sdbrit68
Student Of The Blues
In 2019 my goal was to learn 75 songs, and I mostly did, and forgot 98% of them other than the main riff.............so really a fail
2020- My goal was to work on connecting boxes, which I did, and only half failed. Basically, I had two dice, and whatever I landed on were the two boxes I had to play straight across, upside down, backwards. served its purpose, but, other than playing scales well, ehhhhhhh
2021- My only goal was to play 4 hours a week minimum, my schedule was horrendous with work, and I made that, but, other than keeping loose, served no purpose.
So, this year, I read @Griff commen on planning, then thought about friends with all their grandiose plans. Then settled on a few goals, that, will make me happy
1) First 90 days of they year - run my scales and all 3 of my versions of the spider exercise every day. The goal is to get more comfortable without looking as much. I am fairly okay with it, but, I want to be at the point I can do it in the dark. Reason is, I always struggled with the scales and remembering the boxes. The PTSM was the first one I bonded with to learn them
2) I found 10 songs I wrote in high school - As you can imagine, they are atrocious, what the heck was I thinking ? Is it normal to have like 12 verses (Only for the Edmund Fitzgerald). Now that I have a better understanding of music and structure, I want to keep the basic ideas and lyrics and turn them into something musical, about 1 a month. I mean more than 1 guitar part, even if its only a 6 string acoustic and a 12 string
And yes, there are only two real subjects in them,................my Chevy Nova and how big could my hair be, so they may need some tweaking. The goal is to not only play and write, but, work on adding a "correct" solo from start to finish in it, which I think in turn will help with my improvising.
3) I would like to take singing lessons, but honestly, with work, not sure I will have time.
Thats it, no big grand plan, just some achieveable goals that will add to my enjoyment of the instrument. Naturally while doing this I would continue with the lessons and videos, and righteously steal from them for inspiration
2020- My goal was to work on connecting boxes, which I did, and only half failed. Basically, I had two dice, and whatever I landed on were the two boxes I had to play straight across, upside down, backwards. served its purpose, but, other than playing scales well, ehhhhhhh
2021- My only goal was to play 4 hours a week minimum, my schedule was horrendous with work, and I made that, but, other than keeping loose, served no purpose.
So, this year, I read @Griff commen on planning, then thought about friends with all their grandiose plans. Then settled on a few goals, that, will make me happy
1) First 90 days of they year - run my scales and all 3 of my versions of the spider exercise every day. The goal is to get more comfortable without looking as much. I am fairly okay with it, but, I want to be at the point I can do it in the dark. Reason is, I always struggled with the scales and remembering the boxes. The PTSM was the first one I bonded with to learn them
2) I found 10 songs I wrote in high school - As you can imagine, they are atrocious, what the heck was I thinking ? Is it normal to have like 12 verses (Only for the Edmund Fitzgerald). Now that I have a better understanding of music and structure, I want to keep the basic ideas and lyrics and turn them into something musical, about 1 a month. I mean more than 1 guitar part, even if its only a 6 string acoustic and a 12 string
And yes, there are only two real subjects in them,................my Chevy Nova and how big could my hair be, so they may need some tweaking. The goal is to not only play and write, but, work on adding a "correct" solo from start to finish in it, which I think in turn will help with my improvising.
3) I would like to take singing lessons, but honestly, with work, not sure I will have time.
Thats it, no big grand plan, just some achieveable goals that will add to my enjoyment of the instrument. Naturally while doing this I would continue with the lessons and videos, and righteously steal from them for inspiration
sounds like a good plan.
Working on lifelong favorites seems to keep me motivated, so I'll continue with that this year. Griff is teaching us "The Wind Cries Mary" in the All Access Pass sessions, so that's what I'm working on now.
