improve my piano skills

I can improvise but I have a very small repertoire – C blues scale and D minor. I’ve been stuck in a rut for years and I’d like to break through so I can play well enough to form a band.
I’ve been practising triad progressions through the cycle of fifths. What can I do next?

Starting on scales, where I’m weak. Just ran through all major scales starting on white keys, one octave, both hands parallel motion an octave apart. Each scale 10 times.

Will build on this, of course.

Buff up my keyboarding until I can do credible improv. Then 10 4-minute improvs for the RPM album in Feb.

I had to stop when I had kids. If they’re awake, I can’t play because they interfere. If they’re asleep I can’t play because it will wake them up.

I managed a little bit the other day (chasing them away every now and then, and letting them play every so often.) I didn’t realize how much I missed it. The 88-key hammer-weighted electronic is nice, but just not the same.

Today I played for about an hour… It was good and relaxing. I didn’t lost my sense of music, but I definitely have to practice more, because my fingers aren’t fast enough.

Well, I’m not Bach but I managed to learn a simplified version of my favorite piece and I’m very happy.

I took piano for all of 12 years, but had to give it up when I moved for college. I just feel as though I went through all that training for nothing.

specifically, being able to read music on the spot, writing music for the piano, learning more modern pieces instead of the current romantic classic rut i seem to be stuck in, and trilling like there’s no tommorow.