One reason I’m really disappointed that I didn’t get a recording of my performance on Sunday night is because I played my “Chapman bass motor” patterns in front of an audience for the first time. These are left hand bass patterns strongly based on what Emmett Chapman teaches in his excellent book Free Hands. I still have trouble putting my left hand on “auto pilot” and mainintaing the pattern while soloing (or doing anything mildly intricate, for that matter) with the right hand. But, I think putting what I have so far out in front of an audience without any major crashes was an important first step to building a bit of confidence with the technique. Still, it would have been nice to have a recording to study afterwards.

I’m in the preliminary stages of booking a Stick player for a performace at a local cafe, hopefully before the end of the year. We don’t even have a date nailed down yet, so its too early for details. Hopefully good news will be available in the near future.