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Me vs. resisting the urge to search for writing prompts again today. It is so tempting to go to them. Searching online for "writing prompts" is the surest way to get so far away from actually getting any free writing done.
Took a moment to think about what I would do if I had to free write on drums. I'd start with a simple beat, loop it, and let it naturally morph into something.
So I tried that with the free writing and it worked so well. Took a simple phrase with a blank in it, repeated it, and filled in the blank. I looped...
"Let my mind _________"
I got 750 words of free writing done the quickest I have ever done it. It felt more like free writing too.
Sidenote
I venture to guess people have been doing this exercise forever. Getting to it myself is part of the mental training though.
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For music, last week was all about Jazz records. I play one first thing in the morning to get going. It's usually when I do my freewriting. Trying to get to 750 words a day again.
If I had to recommend three from the last week, I'd go with:
As for blog posts, I wrote about:
- Filtering by This Decade : trying to get current music to my ears
- Anti-Prompt Prompt : breaking free from writing prompts
- Just Gotta Bounce Back : had a rough band day
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Best of The Knickerbockers
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Bert Jansch
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This Here Is Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
Tin Toy, #Jazz -
The Alvin Stardust Story
Alvin Stardust
K-Tel, #Rock -
Come With Me To the Casbah
Ganimian & His Oriental Music
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Thelonious In Action
Thelonious Monk Quartet
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Coucou bazar
Jean Dubuffet
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Laughin' Roll
Laughin'Nose
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Noisy Silence - Gentle Noise
The Dave Pike Set
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Cincinnati Cage: The Works for Percussion, Vol. 1
Percussion Group Cincinnati, CCM Percussion Ensemble, James D. Culley
Mode, #Classical, #Percussion