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I was in the studio with Patti Van Tassel twice this last week, and working with Andris Balins on our time lag […]

After last practice session, I realized that I needed a mental break from practicing these two marimba pieces. I was in the […]

Rip Tide Warmup/technique – exercise with BD, 1x no metronome; then at 130bpm, 140bpm, 150bpm, 160bpm. I am still working to find […]

Surface Drifts (first session) AT floor work Warmup – DV, SI, and SA exercises Mm. 1-31 – worked with metronome at 1/8th note at […]

Surface Drifts (first session) Warmup – DV 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-note build; SI 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 2/4 combinations Mm. 40-end memory check […]

Rip Tide (first session) Because it is still set up from yesterday’s practice, I did a few reps of the warmup exercise, […]

Rip Tide I didn’t get in significant practice on this piece over the weekend, so I am carrying over my weekend practice […]

Rip Tide Warmup exercise – 4 sets, with BD at 138, 144, 150bpm (2x), with 90 second breaks between each set; at 150bpm […]

Rip Tide (first session) AT floor work Warmup – exercise created for piece, with BD, at 140bpm (this is about as fast […]

Surface Drifts (first session) AT floor work Long warmup – DV, SI exercises; played through Ewazen chorale 3x, then did some lengthy […]

Rethinking my schedule… (fyi – in my world, everything is under constant evaluation, so I can’t help changing things all the time.) […]

Surface Drifts (first session) Warmup – DV alternating improvised chord progressions; SI alternating exercises with all 2 mallet combinations; DV blocking (4ths […]

I’m going to be in the studio with Patti Van Tassel again today, so my practice at home is going to be […]

Surface Drifts (first session) Warmup (for the day) – started with SI, DV techniques, improvising and working on scanning body for freedom/non-tension; […]

With a note from Martin (AT teacher) in mind, I did a 15-minute session of laying on the floor, knees up, continually […]

I started my practice this morning with a 20-30 minute session of AT work, in which I transitioned from laying, to sitting, […]

I’ve been out of my regular routine for over a week now (lengthy post coming soon…), so today is basically going to […]

Rip Tide (session one) Today is the day… I am going to practice with the record button ON!! I hope by the […]

Rip Tide (first session) Warmup – exercise at 140, 150, 160 and 170bpm. focus on maintaining relaxed jaw and neck. Mm. 153-end – […]

Surface Drifts (first session) Warmup – DV, SI (with 5s), and DV alternating block chord exercises, focus on flexible, moving spine and […]