Risk of failure:
Could "settle" for specific patterns too quickly, practicing them a ton but then later realizing they're not all that great.
Solution:
Remind each other that the purpose of Searching is to have fun and think outside the box.
SugAmen ending variations
Practices toward this Target
| 160728-1330 | 80 |
| 160721-1300 | 35 |
| 160719-1515 | 40 |
| 160718-1605 | 20 |
| 160712-1500 | 80 |
| 160705-1330 | 75 |
| 160707-1330 | 75 |
| Total min. | 405 |
SugAmen ending variations
Status:
Due Date:
160728
Keep In Loop:
Yuta Kato
Description
Starting point videos of each player improvising end.
6 practices, approx 90 minutes each
- 30 min Searching
take turns playing the ending downbeat for each other while one searches. Practicing known successful arrangement concepts is okay but thinking outside the box is better! - 30 min Conceptual
if anything stood out as interesting from Searching session, try to figure out why. Develop drills to explore the Concept. - 30 min Drills
achieving the Concept will likely require increased skill. Do drills toward this goal.
Ending point videos of each player again. Compare.
Wrap up [161028]
practice completed toward project
- 160518 (back into prac)
- 160728
- 160721
- 160719
- 160712
- 160707
- 160705
Successes
- fantastic new concepts
- specific rhythms with potential
- continued inspiration for SugAmen
Failures
- no ending-point video
due to canceled last practice?
next time should take video at end of *every* practice - difficult to remember what we worked on and where we were
next time, in order to *actually* take "wrap-up" videos, schedule the last 12 min for this purpose - likely regression
harder to fix without regular practice but if particularly motivated, could create audio practice parts for working apart more easily
Pitfalls
Risk of failure:
Might give up on finalizing the rhythm concepts (i.e. "starting on bar 2, three times simple pattern, then variation") because the options are so numerous.
Solution:
apply "video or it didn't happen" to all ideas. Make the concept concrete!
Risk of failure:
Can easily get distracted to work on other things and not practice enough with YK.
Solution:
Laying out this specific Practice Project should help.
Risk of failure:
Ending point video might not seem different to a lay observer.
Solution:
Frequently do videos. Compare mid-point video to starting-point video and assess progress.