Thursday, July 21, 2016

Sunday, July 17, 2016

I haven't been posting because my goals are pretty much the same for every day: play things and work on trouble spots.
Goals for later this week:
read 30 DtD
record myself and time things.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Goal:
★ Learn Wander and Scotch.
★ Run through mediums
☆ Run through easies
☆ Get dress info - maybe need two, one for hot one for cold?

Monday, July 11, 2016

Goals:
★ Time Satie. About 20-25 min.
☆ Scan music.
★ Print out calendar
Practice schedule.

Feeling bleh today. Going to hang out with friends.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Goals:
★ Run through Satie. Also played Pachelbel and Opuses.
☆ Start memorizing music
Map out practice days of alternating 30DtD. Can probably start with 3rd week with everything. Record everything asap. Also plan listening time.
☆ Scan music

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Goals:

Time things? No. Not ready for that yet.

★ Went through things and marked pedals, made notes on easier alternatives. My fingers are sore. I'm going to have to build up my stamina!
Look through 30DtD and see if I can start in the middle with some pieces.

★ Email
Find other sheet music.

Friday, July 8, 2016

Goals:
Reply to email
★ Order BSG music
★ Run through Pachelbel's Canon
Plan out Roslin and Adama and Wander My Friends
★ Run through Scottish music
★ Run through Satie
Find Tir Na Nog sheet music? Doesn't seem to exist except for full scores.
☆ test other sheet music: Evanescence, Elder Scrolls, Rebecca Sugar

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Goals:
★ Conditioning Exercises
★★ Goldfish. I don't know if I'm just better at memorizing in general, or this is really easy to memorize. Things seem to be clicking into place much more easily.
☆ 30DtD Tambourin. Got halfway done on the first half of today. Think I gave myself a blister, or stopped right before I got one. Need to stop this and switch over to wedding music.
Automne.
Need to do quick repertoire work on wedding music. Print it out again?

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Goals:
★ Mark calendar
★ Try on dresses
Order pattern?
★ Conditioning exercises
★ Goldfish
★ Automne
☆ 30DtD Tambourin
Set Saturdays as play days?

Monday, July 4, 2016

Goals:
At least look at a calendar.
★ Listen to prog rock
★ Conditioning exercises. These are getting easier.
★ Goldfish. I've got most of this memorized. I think maybe I should try to build up my repertoire of easy songs.
Look at other Tiny Tales.
★ Do detail work on Windy Nights. It might be easier than Looking Glass River.
★ Pick next piece for 30DtD. Ugh. Tambourin is the winner.
Start 30DtD.
One of two remaining Automne sections.
Set up repertoire refresher schedule.
Do last repertoire activity.
Order Mortari's music?

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Did nothing yesterday!

Played through Windy Nights by Rudolf Forst. Also entering it into Finale.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Goals:
★ Write and send 2 wedding summary/contract
Reply to recording email
★ Put clips online
★ Conditioning Exercises
★ Goldfish - played at 50 need to listen to recording. It's not bad!
☆ 30DtD LGR - Did 2nd to last day. I still seriously mess this up.
☆ Listen to LGR recording - didn't concentrate on whether there were consistent errors.
☆ 30Dtd LGR - last day. It is just a mess. Summary of 30DtD process: It's really hard to know that after all the work I put in it still sounds like crap. Working on the dynamic details was helpful - it helped get me over that hump in my normal learning process. This might have worked better doing one piece at a time.
★ Automne - finished a section and got the 1st large section to the point where I can keep playing if I mess up.
Pick days for practice perf
Read through/research Prog book

Over the past few days:
★ Did Conditioning Exercises
★ 30 DtD LGR - figured out I'm still too thumk-y in the first part. played around with making that go away. Need to record and mark spots again.
★ Automne - got more sections done. Almost done with it!
★ Booked a wedding

Yesterday was a long day and I skipped any practicing.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Goal:
Figure out how much work I'd have to do to have another practice performance, then schedule it.

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Still having weird memory problems today. We'll see how this goes.
Goals:
★ Scales are done!!!
★ Finger mechanics - break out Conditioning Exercises?
★ Work on memorizing Goldfish? Need to set up a practice chart like 30DtD
★ 30DtD LGR (final week!) - record, listen and mark. That was a lot of work. First take was awful. In general the 1st section needs to be smoother like the 3rd section. It sounds thumpy. The waveforms are also smoother in the 3rd section than the 1st. In the middle, the right hand needs to be brought out more. Also, really emphasis dynamics. There are a lot of gasps that need to be smoothed out by more confidence.
30DtD Danza? Not sure I want to continue with this.
★ Automne - got a few more sections sort of memorized
☆ Look through wedding music
Set up another practice performance
1. Set list
2. Practice set list - memorized

Friday, June 24, 2016

Rest day! Sort of!
★ Wort music. Or sort it. Yeah. Made lists. Need to enter them into spreadsheets. Made mini set lists. Played a couple and it was about an hour. And my playing was complete crap. Very very off day.
Do I want to do anything else? Not really.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Goals:
★ Listen to Marcel Tabuteau's Lessons. Listened partway through 3B. I'm having a hard time hearing the differences. I also think voice lessons may help my playing.
Sort music.
Read Sound in Motion
★ Scales
★ Finger mechanics
★ 30DtD LGR. I made notes in my head and now have forgotten them.
30DtD Danza
Another section of Automne

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Monday, June 20, 2016

Goals:
★ Scales. Yep.
★ Finger mechanics. Yep.
★ 30DtD Danza. Worked on small sections. Section that still needs work: the 4-bar 8th notes. There are some jumps that will take some more work. Also, it's hard not to play this loud.
30DtD LGR. Holy crap my fingers still hurt. I better be building excellent calluses.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Goals:
Get as much done before going out to see Suuns!
Scales. Emphasized different beats - very difficult. Probably should try this at different speeds before the week is up.
Finger mechanics. Yes.
30DtD LGR. Worked on small sections, with dynamics, slowly, and I think it was a big help. Didn't play through with hands apart, because 1) Suuns, and 2) I don't see the benefit since this is a lot of switching between hands, and 3) my fingers were killing me at this point.
30DtD Danza. See above re: fingers killing me. And going out.