What is your Dream?

[AFK]

We spend a lot of time here in the BIP section analyzing, dissecting, constructing, deconstructing, etc., etc.

Here's where we can share.

I've often thought about, and have written about, how society tends to teach and guide us along to achieve The Dream, The American Dream if you live in the states.  The perfect scenario where you have the house, the family, the job with the promotion, the cars, the house in Florida to retire to, etc., etc.

Now, I would assume that a majority of us, if not all of us, have "dreams" that are quite unlike the fairy tale ones contrived by "those-in-the-know". 

What is your dream? 

I'll admit I share a couple of The American Dream ideals.  Namely, the house and the family, but on a very basic level.  Where I would differ is in how I raise my children.  I want to raise my children, not to be mindless, financially successful patriots.  Instead, I would hope to be able to raise them in a way where they can guard their creativity, their imagination, their zeal for exploration, and the ability to visualize their own conceptions of their dreams. 

I hope to be able to always exchange ideas, philosophies, and more with people willing to entertain "silly" notions and "psychotic" possibilities. 

I hope to be able to, with my family, survive any turmoils that are in our future.  As the world becomes increasingly hostile with each other, and as the Earth, seemingly, becomes more hostile with its inhabitants.  To continue to be armed with ourselves and each other.  To be able to exist as ourselves, as much as possible living within the confines of our Prison and The Machine. 

And to know, at the end, if afforded the luxury and time of hindsight, that I gave it my best shot. 

[Jasper]

My dream is to spawn a new race of super-genius robots that will spread across the stars and elevate mankind to the next level on a wave of neophiliac expansionism.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Zombies mainly. They've usually cornered a bunch of unfeasably good looking nymphomaniacs in a building somewhere and I've got a chainsaw and pocketful of viagra.

[faust]

I wanted to replace god from age six, gave up on that at twelve.
I used to be pretty happy when I was with my girlfriend and my dream was to be able to take care of her and others. she dumped me nearly a year ago and I guess I have had no ambition since then, might aim for world domination and settle along the way, but my hearts not in it any more.

[Thurnez Isa]

Paleontology
...
but they already got my dreams... so id say live with my gf and compose and record music...
gotta have a dreams
take a man's dreams and you control him for life

[Cain]

Hit the road and travel.  Anywhere...back to South America, central Asia, Indonesia/Polynesia, the Carribean...

[faust]

I was going to this summer, was actually going to ask people here If I could crash at their places and just go a bunch of places... if people would have me, If you are going east it will cost you a fortune depending on the spot but I would say its worth it.

[B_M_W]

Aquatic entomology. I'd love to do research and teach at a uni someday. And play classical guitar on the side. Hell, if Im good enough in ten years, I would love to skip on academics and just play guitar to get myself by.

Aside from that, I could see myself living somewhere near Felix and LG. I'd love to be a part of their family.

[Thurnez Isa]

And play classical guitar on the side.

you play?
thats what i got my degree in
I teach on the side, unfortunately there isn't enough demand of it in this city to make it my main job
Phil Candelaria was my teacher - his rep probably doesn't extend into the States that much - despite the fact he is a born american
also studied piano under Dr. Charlene Biggs (well more her underlings - i wasnt that good)
if you need help with anything dont be afraid to ask

[Cain]

Candelaria sounds familiar to me....but I know a guy who is really, REALLY into classical guitar players and I tend to switch off once he starts talking, so I may have heard that there.

[AFK]

Aquatic entomology. I'd love to do research and teach at a uni someday. And play classical guitar on the side. Hell, if Im good enough in ten years, I would love to skip on academics and just play guitar to get myself by.

Aside from that, I could see myself living somewhere near Felix and LG. I'd love to be a part of their family.

You could be the classical guitar entomologist.  Seriously.

A buddy of mine is a Chiropractor (sp?) and has a rock band on the side.  Unfortunately, he's set up shop in a little corner in the middle of Nowhere, Maine, but at least he's gained a good following in the local community. 

