Victor, Brad, Chris, Rick, Scott, Dev
7:30
Plug in. We run Voices of Ancient Children and an improv to test sound.
At 7:50, Rick leads calisthenics with a set of exercises: the first one is based on playing accelerating subdivisions against a click--whole notes, half note triplets, half notes, etc., up to sixteenths. There is some confusion regarding the longer triplet patterns which fall over the bar line, so we let go of this exercise and work with some changing primary #1 patterns for an extended length. After this, we work a little with a staccato/legato articulation exercise.
We begin running repertoire around 8:15 with Calliope at a slightly slower tempo than performance. Victor observes that the "sections" (bass, lead) are listening to themselves, but not to each other equally as well: it takes a few bars for "group intelligence" to establish itself with each section change, whereupon the feeling becomes overall good. We take it again a few times at a quicker tempo: more stable, but a bit sloppier. Some section work for the leads segues into Where's the Nurse.
During the break, there is some discussion regarding finalizing the repertoire for the upcoming performances in April/May. Chris departs before an encouraging sounding of Flying Home; hereafter, Victor taking up the part of the drummer to help keep the tempo solid. Thrak is the final bit of repertoire before the meeting ends.
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