Since the beginning of the month I’ve read so many new year resolutions of others it’s enough to make my head spin.

Things people will do from now on, will stop doing, will or won’t say. I gave up on new year resolutions, just based on my track record. So instead of promises of (in)action I’m going to try looking at things differently instead.

In particular, I need to rethink why I make music and what my expectations are for it after it’s done. In 2010 the music I worked on was for specific purposes: movie, dance performance, stage play, etc. When I would sit down to work it was always purposeful. 2011 needs to be about lack of purpose.

It isn’t that I’m down on myself for doing bad work, I really like what I did and enjoyed doing it. But this year I need to explore what I’m capable of instead of on what others need from me.

This doesn’t mean I will shy away from collaboration or being hired. I’ve started the first 2011 project already and it might lead to something bigger with the same people (more on that in my next post). But I’m going to spend more me time this year when it comes composing. Let music flow instead of building dikes, locks and channels.