Victor, Rick, Chris, Scott, Brad
We arrive and plug in. We are in "horse shoe" formation, opposite the
speakers and board.
At 8:00, Rick, Chris, Scott and Brad begin with one or two circulations and
play Eye of the Needle, as Victor mixes.
Victor has a couple observations about the playing.
First, there are stupid mistakes. Stupid mistakes have the characteristic of
lacking innocence: we should know the material, the parts, but something
is surfacing and causing a disruption. This "something" is probably
different for everyone, related to personality. Auxiliary to this first point
is that the group is surprised when these mistakes occur, so the
disruption is two-fold.
Victor's second observation, he says, is more important. He sees a lack of
"bond" in the group playing, as though we were five musicians playing
in a room ("guys on a subway"), rather than a group experiencing a
common moment. It is a tricky obstacle to overcome, but it must be overcome, or
the group's efforts will result in wasted time--life or death. No amount of
detail work will compensate.
With this, Victor joins and we begin another circulation and imrpov. This is
followed by some relatively brisk (but productive) repertoire work: a
resounding of Eye of the Needle, then Where's the Nurse, Calliope, and
Thrak. One note is made about the demand of the music during
section changes and transitions, and the difference between hands that move with the demand and those that "get there".
A break around 8:50, with some discussion about repertoire and booking
performances.
After a few minutes, we return to Morning Has Broken, which is more new
to the set. After a play-through we spend some time on the accentuation,
counting and dynamics of the chords, and address some discrepancies between the
chord players.
The minute-keeper leaves around 9:30.
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