First off, let me say that I have realized how over-ambitious the idea of posting one blog a day was. I have decided to make it a weekly post in order to present my thoughts in a more organized, well-written manner. Also, I might actually come up with something interesting if I have a week to prepare it. Anyway, here’s today’s post. Don’t look for anything else before next Friday.
As I close out my first week here in Atlanta, I’m starting to feel pretty confident living in this place. It now takes me less than one minute to get through the futuristic looking turnstiles to get on the train, for one thing. I thought now would be as good a time as any to lay out my goals for the rest of the ‘year’.
Goal Number One – Have a standing gig in Atlanta before 2011 is done with. This may seem like a small goal, but I would like to uphold a few standards here and get into a nice club in Atlanta. There are more venues than I can count that do live jazz in this city, but I’m going to take time to line a few up with the particular music I like to sing.
Also, I’ll be working on weekends, so I’m looking for a gig on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Sunday evening. This actually may work in my favor, considering how hard it would be to come in as a new musician trying to land a ‘prime time’ gig.
Goal Number Two – Be a ‘full-time’ musician by June of 2012. This one is pretty self-explanatory… I’d like to save enough and have a successful enough year to start the rest of my life as a full-time musician. The sheer thought makes me giddy!
Goal Number Three – Write music. I have no idea what to expect from myself here, but I’m promising myself that I will spend have of my weekdays attempting to write something I find suitable and fulfilling. We’ll see what I come up with…
Those are all of the goals that I have for now. I’ll keep you updated on my progress with each.
Next week, I’m going to write about some new ideas that I’ve been throwing around my head about the kind of ‘cross-genre’ music I see myself doing in the future. This has a lot to do with some BIG plans I have for next summer in Des Moines, so stay tuned!
As always, feel free to send thoughts or comments my way at max(at)maxwellmanmusic.com or via Facebook! Thanks again for the support.
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A Few Goals
First off, let me say that I have realized how over-ambitious the idea of posting one blog a day was. I have decided to make it a weekly post in order to present my thoughts in a more organized, well-written manner. Also, I might actually come up with something interesting if I have a week to prepare it. Anyway, here’s today’s post. Don’t look for anything else before next Friday.
As I close out my first week here in Atlanta, I’m starting to feel pretty confident living in this place. It now takes me less than one minute to get through the futuristic looking turnstiles to get on the train, for one thing. I thought now would be as good a time as any to lay out my goals for the rest of the ‘year’.
Goal Number One – Have a standing gig in Atlanta before 2011 is done with. This may seem like a small goal, but I would like to uphold a few standards here and get into a nice club in Atlanta. There are more venues than I can count that do live jazz in this city, but I’m going to take time to line a few up with the particular music I like to sing.
Also, I’ll be working on weekends, so I’m looking for a gig on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Sunday evening. This actually may work in my favor, considering how hard it would be to come in as a new musician trying to land a ‘prime time’ gig.
Goal Number Two – Be a ‘full-time’ musician by June of 2012. This one is pretty self-explanatory… I’d like to save enough and have a successful enough year to start the rest of my life as a full-time musician. The sheer thought makes me giddy!
Goal Number Three – Write music. I have no idea what to expect from myself here, but I’m promising myself that I will spend have of my weekdays attempting to write something I find suitable and fulfilling. We’ll see what I come up with…
Those are all of the goals that I have for now. I’ll keep you updated on my progress with each.
Next week, I’m going to write about some new ideas that I’ve been throwing around my head about the kind of ‘cross-genre’ music I see myself doing in the future. This has a lot to do with some BIG plans I have for next summer in Des Moines, so stay tuned!
As always, feel free to send thoughts or comments my way at max(at)maxwellmanmusic.com or via Facebook! Thanks again for the support.