funkybuns




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  1. 1. meditate every day
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    747 people
  2. 2. exercise daily
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    2,280 people
  3. 3. learn to play jazz bass
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    3 people
  4. 4. form a Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute band
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    2 people
  5. 5. get my music studio up and running again
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    1 person
  6. 6. learn jazz guitar
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    20 people
  7. 7. buy a digital SLR camera
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    72 people
  8. 8. Get more sleep
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    4,444 people
  9. 9. get fit
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    3,578 people
  10. 10. learn to sing
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    2,895 people
  11. 11. figure out what to do with my life
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    523 people
  12. 12. eat healthily
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    307 people
  13. 13. Get 8 hours sleep a night
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    8 people
  14. 14. learn tai chi
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    1,140 people
  15. 15. have a daily routine of meditation, sports, music and writing
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    4 people
  16. 16. build a greenhouse
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    120 people
  17. 17. see the northern lights
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    19,099 people
  18. 18. dance more often
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    179 people
  19. 19. Be Focused And Determined And Make Things Happen
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    340 people
  20. 20. learn yoga
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  21. 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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    107 people
  22. 22. Be happy and make others happy too
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    149 people
  23. 23. learn boogie woogie piano
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    5 people
  24. 24. 'cleansweep' my life up to 100% (http://betterme.org/cleansweep.html)
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    119 people
  25. 25. ride in a hot air balloon
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    2,729 people
  26. 26. learn to read music
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    736 people
  27. 27. learn carpentry
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    149 people
  28. 28. Use the internet as a reward instead of an escape.
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    1 person
  29. 29. have a "date night" at least twice a month
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    15 people
  30. 30. create an altered book
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    65 people
  31. 31. master cleanse
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  32. 32. do the flickr 365 days project
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    4 people
  33. 33. practice guitar every day
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    52 people
  34. 34. practice mindfulness
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    130 people
  35. 35. watch the sunrise with someone I love
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    32 people
  36. 36. design and build a fretless bass guitar
    1 person
  37. 37. Build an acoustic guitar
    21 people
Recent entries
launch a serious music project (read all 2 entries…)
Done!

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/



play in a jazz band (read all 2 entries…)
Success

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.



learn jazz guitar (read all 7 entries…)
It's working...

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!



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