Plus I discovered today I can play my Roland keyboard without moving my surgical arm improperly and without any pain. I barely move my hand and fingers, I think it's fine and won't be a problem with my shoulder recovery. When I tried doing that before the operation I'd play for five minutes and the pain in my shoulder was so extreme I'd just give up. It really hampered my efforts to start practicing keyboard. Today I played for 90+ minutes with zero pain. So from that observation, the surgery seems to have been rather successful.

That's a big deal for me, it will be a lot easier to get through this if I can play some music. I wanted to start playing keys because I think it will help me with the song writing, but it's also fun playing a new instrument after 35+ years of guitar. That Roland keyboard sounds great. Now I have to figure out what software I have to buy to get a righteous Hammond organ sound to come out of that bad boy. Apparently you put it on your lap top, usb back into the keyboard and then you can patch it through. I think there are sounds I can access in the Apple Garage Band app which is on my MacBook Air.