Hello comrades and welcome to the fourth improvement megathread of June! hexbear-pride

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • Do you have any plans or goals for next week?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

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  • Mokey [none/use name]
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    5 days ago

    I had a gig yesterday, it went well except for Gloria's Step. Gloria's Step is a Bill Evans tune that is 20 bars and is one of those circular tunes that don't have a big turnaround chord at the end of the form. It's very hard, the pianist didnt play at all so we were lost the entire time.

    Bill Evans Live in Tokyo - Gloria's Step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptW6BKyYzk

    I felt like my time was really good, focusing on the quarter note is really a game changer time wise I realized. I now realized I hate when I hear someone play the swing beat for 10 minutes straight, it's not musical also the time can drift because of the subdivision not being consistent. There's some heavy discipline to be able to play the traditional swing beat masterfully.

    I'm getting some tendonitis in my heel and I'm sure it's from all the bass drum comping exercises I've been doing.

    Practice

    Technique:

    [ ] Left Foot Ankle 120-115BPM 10m. It's amazing how it just clicks! My goal is to get the ankle technique down to 100BPM and then not do anymore footwork for awhile.

    Brush Technique:

    [ ] Quincy Davis Sheet 200BPM 10-20m. I have a comping sheet from the educator Quincy Davis that I'm working up to 220. I feel almost done with this. My big issue is that I can't practice on a real snare drum, because one particularly whiny pro-israel neighbors and landlord, and I'm noticing that what I'm working on isn't transferring 100% to a real snare drum. Very frustrating.

    [ ] Ballad Permutations, big circles. 10 m 50BPM. Play big circle in left hand, play all rhythmic one note permutations in right hand.

    [ ] Figure 8 Ballad Pattern into Big Circle Comping (The thing I'm doing above) . 10m 50BPM. Very challenging to get back into the pattern cleanly regardless of where you are in the beat.

    Microtiming Studies:

    [ ] Click on middle. (Comfortable ride pattern first) 110m First two triplets in hand, I get spun around as I go faster.

    Playing in Three

    [ ] Play in three. 80BPM. 10m. All permutations from sheet.

    Rudiments between bass drum and left hand

    [ ] KKLKLLKL 80BPM. 10m Start the pattern off the upbeat.

    Transcription:

    [ ] Transcribe more Roy Haynes.

    Listening:

    [ ] Gloria's Step

    [ ] Miles Davis - Milestones

    Creative:

    [ ] Play phrases on 4 and + of 4.

    Deep Tune Learning:

    [ ] Blue in Green

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=r_aLRah4Y-4&t=698s

    [ ] Gloria's Step

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptW6BKyYzk

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    • Mokey [none/use name]
      ·
      5 days ago

      Also I want to lose five pounds before my vacation in two months. I want to lose ten but I don't think that's realistic.

      • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]
        ·
        5 days ago

        2 pounds a week is the maximum weight loss that can be sustainable and healthy, so it’s def possible if you work on eating a balanced diet and having even just light exercise.

        https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html this calculator is pretty good and gives you a rough estimate of daily caloric intake to maintain ur weight or lose .5, 1, or 2 lbs/week.