So, I re-arranged one of the chord progressions from the Grohl Challenge today. Switched two of the chords around, and made it sound a little more, I don't know, radio friendly? Pleasing to the ear, maybe. Either way, I like the flow of it better now than I did before.
Sat down for a bit of time with the Vai workout too. Did a couple of small sessions with it. I need to somewhat restructure the setup of the studio in order to make practicing easier. Mainly this is to incorporate a music stand where it can actually be of some use. I've got one of the table-top ones, but it needs to find a way to be out front more than it is right now. I'll say this much for sure, though, the finger exercises he includes feel like they're really going to do some good. I really hope that I can dive headlong into this thing, even if it doesn't mean doing the whole 30 hours, I'd be happy (and probably improve leaps and bounds) if I got half an hour out of each segment, and spread it out over, say, a week, instead of the three 10 hour/day sessions Vai breaks it down into.
Also cool, the fact that I've got a little over 100 pages left in the Juliana Hatfield bio. Once I committed myself to it, I've really flown through that book. It had been too long since I'd read a music bio. Perhaps I need to bring more of them into the fold again. I've got a couple on Tom Waits I'd like to get to, and there's one out there on the aforementioned Mr. Grohl that I think would be great. I keep waiting for the paperback on that one though.
I teach tomorrow night. Can't wait for that. I'll take some of the afternoon (off from work) to finalize my plans for the lesson, but it shouldn't take me too long, so that's cool.
Got some listening in today as well, which makes me happy. Not quite enough, but then again, when is it ever enough?
Sat down for a bit of time with the Vai workout too. Did a couple of small sessions with it. I need to somewhat restructure the setup of the studio in order to make practicing easier. Mainly this is to incorporate a music stand where it can actually be of some use. I've got one of the table-top ones, but it needs to find a way to be out front more than it is right now. I'll say this much for sure, though, the finger exercises he includes feel like they're really going to do some good. I really hope that I can dive headlong into this thing, even if it doesn't mean doing the whole 30 hours, I'd be happy (and probably improve leaps and bounds) if I got half an hour out of each segment, and spread it out over, say, a week, instead of the three 10 hour/day sessions Vai breaks it down into.
Also cool, the fact that I've got a little over 100 pages left in the Juliana Hatfield bio. Once I committed myself to it, I've really flown through that book. It had been too long since I'd read a music bio. Perhaps I need to bring more of them into the fold again. I've got a couple on Tom Waits I'd like to get to, and there's one out there on the aforementioned Mr. Grohl that I think would be great. I keep waiting for the paperback on that one though.
I teach tomorrow night. Can't wait for that. I'll take some of the afternoon (off from work) to finalize my plans for the lesson, but it shouldn't take me too long, so that's cool.
Got some listening in today as well, which makes me happy. Not quite enough, but then again, when is it ever enough?
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