Happy New Year to all , especially to Ptarmigan for entertaining me ( and all of us I'm sure ) greatly in 2005 . I resolve to learn five new difficult reels in minor keys and be able to play them at speed without errors ! by Dec. 2006;
Happy New Year to all. My resolution is the same as last years (and I did achieve some of it!) - to be myself- not always as easy as it seems. (I get philosophical at this time of year.)
Any sessions or parties I can get to tonight from West Manchester within the next hour?
happy new year!!!! well my new yr resolution is to try to overcome my fear of playing solo on my own...i always get the shakes when the spotlight is on me..and to be honest it's getting kind of embarrasing after 6 years of playing fiddle!!!!
Happy new year to you all! I resolve to learn English.... And to play again and again! And to learn J.S. Bach's sonate c-dur while i haven't excluded from musical scool....;)
Happy New Year! Resolution, resolution...I haven't thought about it yet. Perhaps I should resolve to have resolve.
Be yourself as hard as you can be. It IS harder than it sounds, I think, because we all want to be someone better and somehow more worthy of love and acceptance than we tend to think we are.
When I was young (oh so long ago now), I could never quite figure out that old saw about getting to know yourself. Closer to the other end of the age spectrum now, I believe that the real struggle isn't knowing yourself, it's accepting and loving the bad bits as well as the good.
But thank goodness for cycles and periods of reflection. Without them, the human race would probably have run itself out long ago. Best to each of you!
-To resist the temptation to buy new instruments (after the next two. I swear!)
- To get the courage up to "gig." I love performing, I just need the b@lls to do it.
- To learn those session tunes that everybody knows that are kinda boring.
- Buying my B/C box by April! Yeah!
- Sell one guitar, buy another. (Taylor 310, with hardshell case, needs fret work, asking $500 USD -or make an offer and I might pay shipping.. anyone interested please email me --- Agamemnon3@aol.com.)
- Part ways with King Nicotine.
- Catch up with Twilight Zone episodes.
- Commit some music to tape, record with the girlfriend.
- Read as many books next year as I did this year.
- Remind myself that despite hurricanes, rising rent, long lines, dead batteries, the Bush doctrine, sporting defeats and the traffic lights I never seem to catch when I need to, I am very fortunate to have what I want while countless others need. Remind myself each morning to be grateful. "Don't sweat the small stuff!" It's just a box of rain. . . ; )
Happy New Year! Remember to open your windows and doors at midnight! Get OUTTA here!
Practice, practice, practice.
I'll get to the Albert/Carnegie/whatever Hall some day..........
Or, if you prefer the alternative spelling...
Practise, practise, practise...........
To have the first gig this year asap. Which actually already worked out, whe played a gig in Delft at 1 o'clock. Furthermore, more music, more drink, and more....
Post New Years Resolution......never start that night off with drinking buddies, a full bottle of glenfidich, and following it up with Guinness'.....and all this before ten at night...New Years Eve....wo hoo... Woke up two days later....now that's a hell of a party.....i don't even recall if i was playing in key...or if any one was sober enough to even care....lmao
welll....cheers and here's to a new years of fun. laughter, beer and music......and women (or men, pending), can't forget one of the best reasons for playing irish/celtic music. ;)
My new year's resolution is to spend more money on seeing live music shows and less money on silly, trivial things like junk food or celebrity magazines or heat or rent.
I also resolve to see a professional rodeo this year.
Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
Happy New Year to all , especially to Ptarmigan for entertaining me ( and all of us I'm sure ) greatly in 2005 . I resolve to learn five new difficult reels in minor keys and be able to play them at speed without errors ! by Dec. 2006;
We live in hope !!!
# Posted on December 31st 2005 by Red Robin
Re: Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
Happy New Year to all. My resolution is the same as last years (and I did achieve some of it!) - to be myself- not always as easy as it seems. (I get philosophical at this time of year.)
Any sessions or parties I can get to tonight from West Manchester within the next hour?
# Posted on December 31st 2005 by Caraaz
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Find the magic potion that will enable me to instantly know 500 new tunes perfectly -- I think it's the one that gets poured into your ear....
# Posted on December 31st 2005 by cathrynb
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To learn and master the shaky eggs, easy enough for jigs and reels, but slip jigs now..............
# Posted on December 31st 2005 by bodhran bliss
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happy new year!!!! well my new yr resolution is to try to overcome my fear of playing solo on my own...i always get the shakes when the spotlight is on me..and to be honest it's getting kind of embarrasing after 6 years of playing fiddle!!!!
