A New Year

[ajcurtis]

Well it's that time of year, out with the old and in with the new and all that jazz.

I was just wondering if any of you guys still make new years resolution, or don't you bother anymore:?:

I have a couple; get serious about my practice session, so I have the confidence to join a band. loose a bit of weight. (no more jaffa cakes) :lol:

All the best folks for the new year ajc

[jazzbluescat]

No resolutions, per se, just keep practicing and expand my horizons.

Happy New Year!

[Wailin']

...hmm...ajcurtis pretty much said it. However to be more specific, I will keep practicing my long tones, vibrato, scales, arrpegios, scales in all intervals starting with the chromatic scale, do my overtones, practice more Klose exercises, more Joe Viola exercises, play more sequential patterns over my Aebersold solos...hopefully I will try to complete one Charlie Parker songs from the Omnibook even if I don't reach his breakneck tempo :D

...quit looking for the perfect mpc or mpc reed combination....won't be so hard on KennyG :lol: since there's something to learn from every player...hopefully I can purchase a home and move from my apartment so I can practice without fear of being too loud on the neighbors...fellows did I miss anything?

[Greyduster]

Yep more long tones and scales does it for me.

[wainsworth]

I Plan to practice more but take my lack of real ability a little less seriously and just enjoy what I can do.

[goodsax]

Not so much a resolution since I began getting more serious about practicing and improving my skills toward the end of last year. Even joined a community concert band to get back into playing with others, an activity I can do without much conflict with my day job.

About two more of these new year's threads and I'll be nearing retirement with a lot more time for my playing and to look around for a group of vintage performers who might need an old codger sax man in SoCal.

I'll probably be heading to pasture in the fall of 2006. Between now and then, I'll work on my sax-playing skills and get ready for that first audition. :wink:

[ajcurtis]

It's great when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel goodsax.

Myself, I hope to retire within a couple of months, (I will be 55 years old) after twenty five years of shiftwork at the local steelworks :D I can say I will not miss a minute of it. I'm looking forward to my new life.

Work and raising childern takes a big chunk out of your life. If you don't plan for retirement, it can be frightning.

Best of luck for the future goodsax, never loose sight of that goal. ajc

[girl]

I have resolved to try and overcome my phobia of singing during lessons. I had a go last night in fact. Hated every minute of it, but I can see the point in improving my improvisation technique - hopefully it will get easier!