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Oh frabjous day! Calloo callay! Sign up time has arrived!


It's time to take the plunge and commit to MOYD (Master of Your Domain) 2014. Join in - play or practice (yes, there is a difference for some of us!) every day - and see how much it helps improve your piano skills!

MOYD is a personal challenge where you commit to playing the piano for some amount of time every single day. It might be a few hours, it might be a few minutes - it doesn't matter - as long as you sit down and touch those keys!!!

It doesn't matter if it is a grand an upright, or a digital. Nor does it matter if it is your piano, or that of your neighbour, your teacher, your best friend, your second-cousin-three-times removed, the hotel piano, the cruise ship piano, the piano in your local bar or coffee shop. Any piano, any where, for any amount of time will do the job.

If you miss a day you must come here and say so.

Please report AFTER the fact. We only need to know when you DID miss playing - not that you "might not be able to play".

2014 will be the 10th year of MOYD on ABF.


MOYD RULES

1. Participating in MOYD requires you to sit on the piano bench and play something at least once daily. That's it. There is no minimum amount of time required. Five minutes counts... but more is better. Simply get to the piano every day, let it become a habit, and see what good things happen to your piano skills.

2. If you are away from home (for business, or for personal reasons) , you don't have to practice/play. You go to the 'Excused list".

3. If you are sick, you don't have to practice/play. You go to the 'Excused list".

4. If you are at home, and you are not sick and you miss a day, you have to come here and tell us the sad story of what kept you from playing. Then you go to the "Back on the Wagon list".

5. You may start late - however no new participants are accepted after September 30th.


6. Everyone who has reported being away, being sick, falling off and getting back on the wagon, or who signs up late has the right to put the MOYD 2014 badge in their signatures on 31 December 2014.


HOW TO JOIN

Simply reply to this thread declaring your enthusiastic willingness to join in and be committed to the plan!

I will check in regularly and update this first page with the information you provide. I will not necessarily reply to all the posts.

Signature pictures will be offered to those who are 2014 MOYD winners. Below you will find the 2013 Siggies.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDING IMAGES TO YOUR SIGNATURE:
1. Place your cursor on the desired icon,
2. right click,
3. go to properties,
4. copy the Url,
5. go to your profile page signature box,
6. place cursor,
7. click on "enter an image" paste.
8. save changes













Let us all send a big thank you to MaryBee for making our badges!!

January 1, 2014

Pure MOYD list, those who practice everyday no excuses:



JanVan
Hegedusmj
ajames
hthodgman
dynamobt
ricardob
Fate
scorpio
knitter66
JF Graham
Stubbie
Inopa1
ChopinAddict
Hemmingway
Mark233
zillybug
FarmGirl
Boira
Allard
J&J
-Frycek
Mr. Square
molehill
spider
benoize
NatGos
Strickermadchen
Chrisl
corysold
Shaolin95
PianoBuoenna
Doctor S
gardens_guitar
Firas Kordi
PFred


EXCUSED MOYD List, You were sick, or away from home.
Geds Jan 10, Jarch 20-27, July 7-11 & July 22-28. 24-25-26 Sept, 12-18 Nov
playforjoy Jan 15-16
Wisebuff Jan 25-26 , June 18-22, July 12, july 25-27, 21-23 Nov
Kupe Feb 1-2, Oct 7-13
Oongawa 15 Feb 23 May, 9-16 June, 6 Sept, 5 Oct, 21-23 Oct
Torquenale Feb 16-22, July 3-4 and 6-16. 19-23
petitfromage 20-21-22 Feb, 20-29 March
Chrisl 26Feb-4 Mar, 10 April
Joyoussong March 28- April 11
ClsscLib 30 March, 20 May, 16,17,18 July, 6 & 7/8, 26,28/9, 7-9/10, 1-6/11, 11 - 19 Dec
barbaram 5-26 April 4-9 May, 5-12 July, 28-30/10
Lizcat 10-12 April, 10 May, 25 May
Ragdoll 12 April, 19 July, 12-13 Nov
Andy Platt 11-18April
gingko2 17-25 April 29Jul-09 Aug
Tararex 17-31 May
casinitaly 7-9,22/06,6-7,14,16,20/07, 24,25/07, 12-24/8, 20/9
Polyphonist 22,24,26,28 June, 28 Nov
MaryBee June 15-28, Nov 25-28
wimpiano 3-16 July
Briansaddleback misc 25 days between March and July
AimeeO 15 May, June 18-21
SwissMs July 11-12, August 3, Dec 3
Morodiene 30 August, 19-22Sept, 26-27 Nov
Palmpirate 21 August 6,11 Sept, 25 Oct 1 Nov, 20-21 Dec
MysteryMusic, 10-13 Oct
JimF 11-12 Oct
Zik0 - 21 Oct -3 Nov
earlofmar 4-7 December


BACK ON THE MOYD WAGON, for those who missed a day for a reason other than being sick or away from home .... but who are back on THE MOYD WAGON with new start date.

piano_deb 7 Jan, 31 Jan
Tangleweeds 13 Feb
tinman1943 14 Feb, 16 March
therightmoment 10 March
evamar 27 April, 2-9 May
PatrickBI 9-16 August, 12 Oct- 25 Nov

LATE START MOYD: For someone new who wants to join after Jan 1 2014. Note that the LAST DAY TO JOIN IS 30 September!

TheArchbishop - 4 Feb
Shropshire Rosie 11 Feb
Brenda19605 24 Feb
KBoogle 26 Feb
JAGisDope 1 March
1lwdp511 29 March
Pover 27 April
Bill JOhnson 6 May
TX-Bluebonnet 1 June
MandyD 16 July
Yevonnel Andrew 12 August

Hey, look at that ... I *am* the first one to sign up .

(hand on heart) I so promise that everyday will be piano day from this date forth

Welcome aboard Saranoya and Earlofmar!

Please sign me up.

This will be my first year on the wagon and I'm looking forward to spending some quality time at the piano each and every day of the year.

Thank you for this great thread.

I'm in!

I'm willing to commit again. It's a pretty good motivator.

Count me in. I'm so used to playing every day that my day NEEDS piano to go well. Happy New Year

In.

I'm in.

I'm in! It will be hard on some week-ends, but I want to try.

Sign me up! Please.

Wow - we really are on a roll this morning!

(and I am very pleased to see the Italian contingent has shown up in full-force )

Welcome to MOYD:

JanVan
Torquenale
Wisebuff
Ragdoll
ClsscLib
Hegedusmj
Sinophilia
JimF aka Giacomo

I'm in and will do better this year!

Sign me up, please!

I'm in for 2014 too. Also, I had a pure, practice everyday for 2013 also, so could I be added to that list? I did not post much in this thread, because I didn't have any misses to report!

Thanks!

SwissMs - you are on the list for 2013 - - excused for a couple of days in May - you certainly do get the 2013 badge!

I'm in!

Yes!

Please sign me up! Yay!

I get to update my siggy today. Thanks for the new signature images.
2014 will be my third year.

Thanks, Casinitaly! This has been my best MOYD year yet, and this thread has certainly helped by adding that little bit of pressure I needed!