I played professionally for about 12 years. I dropped out of the scene when I had to acknowledge that I was NOT going to become a Rock Star at 30yo.  I had no interest (nor the skill set!!!) in eeking out a living as a studio/hired-gun musician; so, I did the most logical thing and went to medical school!!!  After medical school I began to miss playing music.  I put together a home studio and got my Fix via recording for the next 10-12 years.  Everything would have probably been fine, but I recently did a reunion gig with one of my old bands... thus the fire was rekindled.  I placed an ad on CL and got a response from 3 guys (all about my age) who turned-out to be incredibly talented. It was one of those rare moments where we all just clicked immediately.  The problem is/was that the KB player is attempting to make a living at gigging and the drummer was looking for a situation where he could play more frequently than I can commit.  The guitarist and I were on the same page, so we are currently working with another drummer and singer with the understanding that this will be a hobby band.  It will take as long as it takes to put the project together but it will be an enjoyable process.  Beyond that, I really have no expectations.  As a younger man, I well remember watching some of the musicians in my home town ride the wave of irrelevance as they got older.  Time has now put me in that same ironic predicament: even if I had the time to commit to a professional project, my age would preclude me from most of them.

Pace, Greg!  My band, OTiS, is playing in NYC this Saturday!  Please come out.  Marc Shapiro and Todd Harris are coming out, and maybe a few others from the Club.  It would be great to see you!  
I sent you both invites- to your emails.  Hope you got them.
 
Here's the link for Uncle Mike's:
 
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=151445784880778
 
 
 
 
Here's the link for our MEANY Fest show:
 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147675675267151
 
 
Hope you guys can make it!!!
 
Peace;)
 
Frank
 
ps- here's a link to a recent show.  ironically, now we have a guitar player!
 

Good looking bass with good tone/chops otis!