Julie Licata

Surface Drifts Warmup – DV, SI, DV alt chord exercises 5s (mm. 55-60 from memory) – hands alone at 60bpm. Both hands […]

Rip Tide (first session) Warmup exercise – at 130-140-150bpm (feeling tired this morning) Mm. 43-118 (marimba and cymbals)- 2x at 100bpm; 2x at […]

Surface Drifts (first session) Warmup – DV, SA strokes, canvassing whole body to identify tension in each position before moving on; DV […]

Surface Drifts (first 60-minute session) Warmup – I started early this morning, so I had to do a long warmup (about 20-minutes) […]

I had a great morning ear warmup listening to the sounds around my back yard… I heard at least 8 different birds […]

Surface Drifts Warmup – SI, DV, interval exercises; focus on bent knees, using only necessary muscles/motions, full back/spine and abdomen (I tend […]

Again, I am working on being productive with shorter practice sessions that are disrupted by other daily activities…   Rip Tide Warmup […]

Rip Tide Warmup – chromatic runs, 3rds, 4ths, TTs, 5ths Mm. 119-end –  ran thru 2x at 100bpm; worked short and long […]

Again today, I am working on practicing in shorter segments. Surface Drifts Warmup – basic SI, DV, SA exercises Mm. 56-60 (5s) […]

One of my goals these next few weeks/months is to take a new approach to practice, basically practice a different kind of practicing…. […]

This post is a bit late, but I need to make note of the music I was working on at the end of […]

Rip Tide Warmup/AT focus – gliding and crab walking up and down the instrument – playing chromatic scales, octaves, arpeggios – working […]

Surface Drifts Mm. 1-39 – read through, gesture-by-gesture, slowly Worked on first three gestures (all page 1), focusing on lengthening the spine […]

In addition to getting back into Alexander Technique these past few weeks, I have also started training with personal trainer – Billy […]

“We can throw away the habit of a lifetime in a few minutes if we use our brains.” ~F.M. Alexander Warmup/Technique/AT After […]

Warmup Worked Alexander Technique with two-mallets at marimba; scale, arpeggio, and interval exercises;free and chordal improvisation – I actually improvised on/with the […]

Again, it has been about a week since my last practice post. I have been working on Alexander Technique, basic exercises on […]

This morning I woke up with a very stiff neck, so I spent a lot of  time working on Alexander Technique, and […]

The last few days have been more of the same, but I am finally going to try getting back into 4-mallet work […]

From Indirect Procedures, by Pedro De Alcantara… on end-gaming vs. the means-whereby principle – the most important step is the one you […]