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"biography temporary website: www.aboshamaa.weebly.com <- has some videos When I was 16 my family moved. It was somewhat uprooting you might say. I was the only child left in the house and soon found myself in a new town, with no one besides the family dog to talk to. Not particularly social, I decided that since I had only 2 years of high school left that I might as well do something with it. I had had music in my head for years at this point and decided it was time to get it out. So I started playing piano. 6-8 hours a day, about 6 days a week. Sundays I didn't play very much. (less than 3 hours usually) College was very disruptive for me, and I found myself only playing seriously during the 'off-season'. If I played during school I'd become completely consumed and although I wouldn't necessarily fail, I'd do quite poorly. High school had already proved that piano was too consuming to tolerate distractions. Upon graduation from college I set aside 6 weeks to prep for a recording I had yet to execute. It would be all the giants that stayed trapped in my head due to my lack of conditioning over the previous 5 years. I figured I could ramp up to the 6+ hours a day I'd need to pull these types of pieces off. Long story shorter, day 3, after only having played for 3 hours my hands were inflated with blood. They were hot instead of cold. I soon couldn't use my right hand for much at all. It was weak and had constant pain. Therapists couldn't figure anything conclusive and onl