I have all sorts of great ideas. Usually when I have gone to bed too early and my brain is still racing and I cannot sleep. Or when I am out walking or something. They are usually pipe dreams though and rarely come to fruition.
Here is a list of my 5 unstarted and unfinished projects.
1. Write a childrens book
I thought that this one would be quite easy (joke!). I have’nt started it and not one word of it exists but often get ideas and thoughts about a plot which I quickly forget. I was going to start a website based around the whole project and get input from the public to sculpt the book and try to get it published. My other idea was to write short stories with a goal to get something published within 12 months of starting.
Project Status: Shelved due to lack of plot.
2. Write a song
I have been playing guitar for about 20 years and am not too bad at getting a tune together. I also spent many long hours in my bedroom as a teenager producing embarrasing dance music on my Amiga and Yamaha keyboard. Something along the lines of Noel Galagher would be perfect. Shame I cannot sing though. I currently have an idea to create an acapella version of Dare by Gorillaz. Weird or what!
Project status: ongoing. Need a better mic than the one built iton the MacBook lid.
3. Make some money online
I have started this one and am currently generating an average of $1 per day from pay-per-click advertising revenue. My real goal is $10 per day, so I need to get my skates on. I will be happy enough to cover my webhosting costs for next year and am on track for that, but would be even happier to help pay off my mortgage early!
Project status: Ongoing. Needs refining and revisiting.
4. Illustrate the Hand Shandy story
My friend Captain Beefheart started a story writing project over at Hand Shandy where each episode of the tale was written by someone different. My idea was to illustrate one chapter of the story using Adobe Illustrator. I had decided to concentrate on learning Illustrator and thought that it would be a good project to start with. Just for fun really.
Project Status: Shelved. Same as the Hand Shandy story.
5. Get fit
Must get fitter. Must do exercise. Must find time to do it! My belly is getting a little portly these days. Maybe a yoga podcast or something might be in order. I have started walking at lunchtimes to stop me from just moving from my work PC to my MacBook and then back again. Now that summer is here I have no excuse.
Project Status: Procrastination rules.
These are just some of the projects I have in my head, including redesigning my garden, painting, reading, programming, writing my own Wordpress theme, designing websites and learning new, cool stuff. So, which one do I tackle first?
I know. I’ll have a cuppa tea and think about it for a few more weeks.
Well, it's not a giant lizard slaying robot and its not a new religion.
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Re #2
Don’t worry about the quality of the mic, a good song will sound good.
I know from bitter experience - for years now I have had more sound recording kit and caboodle than Abbey Road circa 1963. The fact that I have not managed to produce anything worthwhile is not due to dodgy guitar leads…
I kept one badly made cassette of dance music I made on my Amiga. It was using a 4 to 8 track sample based sequencer called OctaMed. None of that MIDI stuff - until a bit later. I sold my Fostex 4 track to go to Glasto one year. After that… the dream was over.
Still.. its something to play to the grandchildren one day!
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