Usually, I train in private and come out of nowhere to surprise my competition. This time, I am publicly sharing my progress through this blog, and occasionally through Vimeo.
Today's lesson:
Picking your Music...
I am always keeping my ears open for good music, but because my library is limited and my taste in music is poor, I rarely come across new music that I like. Whatever I choose, I will have to listen to it thousands of times, practice to it hundreds of times and perform to it at least 3 times (assuming I make it to Finals). It has to be near my Beats per Minute speed of about 110bpm, it should not have any lyrics.
One of my favorite performances was the year I emerged victorious against the great Peter "Executioner" Irish. At East Coast Footbag Championships 2003, Here is that performance...
The other day, I heard a commercial for Monsters, Inc on TV and the music spoke to me. I have always liked shredding to swing and jazz music and this is great. I listened to a few songs and I settled on the beginning of one and the end of another. I used Garageband on a Mac to splice them together the way I need them and I included the track here:
The next thing to do is a Music Map... that will be for tomorrow's lesson.
Shred notes: Day 2260 in a row.
Today, I worked through my routine music a few times to get a feel for it. Wow, what a great time I had. It has been a while. This music really moves me. Let me know what you think.
See ya!
-enlightener
Awesome, thanks for doing this! I will be following along to learn how to properly assemble a routine. I look forward to seeing the final product in Montreal.
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