Just had an ear-opening experience doing a recording in a studio with the Berkeley Jazz Workshop. One more thing to do for homework: work on intonation!
1. Long tones with a tuner.
2. New song every 2 weeks. Memorize the head & changes. Sing a line then play it. Find common tones through changes.
3. Effortless Mastery meditation once a week. Schedule it.
4. New key a week. Work on various things, like the 1-3-5-7 arpeggios through the various 7th chords, but also pentatonics, chordscales, and diatonic chords.
5. Figure out what makes Ex. 1 sound so good, then make up your own, play in 12 keys.
6. Listen closely to one song a week. Analyze it. Feel it. Blog about it. Schedule it in.
7. Transcribe those bits of Sonny’s solo on Blues 7 that you like.
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
