Scrolling through tumblr I realize I see a lot of people are making resolutions for the upcoming new year. One of the things I came across was one of those big year long goals. Watch 365 movies. A movie everyday. Now while I do love movies there is no way I could do that! I cant handle that kind of commitment, movies can be like 2 hours.
It did get me thinking though. i never make resolutions. Not for any particular reason its just that I forget its new years most of the time because I dont care about it. I spent all of my formative years being Straight Edge and I was the only SxE kid around it wasnt a fun group thing my friends and I decided to do. i was a lone wolf! So you may not realize this if you were not straight edge but New Years is super obnoxious and boring if you dont drink and are the only one not drinking. Back story aside this year I remembered that its new years before the fact so i might get in on this resolution thing. That movie thing sounds like a chore but I was thinking I could maybe try to listen to a new record everyday of the year.
I listen to a lot of different styles of music, have a bunch of records but I am still pretty closeminded and I like what I like but its a bummer kind of because I never can participate in end of the year lists because I dont listen to anything new. So my goal is to listen to at least 1 record I have not heard before daily. There is no grand scheme other than listening to new things. I dont plan on writing reviews for them because I think reviewing art is dumb for the most part. Maybe at the end of the week I’ll write a summary but Im not holding myself to any writing assignments but we’ll see. I’ll take any and all suggestions because i probably havent listened to your favorite record.
Second resolution! I’m going hard this year. I am afraid to say this and make it a thing because this is a for real challenge for me to set deadlines and focus and accomplish things. I am going to write a song a week. i’m giving myself a week. A week to write and record at the very least a rough cut. Not promising I will share these weekly but part of this challenge to myself is to share them.
So thats that. I’ll delete this tomorrow that seems easier than actually going through with it.
