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# looking back on 2009
- URL: https://wootangent.net/looking-back-on-2009/
- Published: 2010-01-15T03:16:54.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-15T03:16:54.000Z
- Author: Leigh Dyer
- Tags: Music, Rants, ardour, livejournal, #Migrated-1792830072870, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 08:21

Around this time last year I said (not on my blog, but on [my LJ](http://pneuman.livejournal.com/146044.html?ref=wootangent.net), for those that are reading this there) that I wanted to do a bit more with myself in 2009, rather than just wasting time online. I can't say that I spent a lot of time reading or writing (probably a lot less time writing, in fact), and I didn't spend a whole lot of time outside with my telescope, but I did play a good few games, watched some new TV, and spent a lot of time cooking lunches for work.

Most importantly, though, I actually did something productive musically. Until 2009, the best I'd managed since high school was [a couple of minutes of generic techno](http://pneuman.livejournal.com/109553.html?ref=wootangent.net), but in 2009 I produced two complete tracks, both of which I'm still pretty happy with. My dalliances with music in the past have usually ended in frustration, but this year, through a combination of new hardware, much-improved software (mad props to the Ardour guys), and perseverance, I got over the hump. I now feel like I have the tools I need to make whatever I decide to make, and perhaps most importantly, my desire to make music is just as strong as it was a year ago.

I'm usually not one to set hard goals, but if there's something I'd like to make this year, it's a proper song -- lyrics, singing, and all of that good stuff.