Quote Originally Posted by docdosco View Post
These days, all I need usually is a lyric sheet on vocal tunes. Funny thing is that I retain changes easliy, but it is hard to recall lyrics. (must be a different part of the brain - one that I burned out with hard living!) I may have posted here about my memory issues. I posted somewhere... (gee I can't remember!). Ha!

I can remember lyrics on tunes I played in my youth with perfect acuity. These days it is not so easy. I have to force myself to remember the damn words, and still some verses slip away and then .... zzzzz... oh, here I am : )

I have printed chord charts for other people if they need them (which is why ireal has proved so valuable). Luckily, being an old fossil like myself, I have other old fossils that I call for gigs, and they generally know the all tunes.

So, Mexico? How did you end up there if you don't mind me asking? I suspect you aren't a fugitive, so it must abe another reason.

Doc Dosco
Doc,

I don't sing, so no need to remember lyrics. Although, of course, having been exposed to so many standards for so long I know a good many of them.

I use iReal Pro for the bass and drum backing tracks. I'm the only jazz musician in this whole town, so I don't have a band, and the backing tracks give me a lot more freedom on the keys.

We retired to Mexico because we couldn't afford the States any longer. Because Mexico is unfortunately so poor and the dollar worth so much, down here we live very comfortably on Social Security and a small pension. It's absolutely beautiful country and weather, friendly people, and none of the pressures we had making a living in New York.

Cheers,
Jer