reading Janine's story, and others' reactions, about Joni's
playing piano at the Toronto Hommage, and it got me thinking. I know Joni
had a bad early experience with piano lessons, and that she probably "thinks"
in guitar rather than in piano, which she didn't really start experimenting
with seriously until, what, 1969, BUT
Since I have substantial nerve damage (neuropathy) in my hands from AIDS and
from the drugs I have to take to stay alive, I was surprised to find when I
picked up piano again recently for the first time in 25 years, that while my
typing speed and accuracy have plummeted to 20-30% of their pre-damage years,
I can play piano more like 80% as well. (Which may, alas, say more about how
bad I was before, but anyhoo...) So given Joni's nerve damage from
Post-Polio Syndrome and the difficulties that presents w/r/t her guitar
playing, maybe she *should* return to composing more on the piano.
IwishIwishIwish.
('Course, I don't care if she decides to compose on a rubber band held
between her teeth and a music stand, as long as she continues playing and
composing.)
Looking forward to seeing some jmdlers tonight,
Walt
