I like to make promises. To be honest, I LOVE making promises. It’s like creating a better future, since you usually promise to do good things. Needless to say, that reality strikes my face with a shovel every now and then. A promise that I haven’t kept is like a thorn in my spine (well, not that bad but almost ). Over the years I haven’t learned to cut down the quantity of my promises but I have learned to promise less. So I still make a lot of promises, but instead of conquering the Himalayas with you I promise to take a look at the brochures.

So what promises I have made for this Christmas?

This is the best time of the year to be performing songs in public occasions. Everybody’s already swinging in the spirit of Christmas, so “the public is on your side” so to speak. I’ve promised myself to sing at least one Xmas carol. And maybe some late, late, late evening karaoke. At least this year I’m more prepared. Beware.

OK, that was a little promise. Do I have something BIGGER in my mind?
Of course I have! During the holidays I have promised to do three things:

-Record an exercise CD. I will play some notes on my guitar or computer and record them. Then I will make an MP3 file and burn it on a CD. So in January when I return to work I can play that CD in my car and practice singing on pitch.

-Record Happy Birthday. I got the guitar chords for that song, so I’m going to make my first recording. This will serve as the “BEFORE” example of my singing skills. Looking forward of doing that

-Make a promotional video for terriblesinger.com. Once I have the recording of Happy Birthday, I’m going to make promotional video for the blog. I already have an idea for the video and I’m really excited to do it! I have made videos with my friends in the past and it was so much fun. I miss filming and editing, so this is a marvellous change to refresh my memories.

I will come back to these issues in the beginning of January. And that is a promise!