Dec 19, 2005 03:03 pm my new years resolution: quit smoking
The obligatory "new years resolution" thread...
Posted on Dec 19, 2005 02:18 pm
dbmasters
Administrator Since: Apr 03, 2002
OK, people, what do we have here, many people make them, few people achieve them. I actually kept mine last year, I got in better shape, lost wieght and am still actively working out.
- I am going to keep that path, want to be down to 200 and a brown belt in Kenpo by the end of the year...but there are a few roadblocks I hope to clear up to make that possible
- I hope to keep HRC on the path it started two years ago with active and constant growth in member base and connections with manufacturers to continue to bring the latest news and such to you.
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Dec 19, 2005 05:08 pm I don't really believe in new years resolutions. If I see a change that needs to be made, I prefer to make it right away rather than wait until new years rolls around. However this year, I'm making specific goals for 2006 that I want to accomplish, so that's kinda similar.
I want to complete an EP by the end of April, and I want to complete an additional full length album by the end of the year. That's a lot of writing I need to get done!
Dec 19, 2005 10:48 pm I have a fitness goal of 300 situps, pushups, 15 lb curls, and crunches and pushups every day rotating situps & curls one day and crunches & pushups the next. I'll probably cut it down to just focus on situps and crunches next week... :)
I reciently started an openoffice spreadsheet to keep track of how many in what sets I can do day by day.
It's odd to be ble to say:
"I do 300 situps a day and have the spreadsheet to prove it!!!" :)
I also need to get back into college, have a steadier income, move, play shows with the new band, get out more, cut back on drinking pop, etc.
Dec 19, 2005 11:22 pm Well only 2 really weh it all boils down.
Give an honest shot to quit smokin again.
Spend more time writing again. Both musically and printed matter. I have ton's to say about music, and really should point more of it toward HRC as I had done in the early day's. Post's are great, but they soon get left behind in the dust. An article that gets in the archive's is forever.
So anybody got anything, aside from the product review's they wanna pick my brain on. Hopefully 30 plus years doing this has left me a little smarter.
Oh, ya maybe a third one here. Get the boyz box set up for their own little studio and spend a bit of time helping them get into the music creation side a little more.
Dec 20, 2005 01:21 am Mine: Don't flunk out of grad school.
Dec 20, 2005 06:26 am 1. Kick the worlds arse at recording at mixing by 17.
2. Finish my SAE degree.
3. Finish writing and record my EP.
4. Record a terabyte worth of audio files
5. Get a 6 pack.
\\w/ [0_0] \\w/ Rock on 2006.
Dec 20, 2005 07:21 am Lose twenty pounds by May 1st
Mix, master and release a live Cutawys CD by February 1st
Record, Mix, master and release my own solo project by July 1st
Write, record, mix, master and release my historical CD based on Menomonie (the town I live in). I was approached by a colleague of mine to help him with his 3rd grade curriculum...some grant money may be available...
More collabs on HRC.
There you have 'em..now you guys gotta hold me to 'em!
Jim
Dec 20, 2005 08:24 am Ha! I got you all beat. I made one a few years ago:
To never again make another New Year's Resolution.
And it's been the best one I've ever made. Easy to stick to.
Dec 20, 2005 04:20 pm im gonna start serious work on the album that i was gonna start last year. the rest of mine are all work related, and pretty boring, but thats my main one.
oh yeah, and write some new songs, i've nearly run out now...
Dec 21, 2005 07:35 pm i'm gonna get right with the KGB, uhh i mean IRS.....i never filed in 2000, or last year, andthis year i worked for cash all year so i'm gonna hafta I9 it....it's gonna be a big mess, but better me go to them then them come after me...
Dec 22, 2005 10:45 am Ooh yeah, if you're looking to get a house, better have all your old returns in order.
I'm not a resolution kind of guy, more like making changes when I see the need (or am told of the need). I got lots of work to do on the house, and the studio. Plus the yard, so those are expected goals.
On the personal side, I'm always on the lookout for mean old Mr. Critical, which pops out now and again. I'm always trying to make myself a better person, through peace, tolerance, and understanding. Instead of short-ness, intolerance, and being critical. So that's some goal areas as well.
Of course, I'd love to play and record more this year, as last year was a real pain (with the fire, and all). I gots new guitars, and can barely play them. =(
Dec 22, 2005 05:37 pm My new years resolutions: to improve my guitar playing, and to start setting up my in-house studio. Oh, yeah - get up enough nerve to play solo on-stage. I've got friends doing it, I just need to drink a little more - I mean, get a little more - courage.
Dec 22, 2005 05:38 pm hehe, nothing beats liquid courage.
Good luck all on your resoltions of choice!
