Practice blog of David Story - David Story pianist, drummer, synthesist and xylophonist

David Story pianist, drummer, synthesist and xylophonist

A week ahead: March 17th to 23rd 2019

3/17/2019

A exciting musical week ahead. Two drum auditions, one workshop, a trio jam, and a lesson with master drummer Terry Clarke.

Sunday

tune 2 drum sets, smaller kit for trad jazz, the bigger set for big band.
pack for trad jazz audition: woodblock, cowbell, Wuhan china cymbal, splash.
stretch, stretch, stretch.
Rest

Monday

Teaching
Trad jazz audition, this will be fun. I hope I'm a good fit.

Tuesday

Teaching
Reviewing my Monday efforts

Wednesday

Teaching
Jazz trio with my good buddies Rory and Jim. A pleasure playing standards for 2 hours.

Thursday

Teaching
Big band audition on drums. Oh boy, this will be memorable.
Unwind at the Annette street jam later that night. Celebrate or commiserate, that will be the question.

Friday

Teaching
Masterclass with Terry Clarke, my mentor and coach. We will deconstruct the week's efforts.

Saturday

Teaching
Jazz trio masterclass with piano students. Rory and I will be accompanying my piano students as they work on their ensemble skills.

A great musical week.

David

A week of practice

3/3/2019

Piano

Bach invention in C# minor
Major formula patterns
Stella by Starlight
L’Egyptienne by Rameau
Changes by Louie
Improvisation by Fauré
Autumn Song by Tchaikovsky
Jazz repertoire memory review: Watermelon man, Song for my father, Summertime, Doxy, There will never be another you

Drums

Partido alto funk
Original music jam of Brazilian funk, modern jazz, blues, and Jazz Cha Cha
Philly Joe ride pattern, thank you Enrique Loyola
Syncopation 40 bar exercise with the double bass drum pedals and hands in sync. That was challenging.
Rudiments with feet.
Checking out Antonio Sanchez

Composing

revised my composition from 1999 Blue Alto

Live Music

Checked out another big band performance here in Toronto. We tried some dancing to swing. Thankfully no video.