This blog has taken a hiatus with our move to Zürich, Switzerland three weeks ago. Now that we are here, and the violin I ordered has come in, it's time to really think about my goals for music this year.
I find it harder to have goals sitting in my own little flat, but I have created some opportunities for myself. On Monday I am going to an Old-Time Music Jam at an Irish Pub, and I just got the set list for the tunes. I am going to try to familiarize myself with the tunes before I go, so I can at least act as though I know what is going on.
I also want to work on my chopping, and I have pulled out this video I bought from Homespun and my goal is to practice chopping at least 5 minutes / day. Little by little I hope to get better at this.
I also want to keep working on the tunes I learned at Sierra Fiddle Camp in June. Not just the tunes, but the accompaniments. Either learning or creating them.
In a few weeks the string orchestra that I have contacted will start rehearsing. That will give me some specific goals for classical playing.
Now, if I could just figure out what my composition goals are for this year.....
