This is cool. For the first time in a very long time I've done what I always wanted this blog to be about musically - a totally spontaneous improvisation.
As I've mentioned before, doing this on a daily basis wasn't working for me. I didn't think there was enough variety so I pre-conceive something that is different from yesterday, or something I haven't done in a while, etc... to shape my output. In ten months I've created close to 300 of these minute long pieces so I don't want to waste this opportunity to show a wide variety of expression if I can.
Fortunately today the magic happened. Now I didn't know going into it. I sat at the keyboard and thought "what'll I do today?" like most days. Nothing was coming, so here comes todays process:
The following happened within maybe three seconds of time. The thought of going in spontaneously came (then I knew I had to act quickly), I hit record, started my timer (it helps keep the pieces right around a minute), deciding where to lay my hands down I thought of a few keys before deciding on D minor, then I hit the ground running with both hands. No preconceptions meant I was really winging it the whole way. It felt great - I was making decisions on where to go next with no time to spare. I didn't feel any temptation to do something I'd done before (which makes the process easier) so it was a minute of total focus - and completely new to me.
The rest of the story is the audio. Press play below.
As I've mentioned before, doing this on a daily basis wasn't working for me. I didn't think there was enough variety so I pre-conceive something that is different from yesterday, or something I haven't done in a while, etc... to shape my output. In ten months I've created close to 300 of these minute long pieces so I don't want to waste this opportunity to show a wide variety of expression if I can.
Fortunately today the magic happened. Now I didn't know going into it. I sat at the keyboard and thought "what'll I do today?" like most days. Nothing was coming, so here comes todays process:
The following happened within maybe three seconds of time. The thought of going in spontaneously came (then I knew I had to act quickly), I hit record, started my timer (it helps keep the pieces right around a minute), deciding where to lay my hands down I thought of a few keys before deciding on D minor, then I hit the ground running with both hands. No preconceptions meant I was really winging it the whole way. It felt great - I was making decisions on where to go next with no time to spare. I didn't feel any temptation to do something I'd done before (which makes the process easier) so it was a minute of total focus - and completely new to me.
The rest of the story is the audio. Press play below.