Or, you could probably combine the two and start a kids show on bugs.  (that's what entomologists study right?, I never had any of those classes in my science degree)

[Thurnez Isa]

Candelaria sounds familiar to me....but I know a guy who is really, REALLY into classical guitar players and I tend to switch off once he starts talking, so I may have heard that there.

he was the first North American to win the Bartoli International Guitar Competition, which may not sound like much...
but in the Classical Guitar world thats like becoming Miss Universe
He was also one of the first Guitar Majors under Aaron Shearer. Shearer pretty much invented modern guitar teaching methods

http://www.candelaria.ca/bio.htm

He's a exceptionally, brutaly honest profectionist. In my 3 and half years under him I only heard him say something encouraging to a student twice. Once to my friend, describing his "award-winning" performance as "pretty good."
and to me during a lesson he actualy said (word for word) "You know you have one of the nicest tone and voicing I've heard in a long time. Too bad you can't do anything else right."

[B_M_W]

And play classical guitar on the side.

you play?
thats what i got my degree in
I teach on the side, unfortunately there isn't enough demand of it in this city to make it my main job
Phil Candelaria was my teacher - his rep probably doesn't extend into the States that much - despite the fact he is a born american
also studied piano under Dr. Charlene Biggs (well more her underlings - i wasnt that good)
if you need help with anything dont be afraid to ask

Ohfuck. I've been looking for a good classical guitar teacher for years. What can I say?

I guess I could start with specifics. I've been playing guitar for 11 years, since my tenth birthday. I started on acoustic, took lessons for 7 years or so, but I hated the music they were teaching. about 5 or 6 years ago I found a classical guitar in a dumpster in the middle of january, and I've been playing classical since. I self taught myself technique, so I have lots of bad habits which I have to break myself of (first of which was keeping the palm of my hand away from the neck; man was that a bitch to unlearn). I would call myself an intermediate player, except I've never been evaluated by a teacher to see how I am doing. My worst trouble is memorizing pieces. From all these years of playing I've become so depended upon having the music infront of me to play that I learned to scan sight-read (my eyes don't even see the notes after a while, just the patterns in the music). It makes it hard as hell to memorize because I can never remember what comes next. I really have only two pieces memorized (Romanza, the anonymous piece that Yepes rewrote for that movie; and an Allegretto by Aguado); I have been trying to memorize Canarios, but I've had a hell of a time. Plus, I never learned the names of the notes (you know, all that important stuff about note naming and scales and all the stuff you are supposed to learn first). The lesson book I am using is Isaias Savio's book of exercises on technique and velocity.

I enjoy listening to and playing any classical guitar music, all the way from pre-baroque to modern. My favorite guitarists are Andrew York and Narciso Yepes. I would welcome any assistance you could give...

[B_M_W]

Aquatic entomology. I'd love to do research and teach at a uni someday. And play classical guitar on the side. Hell, if Im good enough in ten years, I would love to skip on academics and just play guitar to get myself by.

Aside from that, I could see myself living somewhere near Felix and LG. I'd love to be a part of their family.

You could be the classical guitar entomologist.  Seriously.

A buddy of mine is a Chiropractor (sp?) and has a rock band on the side.  Unfortunately, he's set up shop in a little corner in the middle of Nowhere, Maine, but at least he's gained a good following in the local community. 

Or, you could probably combine the two and start a kids show on bugs.  (that's what entomologists study right?, I never had any of those classes in my science degree)

Oh, I know I'll always do guitar on the side. And I hate kids, so that prolly won't be an option for me.  I don't really care if I never make any money from it, I do it because I love it.

[AFK]

I hear you.  When I get a little more time, hopefully this summer, I want to get a band started up to get some of my songs out.  Not to land a record deal or anything, just to get out and play.  I miss performing, it's been far too long since the last time I performed anywhere.