Dec 26, 2005 04:55 am Help! I wanna quit the band Im in! But I started it as a jam to help out a couple of venues and now there's enough work to go part time on my day job.If I go down this road I'll be trapped.My life long drummer friend is just waiting to do more gigs,and Ive got some talented guys who Ive known and worked with before ready to roll. Starting again is a pain but Ive got to do it this year.Take a peak at Stoned again on google the singers photo's still on there,you can tell he has got what it takes! Good luck with your quests.
Dec 26, 2005 06:01 am Re Stoned again singer,my friend is on the photo not the video.
Dec 27, 2005 11:35 am Well, 19 pounds more to drop to achieve my new years resolution...I wonder if I could starve myself and reach my goal before the year even starts...
Dec 27, 2005 11:36 am This year I resolve to stop telling people what to do, and I think everyone here should do the same.
Dec 27, 2005 03:54 pm I don't usually do resolutions, but this year I want to start writing songs again. Also I want to record my 2 LPs and 1 EPs worth of material so that I can finally bury it and move forward.
Dec 27, 2005 04:57 pm I promised a few months ago i'll give up smoking before i'm 30, that gives me three months, i'm a little nervous about it but i will be quitting.
Dec 27, 2005 05:23 pm "Procrastinators-R-Us" - which should be our family name...
We're going to make a big effort to keep up with the birthday cards, christmas cards/gifts, and correspondence. We're crap at it.
By the way, that "we" has 'er indoors included. Wasn't getting all royal...
Dec 27, 2005 06:11 pm OK so...
I would like to (NOTE: NO "will"):
1) Record a new EP
2) Finish my John Lennon tribute song with Guitar Jim (was aiming for 08th Dec but missed that due to my not finishing the lyrics etc!!)
3) Sell another £100 of my charity song
4) Start gigging with the 'Riot
5) Write another 10 "good" songs in 2006 (2 started already and unreleased)
6) Learn piano (err, keyboard, same dif I Guess)
7) Cut down on the smoking if not stop
8) Somehow find time for everything else like life
9) Finish a few personal websites I started some time ago
10) Somehow be happy in everything :-) !
Ahhhh, joys of new year...
Cheers
Coco.
Dec 27, 2005 10:51 pm Well I already started one of mine in october, to practice hard and increase my accuracy in guitar playing. Thats coming along well enough. The latest one is I'm going to figure out how to use things like VST instruments and such. It cant be as hard as I have imagined it to be and I feel like I'm missing the boat on that.
Dec 28, 2005 01:39 am Rather than a new years resolution, these are more long term goals...
To become a world class Recording and Mixing Engineer and Producer that bands want to work with! :-)
Start dancing ballet and ceroc again...
Record some of my own stuff properly, this I've kinda started, and to Get "The Rock Factory" up to a profitable and live offable state for both me and my partner, and any engineers/people we might end up hiring, and ofcourse help lots of bands do what they love in the process...
Finish Sonic's Album (January), Finish Killt's Album (February)... and hopefully be booked to do about an Album a month for local bands, as well as other in between projects like EPs and Singles.
To be able to record, and within the same week, give that band their finished mixed and mastered product.
To see if I can Record and mix between 100 and 150 songs to a high quality standard in 1 year!!!
To make a cool Rock Factory "Summer 2006" Compilation and Market it...
Find or build a proper "Concrete Bunker" premises for the Rock Factory, so that "the Tin Shed" can be used solely for band rehearsals, and I can have my recording and mixing gear permanantly setup somewhere, and not have to take it away after every day/night I record.
Research, Action and Write a Thesis on how to get the "Big Studio Sound" in a "Small Budget Studio", and make most of the info in it available in web "tips" form for people interested in Audio Engineering to read.
um... there's a start!! ;-)
Dec 28, 2005 03:40 pm My aspirations for this coming year:
1. Teach myself more about Architecture, enter a design competition, and work on getting my licence.
2. Loose a little weight and eat healthier.
3. Get my music project on full gear. I would love to have the album done by summer.
Goodluck guys and Happy New Year!
Cheers!
Al
Dec 29, 2005 12:25 pm Quote:
I'm going to figure out how to use things like VST instruments and such. It cant be as hard as I have imagined it to be and I feel like I'm missing the boat on that.
I'm with you on that one, Die !
Also musicwise, I need to replace the fusebox in the studio, with a breaker box that doesn't induce a freakin' hum on every track I make . That way I can actually make music IN the studio that I poured my heart into building the last coupl'a years . :-/
Sign my first 'artist' that I'm not collaborating with .
I also said I would see an Ocean this year, which will happen the third week of January, when I visit a friend in Texas... on my way to Florida . Road trip from hell !!! wOOt !
Lastly...
I going to do alot more kayaking this year... not miss out on the high water in the spring, and finish the other half of the Ausable River(another 100 miles or so), maybe solo it's South Branch, as well . So, yeah... more floating, and camping !
More living, and less consuming !
Jan 01, 2006 03:29 pm I resolve not to spend more than $20000.00 on new gear this year!
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