Being Deliberate

[kg]

May 22, 2008, 4:09pm, tedsingingfox wrote:May 21, 2008, 8:59am, squids wrote:Well, they give you really good drugs, those maxillofacials. That's good right? Cuz the thing people are most afraid of with dentists is pain. I know this cuz I have a few friends who are dentists or oral surgeons. The key is good pain management. Ask them about it, too. If they're vague and they can't tell you what they use that you can go look up, go to someone else. Good luck!Thanks, kiddo. Problem is that I'm allergic to virtually EVERY narcotic-strength pain killer known to man...especially ANYTHING even remotely related to opiates, real or synthetic. All they can give me is Ibuprofen.This is going to be FUN!!! OMG, not fun

[tedsingingfox]

No, not fun.And I TRULY hope I'm wrong about this, but it sounded like he said they were going to have to "clip" my upper jaw open. I don't care WHAT that means, I do NOT like the sound of that. They also asked if I thought I could live with just a local or if I'd like to talk to the anesthesiologist. Not encouraging...

[liamkelly]

May 22, 2008, 4:09pm, tedsingingfox wrote:May 21, 2008, 8:59am, squids wrote:Well, they give you really good drugs, those maxillofacials. That's good right? Cuz the thing people are most afraid of with dentists is pain. I know this cuz I have a few friends who are dentists or oral surgeons. The key is good pain management. Ask them about it, too. If they're vague and they can't tell you what they use that you can go look up, go to someone else. Good luck!Thanks, kiddo. Problem is that I'm allergic to virtually EVERY narcotic-strength pain killer known to man...especially ANYTHING even remotely related to opiates, real or synthetic. All they can give me is Ibuprofen.This is going to be FUN!!! You could always smoke a joint Oh damn. You don't smoke Feel for you, brother.Liam

[tedsingingfox]

May 23, 2008, 12:22am, liamkelly wrote:You could always smoke a joint Oh damn. You don't smoke Feel for you, brother.LiamWell, not cigarettes, anyway...

[rayzer]

Greetings deliberate beings,I'm excited to reconnect with you. How was your month?I wasn’t planning for my month to go the way it did, but it was a fun, stretching month and my actions fit in really well. Who knew? I decided to do that Jingles thing for CBS which took up most of my deliberate music creating time. Here’s how doing that worked with my actions for the month:1. Study a new genre of music.Jingles. Really interesting. I thought it was challenging to work within a 3 ½ minute framework (and it is), but good jingles tell a story, connect with the viewer and market a product, all in 30 seconds.2. Write a good song in that new genre and submit it to at least one listing.I did three plus one 90 second comedic song for the CBS thing.3. Take four hours to go deeper with my software and build my skill set by learning at least 5 new things.I spent way more than 4 hours learning lots of new things related to audio and video.4. Do chapter 5 in ‘AaMIDIOftCC.’Finished the book!5. Catch up on what’s been happening here (this forum never sleeps). Did some lurking around and got partially caught up.As for July 15:We’re planning a few weeks of family time before July 15, so I’m going light with my list of actions. I’m using my time to reconnect with family, recharge my batteries, go with the flow and minimally direct my thoughts toward new song ideas. So, unless CBS calls, (oh, yeah, Taxi forwarded our stuff), by July 15, I will:1. Have one new song completed. 2. Submit to at least two listings. 3. Be refreshed and ready. Rayzer

[milfus]

I have managed to sing in front of 2 people, for long periods of time, sucked it up and went for it. Slowly breaking that down. as far as the books, I actually stopped with all the books for a little while, actually was about the best thing I have done in a while, I will pick it back up when I am ready. I am workin on a few things, gettin some ideas down,so i would call it striving. I don't really have anything specific this time around, I guess just finish some music and get a demo page up (have a scholarship riding on it for a free class, woo)

[anne]

I, too, put down some books and shut off some videos. I am determined to completely finish a cd that I was hired to record this week. I am not taking in any more recording jobs until my own work is finished for taxi. I played my first live gig in 20 years.Goals for June / July / Aug:finish the 5 songs I have startedcowrite with Ted when he gets here, and Squids long distanceplay out some more, meet more local musicians, networkput my cd together for the rallymake some money to pay for the rally tripTed - 8 months? Wasn't that November???

[arkjack]

For me, at the end of a month, I've been dwelling in this really 'dark' place. I wanted to thank you Raze for reminding me of my own advice, and letting other people in my life direct what I'm doing for a while, and bide my time until its appropriate to demand boundary's on my space and clock territory . So rather than being on a deliberate path, I'm just taking it slow and thinking about things more so than doing them, and thinking through a lot of deeper questions in life. I have been keeping in practice with my instruments and getting the chops back. Problem is I can't really 'write' when I'm in this place. The songs and my thoughts are just too far out there and dark.The one direction I am trying to take with it though is I 'decided' to work on a new CD that is all Blues. Problem is, there are still so many things going on at work and in family life that I only have a sketch of the project in the back of my brain.I look at the posts and it is kind of comical how my "problems" and such are exactly opposite of Milfus. I had some offers to play some shows this summer, but the clients were trying to cheap me down on the price after we had already agreed to my fee. (It happens in the accounting business all the time). Anyway, I had played out a few places this spring and I am really not into the the audiences anymore. I didn't enjoy playing for them. So instead of trying to get up in front of people, I'm actually at a place where I don't think I want to play for anyone for a while. They can listen to the wind blow for all I care.The other funny thing is I am finding I am getting immersed in book work and studying. So instead of putting books down, I'm picking a lot of things up and looking at certification tests in the fall for additional credentials in business valuation, forensic accounting, and innovation and quality audits. I guess the one difference with Milfus is that I've already read the books and have done the work for the past 28 years, so its not so much striving, since the striving part is in the past, but its not a walk in the park either. I think I only submitted one song to a listing, and I knew it wasn't going to make a forward anyway. I've been trying to work out my short range and long range Taxi strategy. My old method of submitting to many 'possible' fits with listings only produced 2 forwards in 2 1/2 years with over 200 submissions. That track record has me thinking about whether my catalog has the quality, so the short range strategy is to only submit if the song is perfect for the listing. The long range strategy is to 'start from scratch' (again) on the catalog and focus on the production quality.My only goal for the next month is to work on a simple slow 12 bar blues in E, with more focus on the operation of the console, the programming of the drums, the programing of the synthesizers, and the mixing. The one other aspect of all this is that around the first of this year, I decided to stop having coffee in the evening. I used to drink coffee in my nightly sessions and wound up in the studio till 1AM. I've found, for better or worse, that not having coffee, I sometimes can't get past a warm-up practice before I'm just too beat to work on a project. We'll see where life takes us tomorrow.ArkJack

[rayzer]

Quote:I have managed to sing in front of 2 people, for long periods of time, sucked it up and went for it. Slowly breaking that down. as far as the books, I actually stopped with all the books for a little while, actually was about the best thing I have done in a while, I will pick it back up when I am ready.Milfus,Great progress on your stage-fright. Keep at it for all of us. Every time one of us stares down a fear, conquers an addiction, follows through on a promise or confidently takes deliberate steps, it pushes the rest of us to keep growing and moving forward. Thank you.About your books, sometimes the most productive thing you can do is put something down. If it matters to you, just don’t forget where you put it when it’s time to pick it up again.Good luck getting that demo page up.Rayzer

[rayzer]

Anne,Good to see you and your deliberate actions here again. Wow-your first live gig in 20 years. How did it go? It must have been good if you’re going back for more. Great job.Rayzer