Yeah, y’all may (or more likely, may not) be aware of a program called Brainjo (as in 
+ 
) put out by this neurologist dude who learned banjo as an adult and talks a lot about how the brain learns and applies that to his teaching methods.
I’ve definitely felt that learning banjo a few years ago and now learning bass has helped me in various ways — like, understanding music better, how instruments interact in various ensembles, etc.
Wow, how cool.
Something I would love to do strictly for neurological purposes, with the added benefit of learning a new instrument.
Unfortunately I won’t have time to do it
Maybe some day, a few years away.
Thanks for the info, and corroboration of my points
For anyone who has a midi keyboard and can use a sustain pedal (@MikeC ?). I sold my Hammer88 and no longer need this. It’s yours if you’ll pay the shipping.
Damn! Sorry, Pam. I bought the M-Audio sustain pedal a few days ago.
On the bright side, Amazon had it on sale for only $19.00.
I thought your were keeping your Hammer 88.
I changed my mind, as I often do 
Any drummers among us?
I bought a Donner drum stool to sit on when I’m practicing or playing, my normal chair was getting in the way because of the arm rests. It came with a set of Donner drumsticks:
I’m not a drummer, so… free to a good home.
Or……do you ever get take out?
I own a few drum stick size chopsticks for frying but none are that thick. That’s @John_E and @JerryP territory, lol.
As my grandfather used to say… big hands, big feet … you know the rest.
Big 
Big shoes?
I ordered a discount refurb Beat Buddy Mini 2 and they sent me a version 1 by mistake. They were very cool and immediately sent the Mini 2 replacement, but don’t want the first one back. If anybody wants to check out the original Beat Buddy Mini, it’s yours for shipping.
Very cool, Dave. 
If no one else wants a beat buddy mini. I’ll take it
PM me the address and I’ll send it along.
