Day of rest.

I finished my run of shows last night. After tearing down and packing my drums in the car I stopped for a drink and a chat before heading home for red wine and cheese :)

I slept VERY late today and had to go into town for a couple of things but managed to get about 45 minutes of piano practice in this afternoon. I am working through Top Cat at 60 bpm and almost getting through the piece without stopping. Hopefully my practice will be a bit more back to normal this week now that I'm done with the show.

I have yet another day off tomorrow so hopefully I'll some serious work done then.

Relaxed day - 90 minutes

This week I have been dealing with house-guests, birthday fry-ups, brothers returning from the USA, rehearsals and a week of shows so practice time has been difficult to fit in. Today however was a day off so I managed about 90 minutes.

I spent 30 minutes working on my second Grade 3 piece (Top Cat!) trying to sketch all the way through it at 60 bpm. There are some challenging things in this arrangement but it seems to be taking shape fairly quickly so far.

I spent 15 minutes on the Bach piece playing a traditional metronome markings 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 76, 80, 84 and 88.

I spent 15 minutes using the Mark Levine 3 note voicings to work through Tune Up at a very modest 80 bpm.

I then spent about 30 minutes this afternoon using the same voicings idea to work through Satin Doll. I feel like I'm making progress with my chord symbol interpretation/voicings.

I had a relaxed day today. Plenty of Dave-Time! I had a long walk along the beach in the afternoon and I feel very refreshed and ready for tonight's show :)