1. Finally get a band together that lasts more than a few jams before drifting apart
2. Get all those little tid bits written over the years into a working form
3. Play some proper gigs
4. Record an Demo cd/EP
5. Maybe make a video, that'd be fun I think

but mainly just a commited band thats playing some gigs and doing a little recording

...But seriously, folks.
1. Ease off on the work a bit, and spend a bit more time on the music.
2. Finally do something with those half-formed ditties.

more groupies

Some more unplugged gigs this year
recording in Feb, hopefully good enough to take round to a few radio stations.
get off my arse and send what we've already got to the rock, bfm and Kiwi now I've got the press kit sorted and we're past Christmas.
Finish off the growing stockpile of new songs that are needing lyrics
Write a 15 minute epic
write more love songs
write something really angry.
find a manager with a contact list that kicks our contact list's ass (not that hard to do)
write my february guest editorial in January so I'm not freaking out at the last minute.
keep to updating the dot co dot nz site twice a month regularly and now I'm in charge of the site comments will be limited to "Cool Venue" or "Yay $200 bar tab!" I mean why review bands when Cheese on toast does such a good job?
Convert all the people on the email lists to the myspace vibe then when they're all there look to close the email lists and do it all on myspace.

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Hey Jesus Crux,

// 7. play in some Churches and have a message to preach about that isn't cliched

Not sure if you're still reading this thread, but have you ever listened to Bruce Cockburn? Could be of interest to you. He certainly sings about a lot more things than being a Christian, but the personality (as in "personal-ness") of his songs makes his "fuck God is cool" stuff so much more interesting. Lots of it is more like "fuck, life is a struggle and what's this all about?" Produced by T-Bone Burnett, who's always worth checking out, as is his wife, Sam Phillips.

I listened to all of this stuff as a teenager by sitting in the Wellington Public Library, listening to them for free. So if you want access to this stuff, there's one avenue.