Off Topic 2009 is your year for?

[BigTony]

After 2 ad a half years this stint, New Years eve was my last gig. Im sure that the old fingers will begin to itch once I have gotten over the fun of doing stuff of a weekend with the kids!!

I'm now determined to do a few things I've always wanted to do, no matter how scary.

1, Snowboarding. My first Sunday off my Son and I went, It was awful, I couldnt get back up when I fell over, after an hour of this, I decided it best to leave it to the experts and my son.

2.Lose weight and get healthy! 2 years ago I quite smoking and have piled on the pounds due to 2-3 gigs a week (too much beer) and bad diet. Im now on Atkins, determined to lose a lot of weight and change my eating habits for life. So far I have dropped 5lbs since New Years Eve.

3. Jump out of an aeroplane with a parachute strapped to my back. (Max weight is 15stone so I gotta lose atleast 4 stone. I'll then do a jump for charity.

4. 2009 is the year I have launched my own local magazine, determined to make that a huge success.

5. Get my sleep pattern sorted out, I sleep too little and then at the wrong times.

6. Learn to negotiate better and manage people better in business.

So there is my main 6, dunt seem a lot now its in writing, maybe I need to add some, maybe I'll see something you guys are planning and give it a try!

 

[robelinda2]

1. Expand my family

2. Focus more intently on the style of music I like and not waste time

3. Buy more balls!

 

[Smellybum]

Good Thread!
In no particular order....

1. Work hard at being a better Husband and Father

2. Work REALLY hard at being a better guitar player

3. Reduce my spending on Guitars amps fx etc.

4. Decorate/Re-model my house

5. Nurse my Car along

6. Get exercise (Ideally loose weight, but settle for tone ups!)

7. Try and be more tollerant.

8. Keep my job come the rebid in March......



Best of luck to all of you in your New year challenges..... The first 57 steps are the hardest!

 

[Jimmyb]

1) Keep my job
2) Move house
3) Study more
4) Get a bass playing gig (but learn how to play it first!!!)

 

[MrMusashi]

1) im gonna get down to 12 min on the 3000 meter test run
2) im gonna learn italian
3) no more nailbiting (yeah right.. ive tried that for 20 years now... heheh)
4) sell a bass before buying a new one (also yeah right.. hehe.. basses are not meant to be sold)

MrM

ps: does getting a markbass f series amp count?

 

[Rufedges]

1) im gonna get down to 12 min on the 3000 meter test run
2) im gonna learn italian
3) no more nailbiting (yeah right.. ive tried that for 20 years now... heheh)
4) sell a bass before buying a new one (also yeah right.. hehe.. basses are not meant to be sold)

MrM

ps: does getting a markbass f series amp count?

I can do 3000 meters in about 15 minutes,.....12 minutes is pretty fast.....I'm not really much of a runner though,...more of a weightlifter body type.

 

[Volt]

1) Receive my new SM-Y2D that's on order.
2) Lose 15-20 pounds.
3) Have my cramped loft remodeled into a real honest-to-goodness room, if it's not too expensive.
4) Finally be able to play the Kid Charlemagne solo - that I have been practicing for a couple weeks, so far.
5) Possibly retire early.

 

[Frantic Slayer]

1. play more bass!
2. learn more music theory
3. get at least 1 gig playing bass
4. get at least 1 gig in front of the camera
5. start learning piano
6. rearrange my sleeping patterns
7. play/practice bass at least 15 minutes everyday when I wake up before doing anything else

 

[lpcoco]

1) I would like to make an mini album with my second band InnerMynd;
2) Be more activ, be in better shape and loose weight;
3) Sleep more than 5 hours by night;
4) I'm pretty interested by the 25th anniversary Axis

 

[koogie2k]

1. Finally enjoy myself without worry. It is a "ME" year.
2. Get a new bass....not sure which one yet.
3. Adjust to my new job which is wonderful so far.
4. Be nice to someone daily.
5. Continue playing and recording in my band. I love playing shows!

