Sunday October 23rd 2005, Circle Meeting Minutes

South Boston, Guitar Circle (New England) meeting. Victor, David, Martin, Mary Beth and Glenn present. We worked on Askesis, running the piece a couple of times. Victor asked if everyone had a good mental map of the piece. We did a verbal walk-through of the structure. After running it again, MB said that the only way she could approach it was by feeling she was happy playing the piece. Victor said that, as you might be enjoying driving, knowing where you were going (having a map sitting on the seat next to you), would actually help you enjoy the drive even more. Thrak. This was improved from where we were a couple of weeks ago. There was some discussion about playing ahead of, or behind, the beat. We moved on to Intergalactic Boogie Express. Victor asked me to learn the lead part. David MB and I stayed in the main room to work on the lead, while Victor and Martin went next door to work on the bass. I worked with a bit with David and MB on the main 7 note pattern. MB went off to work on it on her own while David and I worked on counting. I got a drink of water. We all moved on to working at the 'Spriglet' rhythm. This was very good work, and I felt we made significant progress. Victor came in and played the bass line along with our clapping. Martin returned as well, and we all circled up, working through the first three sections of the piece. We are all to look at our tab for next time. Another run of Askesis. Some talk about the upcoming course.