2008 Rock Resolution Project
I’ve never been big on the idea of New Year’s resolutions, but I figured that this year, rather than half-assed attempts at giving up the any of the vices I hold so near and dear, I though I’d come up with a few Rock Resolutions that I both both want to and can attain:
I’m still sketching out my goals for where I want to be in a year, but a few points I’ve got down so far are:
- Learn to play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Texas Flood‘ album in it’s entirety.
- Stop relying on my eyes to tell me where I am on the neck.
- Work on a solo/semi-solo (myself and a drummer) act for gigs. Dealing with bands has been such a pain in the ass this semester that I’m just going to get something together myself, and grow from there.
- Quit wasting all those fingers on my right hand and start puttin’ em to use.
As far as the Mad Stratter, my goals so far are to maintain a few steady, weekly columns:
- <hype machine> ‘Monday Morning Mojo’.
- Every Wednesday, bringing you to peace and tranquility through the power of ‘Stratozen’ .
- ‘Stratosphere Weekly’ every Friday, rounding up the happenings of the Stratocaster world, and covering the nuts & bolts stuff like set-up, hot-rodding and the like.</hype machine>
What are some of your Rock Resolutions for 2008? What suggestions do you have for me for the Mad Stratter website? For JP, Jason, Cary, IG and the rest of you brave pioneers of the guitar interwebs, what can we look forward to from your axe’s and your dubyadubyadubyadotcoms in the next year?
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Comments
Good question! Ok, now you got me thinking.
I’ll post my resolution back on IG BLOG and track back to ya, and encourage others to do their resolution.
Sweet man. Now I have an excuse to really think about what I want to do in 2008.
Good goin’ Mad Strattah!
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What’s up Stratter?
As for my guitar playing, I want to write better progressions in 2008, like poppy rock songs with some good chord melody. Unless I’m jamming along with another guitar, I’m a pretty average player. I want to get better playing solo.
For ATOMIC, I have a new computer with a built-in webcam. I’ve already began creating some videos, but in 2008 I’m hoping to switch to almost all video. I also want to figure out a way to hold group jam sessions online at my blog via an instant messenger or something. As it is, anyone with a webcam can play guitar with me one-on-one, but it would be cool if I could figure out how to get 3 or 4 guitarists jamming on the web, and do it live on video at ATOMIC.
There will be video guitar lessons, video jams, and I’m just wanting to make my pad more interactive in 2008.
Cool post Stratter. I think it’s always good to have a focus or else you really don’t get anywhere. Catch you later man.
~Jason