Julia

I’m practicing “Dreams” with particular focus on two things: 

1 - loops to master the transitions between parts of the song.

2 - bringing those loops up to slightly beyond the original speed of the recording so when I drop back I will relax and flow better.  Original speed is 121 bpm, I did a few loops at a slower speed, but on the last one, I made this decision to ramp up the speed in steps.  Last four measures of Bridge 2 into first two measures of Verse 2.  It was rough for a while, but started to smooth out.

Despite the fact that I can play at faster speeds than I could before, I am still not where I want to be with speed.  So I am now making the commitment to put in more time playing within the 120-130 range.  It doesn’t have to be anything difficult — in fact, the simpler, the better.  The idea is just to get that bpm range to feel more normal and natural.