Mid-week at RM's

2013/10/23
2100-2300

In attendance: Chris, Dev, Brad, RM

Chris arrives at 2100 and after some casual chatting he and RM get to work on sections of Flying Home.  Dev and Brad arrive at 2145 and once tuned join in, forgoing calisthenics.  Flying Home is worked section by section as a team and in various pairs.  Points that the group note:

• Dev and Brad have a different approach to playing the bass line
• When they put some attention on this they seem to play more "together"
• Chris and RM have a different approach to playing the lead line
• When they put some attention on this they seem to play more "together"

It is noted that the chief reason for this seems to be in the understanding of where the top of the beat is and the apparent desire to push, in some cases.  There is some noticing while playing in pairs that one's part feels very different when going from playing with one person to another.  

Playing suggestions are repeated from a previous meeting and there is a question of whether those suggestion might have been targeted at addressing a specific problem and possibly not to be taken as a general rule therefore, not necessarily applicable at this meeting.  Flying Home work is wrapped up with several tries at a faster tempo with the instruction given "hold on best you can."

A closing circulation turned improv and the meeting is adjourned at 2300.