For all those guys who, as punishment for the crime of being a child, are/were forced to take piano lessons: when Mom finally gives/gave up and vacates/vacated the sentence, we should/should have be/been permitted to destroy that m-f, c-s, pos metronome by whatever means of violent destruction we deem/deemed appropriate.

While I agree with you on the.......

I wouldn't give up the key board....

Been tickling the ivories, now highly polished plastic, for near 60 years...

I'ld give my left nut to be able to play. For those that can, don,t waste it.

Lighten up Liberace.

Don't flatter yourself. Those metronomes kept the rest of the band company/agitated as well.

Get yourself "Band in a box" to play along with you and keep the time.

I had to listen to both my sisters banging on a piano, my brother with his trombone, and then he and our mother took accordion lessons. I can't stand listening to music until this day.

I use it occasionally... If I'm working on a gnarly piece of timing, or to establish a 'feel' of the correct tempo.

But, usually it's just set on 'ad libitum'

Back bout 20 year I played Guitar-Hero vidah game- sometimes i think i shoulda been an entertainer. People laugh at me till tears run down their face