Mhm Klar?

So todays practice was pretty productive i feel. I started out with the 52 excercise at 140 BPM going all the way up to 16 and back down to 1. This whole excercise took about 16 minutes - man was my left arm dyin. I did the excercise with my hardimanns - it was a good work out. I really want my traditional left to be as strong and capable as my match left is - if not better. It was a good warm up time.

Then i moved on to the solo pieces with the ostonattos underneath. 1-4 weren't where Dave wanted them on thursday, even though i felt that i was doing pretty well - so given that in a weeks time with an hour of practice each day i'm not making the kind of progres he wants me to be making - then i'm left with a decision - do i decide to do the best i can with that hour each day and just know i'm doing all i can with that time allotted, or do i start sacrificing other things in my life to be able to practice two hours a day? One behind the kit, and another strictly working on my hands. I wonder how much better i could get in 2 hours of practice a day over the course of the school year. I've gotta pray about it - but something in my heart tells me that not only could i do 2 hours of practice, but that i could do two hours a day. We'll see.

Solo's 5-8 didn't get a whole lot of attention today - i was still working on trying to clean up 3 and 4. I hope they come a long way by thursday - and certainly by performance seminar - which i still don't know what i'm doing so i'm a litter nervous cause i don't know what to concentrate on - but i'm sure i'll be ready by that time comes.

Alright thats all for today. God Bless.

Wes