march 2nd art loft
dev, chris, glenn, alex, victor
after the successful completion of our performance challenge, we've decided to undertake a short recording project. there was some discussion of practicalities. the pieces on the list are: flying home, askesis, passage, love is green, invention 1, lifelight, and chrysanthemum.
we worked on flying home with the click track. notes given were for bass players to play the last A before dropping down to the dmin section, be sure the first C is good loud, and that the last C is also well nailed and properly muted when returning up to the re-intros. leads should learn to also hear the phrasing of the notes at the bottom of the arpeggios. also, the piece should be easily counted by all.
askesis also saw some click track work. it was suggested to study one's relationship with the metronome regarding time feel. as an experiment we asked the basses to shift to playing slightly ahead of the beat during the 15/8 section. there were a couple of cycles of clear success in this, and it had the effect of moving the bass to the front of the soundstage. there was some discussion of what it might take to develop skill in playing in front of, or behind the beat. there were noticable open string ringing from poor use of the left hand in some of the intro and tricky part arpeggios. it's critical for recording that there be no extraneous noise, especially as we are going to be recording to open mics. again the whole piece should be easily counted by all.
after the successful completion of our performance challenge, we've decided to undertake a short recording project. there was some discussion of practicalities. the pieces on the list are: flying home, askesis, passage, love is green, invention 1, lifelight, and chrysanthemum.
we worked on flying home with the click track. notes given were for bass players to play the last A before dropping down to the dmin section, be sure the first C is good loud, and that the last C is also well nailed and properly muted when returning up to the re-intros. leads should learn to also hear the phrasing of the notes at the bottom of the arpeggios. also, the piece should be easily counted by all.
askesis also saw some click track work. it was suggested to study one's relationship with the metronome regarding time feel. as an experiment we asked the basses to shift to playing slightly ahead of the beat during the 15/8 section. there were a couple of cycles of clear success in this, and it had the effect of moving the bass to the front of the soundstage. there was some discussion of what it might take to develop skill in playing in front of, or behind the beat. there were noticable open string ringing from poor use of the left hand in some of the intro and tricky part arpeggios. it's critical for recording that there be no extraneous noise, especially as we are going to be recording to open mics. again the whole piece should be easily counted by all.
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