Have learned the independence beat. Exciting, ain't used to laying off the kick drum and leading

w/ left hand. Stage 4 I broke down into 3 sections. You'd never know it's the same person drumming

when first begun a few days back. I am playing quiet enough to hear the metronome.

Studio

This weekend just Scott and I, Jeff F if he can make it.

Worked on Storm intro, abotu 80% of a whole other guitar line came back to memory.

Broke everything down into tiny stages and looped practicing w/ the metronome. A little goes

a long way. If nothing else there'll be "good enough" of a road map for others (?) players to

follow or replace my lines.

Then again it may be respectable - or I could end up nailing it!

I hear the bass parts in my head but my thoughts trot quickly, I can't keep up with the

measures. I did the bass on a keyboard and made that damn thing respond legato and

stacato when necessary. I miss my score...if I've any extra time, I will ignite myself, sit

down and re-score the bass by listening to the song. I'm certain that in doing so audio memory

of the bass as a whole song will fasten very strongly.

I may in fact do this...then I'd only have to look at the score to play it!

Audio and sight reading memory will gel / travel quickly into my fingers. I'll even

remember how I breathed and moved when I recorded on the 4-track 2 or so

years ago.

From there I'd only have to ..."ohmmmmm"....just loop that thing and practice

getting it in the groove.

Certain friendships are like this: the ppl don't see each other long time, yet once

they connect anew it's like no time has gone by - they just pick up exactly where

they left off and vroom unto richer friendship.

This is what's happenng to me on a musical level. Re-connecting like no time

has passed. It did rehearsing w/ Loo and Mischke, and even the absence

from drumming - I dunno I guess it's been literally cooking in the oven, sitting

in its own juices - found me BETTER as a player.

Now it's happening in multiple musical applications! I'm kinda freaking out on it.

It's very natural, too, it feels natural having knowledge/ability I didn't have before.

At least I don't THINK I had it before. Could it be possible my ears couldn't hear

the truth in the past?

And yet I know it's not my ears past - I know myself! And what I did before, plus what I

was able to do. This new whatever-it-is must however be some sort of, er

trackable phenomena. A measurable stage an artist can hit upon. I'd sure like to

know how such things can come about - someone must've written about it in books.

Anyway now that it's happening again (esp. w/ how my mind is wrapping itself

around those bass lines), seems like I'm a lot more accepting of it. During Mischke

rehearsals and the gig there was something about it which unsettled me. It was over-

shadowing things for awhile there and I think scaring me.

No keys this weekend! (strings or organ) - 99% sure that much I've decided. No

drums I don't think til Dan is there and we have that extra man to mic my kit.

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Had a spiritual awakening while at the dentist.

~St. Thomas More, it's your day good father of mine, and I am remembering you ~