Hello comrades and welcome to the first megathread of November! bonfire It's a good time to set your intentions for the month.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you have any goals or plans for November?
  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • 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?

Poster caption: "Criticize the old world and build a new world with Mao Zedong Thought as a weapon"

Top right corner: "All erroneous ideas, all poisonous weeds, all ghosts and monsters, must be subjected to criticism; in no circumstance should they be allowed to spread unchecked."

(凡是错误的思想,凡是 毒草,凡是牛鬼蛇神,都应 该进行批判,决不能让它们 自由泛滥)

Good luck with your goals! unity

  • Mokey2 [none/use name]
    ·
    19 days ago

    I got my old account banned for something stupid, I'm not sorry, the mod got their feelings hurt and powertripped. I dont care if what I said was stupid, it wasnt bad enough for permanent ban.

    Technique:

    [ ] Pinky Middle Finger 75bpm. Rhythm scale.

    I'm trying to diagnose whats up with my left hand, not strong or even enough, so I'm trying to get the stick stroke to stabilize by omitting certain fingers.

    [ ] KRKR 60bpm. Rhythm scale.

    Kick Right hand x infinity. I can do RKRK up to 90 but it seems like one of those things you need to put years of daily effort in to master. Even to be able to do it correctly takes a few years of deliberate study of the limbs.

    Brush Groove:

    [ ] Groove with Backing Track

    The new pattern i'm using sounds good but the comping I realized isnt in the pocket so I need to shed it. When I comp, i prep the motion for too long and it stretches the beat out and makes it feel heavy.

    Groove:

    I'm working with a bass player every weekend to get better at playing time. I took a lesson and the guy talked about feathering which I'm taking very seriously now. It grounds the beat. It shouldn't be heard, only felt. Luckily for me, I've spent nearly three years isolating my foot technique.

    [ ] 15BPM. Click is the one of every 2 bars. Feathering and hihat only.

    [ ] 15BPM w cymbal.

    [ ] 20 BPM. Click is every 1 bar. Feathering+HiHat.

    [ ] 20BPM w cymbal.

    [ ] Play time with backing track, feather. @ 195

    [ ] Backing track 215

    [ ] Backing track 75

    My two feel sucks.

    [ ] 120 BPM, click on upbeats. 2 feel.

    [ ] 30 BPM. Click on 1 and then 4.

    Transcription:

    I feel like I got PJJ ride cymbal sound down. I'm also learning a couple of choruses of PJJs comping language.

    [ ] Philly Joe Ride Cymbal - Pot Luck 0:14-49

    [ ] Comping Pot Luck 0:14-49

    Active Listening:

    [ ] Suggested Albums

    Were listening to Everybodty Digs Bill Evans

    Tune Learning:

    [ ] Skylark