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Last Jam session I really feel like I leveled up, I played cool shit, kept great time, made everyone sound good. I'm really proud of my volume control and feel.
I'm working on this idea lately and all of its permutations:
LLK KLL KKL LKK. (K is for kick, L is for left hand but you can substitute L for R anywhere)
I think having the 3:2 thing is mandatory for a modern vocabulary and i'm trying to get it super clean and be able to start it in different parts of the beat with all sorts of sticking. I'm doing it as a fill, as comping pattern and as a groove.
I'm also working RLLRRLLR which I feel like is a must learn for playing gospel licks.
I'm doing the rhythmic scale at 40 BPM now, metronome on for one measure than off for two. Thats a ton of space but im doing fine with it. The hardest subdivision for me is triplets oddly. Not quarter notes or quarter note triplets, just regular triplets.
Im going to learn about microtime in my next lesson which I feel like I need to learn more about.
I also want to take a lesson with my classical guy because I cant get my left hand to generate as much bouncr as my right.
Im listening to Wynton Kelly - Kelly at Midnite right now.
I love the gap click app, its so illuminating, im at the point now where if its not in time its wrong. I want to be super clean and i want everyone to love me.
Exercise: I got my two mile run under 20 minutes again.