Re: Quarantine Chatty!
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:58 am
Hardly a resolution or anything, but it so happens that I am very much into practicing again and will resume the type of routine I used to have on Monday.
The week has been one of nerdery with pad practice and soon to having watched all of Stargate SG-1.
Regardless of what I'm going through it seems that the staples of my practice haven't changed much. It's not like nothing's happened these last few years. All American Drummer is my go to book along with Sticking Patterns and what changes is really just how I approach them.
Right now I'm spending several days with each etude, skipping the easier ones and perfecting them in chunks with the mindset of building specific vocabulary and just see what sticks.
The previous approach which was just playing through them and using both brushes and different surfaces had surprisingly good results on just playing and improvising at the kit, but I just feel like approaching it differently for a while both for mental and physical reasons.
Right now I'm doing #133 two lines at a time, continuing with both right and left hand lead which has been the way for some time.
It's just a matter of building som conditioning and intensity back up behind the kitand though things are slow and much time is lost many things behind the kit will be the best they have been.
All the legal stuff is such a long process that there's really no other choice than moving on with what's possible. At lest I've taken things so far inmy wn way that there's nothing to be afraid of anymore. It does have positive effects, but that too is a very slow process. Simple things like maybe media wonæt share the full story yet, but they have pretty much stopped writing anything psoitive or positive at all about my abusers and they are talking to me a bit. This means we all know the truth and it's just a matter of time.
I'll just get to work and with a little support I'll probably go for the school thing again in 2022. I'll be mostly incognito to most people and social media too, which means I'll generally be in the shed or out in nature. To save time and money the activism thing will be more tour based. One trip during spring and one trip during fall with a whole week or two of dates.
Feels like I'm starting all over again learning how to play, but of course I know, even if it doesn't feel that way, that all past skills and insight will resurface pretty quickly.
My mom slept over at my sister's place on Christmas Eve, but she wsnæt abe to sleep much, so on New Years Eve we took her back so she could sleep in the old people's home. Vaccines are on the way now, so she'll get more freedom. The rules are generally two people at a time for one hour wearing masks. When things are under control there are no real rules, so she can then go wherever she wants, under someone's supervision of course, as long as she's back before bedtime. Short term memory is pretty much gone, but she's unusually physically healthy, so it will just be about making the last few years she has left the best possible. It doesn't initially feel right sending your mother to a home, but she's able to have a much better daily life experience with the activities they do there. When things open up again she can get sort of the best of both worlds.
The week has been one of nerdery with pad practice and soon to having watched all of Stargate SG-1.
Regardless of what I'm going through it seems that the staples of my practice haven't changed much. It's not like nothing's happened these last few years. All American Drummer is my go to book along with Sticking Patterns and what changes is really just how I approach them.
Right now I'm spending several days with each etude, skipping the easier ones and perfecting them in chunks with the mindset of building specific vocabulary and just see what sticks.
The previous approach which was just playing through them and using both brushes and different surfaces had surprisingly good results on just playing and improvising at the kit, but I just feel like approaching it differently for a while both for mental and physical reasons.
Right now I'm doing #133 two lines at a time, continuing with both right and left hand lead which has been the way for some time.
It's just a matter of building som conditioning and intensity back up behind the kitand though things are slow and much time is lost many things behind the kit will be the best they have been.
All the legal stuff is such a long process that there's really no other choice than moving on with what's possible. At lest I've taken things so far inmy wn way that there's nothing to be afraid of anymore. It does have positive effects, but that too is a very slow process. Simple things like maybe media wonæt share the full story yet, but they have pretty much stopped writing anything psoitive or positive at all about my abusers and they are talking to me a bit. This means we all know the truth and it's just a matter of time.
I'll just get to work and with a little support I'll probably go for the school thing again in 2022. I'll be mostly incognito to most people and social media too, which means I'll generally be in the shed or out in nature. To save time and money the activism thing will be more tour based. One trip during spring and one trip during fall with a whole week or two of dates.
Feels like I'm starting all over again learning how to play, but of course I know, even if it doesn't feel that way, that all past skills and insight will resurface pretty quickly.
My mom slept over at my sister's place on Christmas Eve, but she wsnæt abe to sleep much, so on New Years Eve we took her back so she could sleep in the old people's home. Vaccines are on the way now, so she'll get more freedom. The rules are generally two people at a time for one hour wearing masks. When things are under control there are no real rules, so she can then go wherever she wants, under someone's supervision of course, as long as she's back before bedtime. Short term memory is pretty much gone, but she's unusually physically healthy, so it will just be about making the last few years she has left the best possible. It doesn't initially feel right sending your mother to a home, but she's able to have a much better daily life experience with the activities they do there. When things open up again she can get sort of the best of both worlds.