What do you miss?

Honestly, about the only thing I really miss due to the current situation is my weekly musicmaker jam session.

 

I miss my mind the most.

 

My main band was not taking new bookings because the drummer was waiting to go into hospital for major back surgery and my acoustic side project was just about to start rehearsing again after a years hiatus.

What I do miss is my weekly live Facebook streams with a duo and the monthly open mic nights where being the only bassist there I got to play EUB with most of the performers.

This was a live stream, not sure why my buddy has not put the video up.


We don't have much video of our 60's band but this is a video compilation shot by the drummer's son.

 

i miss the regularity --- the routine --- of rehearsals and gigs, rehearsals and gigs, rehearsals and gigs, rehearsals and gigs...

 

Since this is in off-topic, my non-Music-related thing I miss is being able to have a meal inside the restaurant.
The drive-through lines are ridiculously long now, & I can't stand food that's gotten cold on the drive home!

Bojangles were doing pimiento-cheese fries & there's no way I'm going to expect that to be good by the time I drive the 3 miles to home, & you can't even got inside to order it as take-out.

 

I miss the convenience Of doing things as needed. But then again, I’ve been forced to practice some much needed discipline.

Other than that I don’t miss much and could sustain this situation for years if needed. Being recently diagnosed with an immunodeficiency, I’m in no hurry to rush back into anything.

My work is perfectly suited for remote, I have a good home office setup, I have more than enough projects around the house to keep me occupied, I have other hobbies besides music that are perfectly suited for physical distancing (cycling/motorcycling). Wife and daughter are happy enough. Nobody I know has gotten sick. Can’t really complain. I know others are not so lucky so I try not to rejoice about my circumstances.

 

Sanity.

 

Hope I make sense here. I turned 67 in March and on February 28 I got let go from my job. Found out later through the grapevine that the corporate powers were told to make cuts due to the virus. So I decided enough of this, I'm going to retire. So it just so happened that my retirement came about when this virus came roaring in. But already I can tell you what I do not miss. I don't miss the 50 minute morning commute to work and the sometimes 1 1/2 hour commute home. I don't miss the stress of deadlines. I don't miss the nights of restless sleep because of work.

I always knew in the back of my mind that whenever I retired I was bound to be in for an "adjustment period." How could I not after going full tilt for over 40 years? So I really haven't been thinking about what I miss. Rather, I've been concentrating on finding my "new beat in life." The biggest change has been not playing at church and not seeing our small group who gets together once every 2 weeks. The other change has been wearing a mask whenever I go to a store. But I really don't think about it, I just do it. But really, my "adjustment" has very little to do with the virus.

 

I miss my children’s carefree spirit and peace of mind. They are bored, worried, and the abrupt cancellation of school has left them grieving a loss they cannot understand.

 

I missed being able to go home on leave, but honestly my work has kept me pretty focused and I've been enjoying that as well. I at least got to see my grandfather's wedding on zoom, my sister was kind enough to set that up while she watched from her car.

 

Just getting out. This virus lock down is a nightmare.
Musically I miss a good steady band and gigs. There is little to no
work and the little there is sucks. We play to cell phone Zombies.
I have freelanced for 4 years and although I have met some
really good players there is no work.

 

Musically, I just generally miss being able to be creative and play music with other people.
Otherwise, I miss freedom of movement. I know it's a little less restricted right now, but there are a bunch of places my wife and I wanted to go, which we can't do right now.
The future looks dark and grim. I feel like Frodo walking into Mordor.

 

Bojangles...worth a trip down south for the chicken alone! Some of the best I've eaten...especially for fast food.

 

I miss not having ringing in my ears and the hearing range that I've lost.

 

Miscellaneous is for Music, not necessarily bass.
I had the opposite problem with a thread about Music-related books, everyone jumped in with their off-topic books.

Here's the irony, there's a Bojangle's 3 miles from me, I do NOT like their chicken.
I love Popeye's chicken, but they're 30 miles away!

Another irony, I first had Popey's chicken in Yokosuka, Japan.

 

This is right at the top of the Misc. sub-forum page:

"Music-related discussion, not specific to the bass or any other forum"

Reading the description at the top of the sub-forum page helps

Spicy is their only recipe in my book, I'd order nothing else.
However, when they make a claim that they have some new spicy thing, it's not true, & it's usually the same old thing with some sweet chili sauce on it.