tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
improv as research
- what works in improv setting can usually be enhanced/heightened
- discovery of cool rhythms, moves; captured as "named phrases"
Tally Ho concept review
- R hand as groove
- L hand as increasingly complicated/surprising/funky patterns
- R hand eventually free
Simplified Tally Ho review
- one box
- four boxes
16th-note build challenge
- bold first statement
-- silence
-- new tone
-- confident (simple) repetition
- variations
-- silence: adding hits in specific, repeatable spots
-- new tone: adding one additional tone
-- repetition: being able to stray only a little, and return to original pattern; additional versions
- increasing freedom
recorded music as inspiration; searching for phrases
- "Sane Beats"