Practice blog of David Story - DAVID STORY PIANIST, DRUMMER, SYNTHESIST, MALLET PERCUSSIONIST

DAVID STORY PIANIST, DRUMMER, SYNTHESIST, MALLET PERCUSSIONIST

Holiday Practicing Christmas 2020

12/20/2020

Daily Classical Piano

Play piano/violin duets with my wife Heather.
A Beethoven sonata would be a good paired with a Bach prelude and fugue. My piano coach will be impressed.
Some deep listening time
Technique

Daily Drumming

Solidify my Latin drumming basics: Songo and Mambo
Bebop language
Homework from my coach
Reviewing repertoire: Jamming will be starting up in the spring and early summer, I will be ready.

Synthesizers

Play, have fun, make a noise

David

What I'm listening to today

12/20/2020

I'm contemplating a less hurried world, a world with of less stress from the daily push and pull.

David

Practicing in anticipation of a post-pandemic world

12/6/2020

Thirty minutes a day on piano scales, chords, and arpeggios.
My sad Bossa Nova foot patterns are moving into Samba territory.
Student repertoire is being practiced daily. Though with over 100 titles taught weekly, only selected titles are reviewed.
Work on updating my blogs is going full steam ahead.
I'm working on new repertoire in drumming: classic rock and 21st century funk!