I'm doing 37 things
Well, I’m marking this as done. The african music project was just a pipe dream, unfortunately. I have however launched a gypsy jazz outfit, as a founder member. We are Django’s Tiger. You can find us here:
http://djangostiger.wordpress.com/
funkybuns's Life List
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1. meditate every day
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2. exercise daily
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3. learn to play jazz bass
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4. form a Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute band
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5. get my music studio up and running again
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6. learn jazz guitar
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7. buy a digital SLR camera
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8. Get more sleep
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9. get fit
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10. learn to sing
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11. figure out what to do with my life
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12. eat healthily
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13. Get 8 hours sleep a night
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14. learn tai chi
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15. have a daily routine of meditation, sports, music and writing
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16. build a greenhouse
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17. see the northern lights
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18. dance more often
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19. Be Focused And Determined And Make Things Happen
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20. learn yoga
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21. obtain & maintain a Body Mass Index (BMI) within the range of 20-25, which experts generally consider to be healthy.
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22. Be happy and make others happy too
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23. learn boogie woogie piano
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24. 'cleansweep' my life up to 100% (http://betterme.org/cleansweep.html)
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25. ride in a hot air balloon
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26. learn to read music
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27. learn carpentry
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28. Use the internet as a reward instead of an escape.
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29. have a "date night" at least twice a month
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30. create an altered book
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31. master cleanse
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32. do the flickr 365 days project
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33. practice guitar every day
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34. practice mindfulness
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35. watch the sunrise with someone I love
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36. design and build a fretless bass guitar
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37. Build an acoustic guitar
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Recent entries
Well, I’m marking this one done. I’ve been attending gigs with a gypsy jazz band Parisian Swing for a few months now, and sight-reading new material from chord charts. And I’m launching a gypsy jazz band of my very own, Django’s Tiger. Very happy about this. A great deal of hard work under the bridge, but extremely rewarding, musically.
Excellent news. Contacted a violinist who plays gypsy jazz through an ad. Found that I could stay with her on about 10 numbers, some playing from memory, some reading by sight(!) She is keen to form a band. I then arranged a session with her and my teacher, in which we played some of the standards pretty well. Arrangements will need work, and it is strictly rhythm for me, but when we hit the groove, it was nice & tight. Next up I introduced her to my friends who do this music semi-professionally. We had a really excellent session – no problems with arrangements, as these guys really know their stuff. It worked really well, and I only sat out on one number. Feels like I am nearly ready to graduate to playing live. Yippee!
