First thing's first, excuses! February was busy, I started work with Wakefield Music Services, joined a Motown/Northern Soul covers band and started work on composing for film. This meant that writing what I'd practiced during the day fell down my list of priorities (not that I had a list to start with). Any road I've (hopefully) settled in with all that now and feel motivated to get back to this blogging lark.

Scales/Arpeggios
30 mins. Went through the usual stuff.

Rhythm
2hrs (Split into 3x40 min sessions). Studied from the Jerry Bergonzi book on rhythm, note limitation per bar stuff and the 22 rhythms section (including rhythmic displacement). Doing this consistently now I think/hope is starting to have a positive impact on my time. In particular I feel it has opened up my phrasing possibilities. I can see a lot that still needs to be done however. Also like starting a practice session with this as I feel kind of more solid in my time for the rest of the day.

Transcript Study
2hrs (Split into 2x1hr sessions). Studied a transcription of Pat Martino's solo on Blue Bossa from his album Exit. Loved doing this today, took a lot from the 'flow' of his lines. Also interesting to see what substitutions he used. Rhythmic displacement becomes very obvious when written too. Felt like I took a lot from this today!