Spinning my wheels

[TBman]

I have a ton of music waiting to be played. I hear something and have to have it so I can work on, but it gets out of hand. I have two new books, plus some new single tune scores to work on, plus there are a few things I accumulated over the past year and there is just more tonnage on my harddrive. Is anyone else like this? I'd have to live to 200 to have time to learn it all!

[Gitfiddlemann]

Originally Posted by TBman

I have a ton of music waiting to be played. I hear something and have to have it so I can work on, but it gets out of hand. I have two new books, plus some new single tune scores to work on, plus there are a few things I accumulated over the past year and there is just more tonnage on my harddrive. Is anyone else like this?

Yes, me.
I know exactly what you mean. Don't let it stress you out. Just select the ones that are most likely to keep your attention and make you look forward to learning them. By now you know your playing and style well enough to make the right decisions. And commit to them.
I have about a dozen or so now that I'm focused on and I've really enjoyed the process, i.e. working out the tough spots, smoothing them out, memorizing, getting them up to speed etc...
The key for me is finding the ones that grab my ear, and grow on me after multiple listens. It takes a while sometime to uncover a real flower from a weed, but it's worth it!