# Posted on December 31st 2005 by siobhánmc
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Happy new years as well....and my resolutions...lol...LEARN TO PLAY BETTER!!! and learn more reels and jigs.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Ravyn
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Happy new year to you all! I resolve to learn English.... And to play again and again! And to learn J.S. Bach's sonate c-dur while i haven't excluded from musical scool....;)
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Sandy3
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sparrowlow said
"to be myself- not always as easy as it seems."
If you want to get philosophical...How can you be anything other than yourself?....Happy new year.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Twiz
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my resolution... to better myself and not make the same mistakes i did the year before.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by insert username here
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Wassail! to one and all from Zummerzet
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Wurzel
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Happy New Year! Resolution, resolution...I haven't thought about it yet. Perhaps I should resolve to have resolve.
Be yourself as hard as you can be. It IS harder than it sounds, I think, because we all want to be someone better and somehow more worthy of love and acceptance than we tend to think we are.
When I was young (oh so long ago now), I could never quite figure out that old saw about getting to know yourself. Closer to the other end of the age spectrum now, I believe that the real struggle isn't knowing yourself, it's accepting and loving the bad bits as well as the good.
But thank goodness for cycles and periods of reflection. Without them, the human race would probably have run itself out long ago.
Best to each of you!
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Zina Lee
Re: Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
-To resist the temptation to buy new instruments (after the next two. I swear!)
- To get the courage up to "gig." I love performing, I just need the b@lls to do it.
- To learn those session tunes that everybody knows that are kinda boring.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by wormdiet
Re: Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
- Buying my B/C box by April! Yeah!
- Sell one guitar, buy another. (Taylor 310, with hardshell case, needs fret work, asking $500 USD -or make an offer and I might pay shipping.. anyone interested please email me --- Agamemnon3@aol.com.)
- Part ways with King Nicotine.
- Catch up with Twilight Zone episodes.
- Commit some music to tape, record with the girlfriend.
- Read as many books next year as I did this year.
- Remind myself that despite hurricanes, rising rent, long lines, dead batteries, the Bush doctrine, sporting defeats and the traffic lights I never seem to catch when I need to, I am very fortunate to have what I want while countless others need. Remind myself each morning to be grateful. "Don't sweat the small stuff!" It's just a box of rain. . . ; )
Happy New Year! Remember to open your windows and doors at midnight! Get OUTTA here!
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by gravelwalks
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siobhanmc "fear of playing solo on my own"? I always find it more relaxing to play solo with other musicians......
Zina "when I was young.....so long ago"???
Has your photograph been airbrushed? Or do I need to upgrade my glasses?
Happy new year to all.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by oldstrings
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to became a buddha.
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by gian marco
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Practice, practice, practice.
I'll get to the Albert/Carnegie/whatever Hall some day..........
Or, if you prefer the alternative spelling...
Practise, practise, practise...........
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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To have the first gig this year asap. Which actually already worked out, whe played a gig in Delft at 1 o'clock. Furthermore, more music, more drink, and more....
# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Dark Raven
Re: Happy Nu Yr and your resolutions ?
Post New Years Resolution......never start that night off with drinking buddies, a full bottle of glenfidich, and following it up with Guinness'.....and all this before ten at night...New Years Eve....wo hoo... Woke up two days later....now that's a hell of a party.....i don't even recall if i was playing in key...or if any one was sober enough to even care....lmao
welll....cheers and here's to a new years of fun. laughter, beer and music......and women (or men, pending), can't forget one of the best reasons for playing irish/celtic music. ;)
# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Ravyn
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* Play at the Blythe.
* Hear as much storming music and singing as possible.
* Never believe Aidan Crossey when he proposes an "afternoon" session.
So I've made a good start
# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Orson Carte
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I resolve to complete last year's resolution, to learn to become transparent. I feel I'm making good progress.
I resolve to learn to teleport (with my instruments) to anywhere I want on the planet.
stv
http://cdbaby.com/Culchies
# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by stv culchie
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Oh, sorry...
I wish all here a wonderful 2006, full of tunes, plenty and peace.
stv
http://cdbaby.com/Culchies
# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by stv culchie
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My new year's resolution is to spend more money on seeing live music shows and less money on silly, trivial things like junk food or celebrity magazines or heat or rent.
I also resolve to see a professional rodeo this year.
# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Roe
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"I resolve to complete last year's resolution, to learn to become transparent."
It's working, Steve! I can't see you at all!
Some of my resolutions:
Play more fiddle, without playing less guitar or seriously violating any laws of physics.
Sing more songs.
Write more tunes.
Sell the instruments I don't actually play. (Hidden agenda: Buy more instruments.)
Take more oppotunities to be kind, rather than right.
# Posted on January 3rd 2006 by Bob himself