 

[Grand Wazoo]

1. get a new bass (Bongo 5HHp - check!) to see if the grass is greener on the Bongo side
2. avoid new year's resolutions and stick to what I do best - check!
3. try and spend more time with friends & family rather than ships and crew!
4. always be good to everyone

 

[Lum]

it's a toughie but. I'ts all gonna be heavy duty stuff, but i gotta do it

1. loose weight (recent gig photo's have been pretty bad, so looking to get down from 16 stone to around 13)

2. reduce my debt

3. if no.2's successfull, then move out

4. try not to let myself get soo run down i end up in the pit of depression. it aint fun, especially when life feels so pointless and futile you want to throw yourself off a bridge, and it feels worse when you know you don't have the nerve to actually do it.

5. this being single lark isn't all it's cut out to be, so i should probably try rectify that one too

6. Push my band Vantage Point more. more gigs, gigs where we've never played before, and try get the name out there more

 

[Smellybum]

C'mon fella,
it's not that bad, you do have one of the finer guitar collections in the central belt, and you're selling yourself short, between VP, Maiden Scotland, Junior priest - you're quite the z list celeb

Hang in there- you'll be just fine.


And remember the 'Highland Retreat' to free your mind and laugh at your old pal smelly trying to drink 3 beers is always available! - step away from the rat race and come up to the garden (OK freezer) of eden!!

it's a toughie but. I'ts all gonna be heavy duty stuff, but i gotta do it

1. loose weight (recent gig photo's have been pretty bad, so looking to get down from 16 stone to around 13)

2. reduce my debt

3. if no.2's successfull, then move out

4. try not to let myself get soo run down i end up in the pit of depression. it aint fun, especially when life feels so pointless and futile you want to throw yourself off a bridge, and it feels worse when you know you don't have the nerve to actually do it.

5. this being single lark isn't all it's cut out to be, so i should probably try rectify that one too

6. Push my band Vantage Point more. more gigs, gigs where we've never played before, and try get the name out there more

 

[Jason2112]

First time I've actually thought these through, good timing....

1. Be the best dad and husband I can be
2. Work out more, ride my mountain bike more
3. Replace my Strat with another Silo
4. Learn how to use all that expensive recording/mixing/mastering software on my pc
5. Start a new web-based business
6. Start planning for a major career change (I'm burned out)

 

[zefo]

hey all , for me , 2009 it's a new year like every year ! lol

1. to be maried with my girl friend
2. Expand my guitarplay.
3. Work more like 2008.
4. have a lot of fun and more sex ... yeahhhh ...
5. Met again steve lucifer !!! heuuuu luktaher

bless you all my musicman friend

 

[Angelina28]

1. Do more exercise to benefit my health, to lose weight in passing!
2. To be a good girlfriend. Be more indulgent to my boyfriend!
3. To be a dutiful daughter!
4. Start my dance dream!

 

[leftyguitarblue]

giving 100% to all aspects of my life; wife, guitar playing, band, workout routine.
and to play my new JP (when i get it) till my fingers bleed.

 

[DavidOfOz]

Since I'm being retrenched from my job in about two weeks, my goals for 2009 are (in no particular order):

* Waste some of my retrenchment package on an EBMM or two (and maybe on a Maton acoustic)...Colin, expect a call.
* Build my existing "hobby" music business into a full time venture.
* Start a new IT Consulting business.
* Start teaching guitar and bass.
* Get a guitar teacher for myself so I help to fix my dodgy technique and tackle some new challenges.
* Spend WAY more time with the wife and kids.
* Spend WAY more time playing guitar.
* Walk the dog more often.
* Lose weight and get fitter.
* Start smelling the roses again....life is too short.

 

[Metal4Bokonon]

1) Get more fit and healthier...I spend wayyyyy too much time locked up in my house.

2) Become more sociable...For some, thats easy, me...not so much.

3) Practice more thoroughly. (Always a must)

4) Keep grades up.

 

[DanTheMan]

Great idea for a thread!
1. Lose the beer belly
2. Get back into serious gigging/band stuff (have to practice alot)
3. Be a better husband
4. Work harder (I'm really lazy ) and save more money.