For 2023 I’ve challenged myself to create a button book every week. Hoping this will push me to create throughout the year rather than occasional bursts.
For week 1 I’ve taken the first stanza of one of ee cummings’ poems.

anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did.

#weeklychallenge #buttonbook#embroidery #handembroidery #blanketstitch #textileart #handstitched #practice

Another week, another theme: For my ongoing challenge to come up with something creative I made this track & video for "festive". #musicproduction #weeklychallenge
https://youtu.be/n8nUMo-Pmy0

So we've started a "weekly challenge" over on my discord to come up with something and go with a theme. While it's all up for interpretation and we didn't set a limit for the art form, I obviously choose a music submission - this is my take on "Frosty" as a theme for a song.
#musicproduction #indiemusician #weeklychallenge

As mentioned in a previous post, I've challenging myself to learn one new jazz standard per week for the next 60 weeks.*

This week's tune is "After You've Gone" by Henry Creamer & John T. Layton, written in 1918 and now in the #publicdomain.

In case anyone wants to play along, I'll try to be faithful about posting a new lead sheet every Sunday; I figure Saturday is a pretty good "due date" for many people who have the day off, and Sunday's a good day to start working on a new one for the same reason.

Until/Unless I can think of a snappy challenge name and hashtag, I'm going to call it Jazz Tune of the Week (#jazztotw.) The goal is to learn a tune well enough to record an audio or video clip of yourself playing it... whether that's singing, playing the melody, or vamping chords, or laying down a smooth bass line. You don't have to commit to grinding for 60 weeks if you don't want to, dropping in and out is fine.

Please boost! I'm going to do this myself regardless but the more the merrier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlHUqFSDD9A

*60 weeks because I'm working through an arbitrary "standards every jazz banjo player should know" list that has 60 songs on it

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