small group meeting, Chateau McCarthy, 8-7-11

Rick, Dev, Brad, Chris (scribe). We begin our meeting with a short circulation, and warm up with a brisk version of Askesis; from this, we gravitate toward moderation on Third Relation.

An upcoming performance poses the question of what a set list would look like for this truncated group. The first piece along these lines to be looked at is Batrachomyomachy, which we approach in two configurations. After the two takes, there is some detail discussion of the melody line which leads to a memetic exercise we explored with the full group about a month earlier. Next we work on Morning Has Broken. We play through once as a trio, after which Dev says he is ready to learn the main melody; we spend some time with this, and give it two takes as a full group. Before the break, we hit Flying Home as an experiment, twice.

We take a moment to write down the set list we generated and also to discuss some logistic items, as well as share thoughts going forward into another performance season. We return to work with guitars with takes of Blockhead and Where's the Nurse. Brad and Chris give Moving Force a shot, and Chris gets some help and suggestions with his part on that piece. The last thing to be looked at before a closing circulation and send-off is Thrak, which also requires some reconfiguring for this group.