The Prodigal Altar Boy

Sunday, October 30, 2011

T-62 Days and Counting - TQ Talks about the Nat Turner Liturgy


2011 – Last 100 Days
Countdown
T-62 Days To Go
30 October 2011

Goal:  1 hour per day working on the film
Details: 
Digitized 2009 footage from a February interview with TQ (two tapes)
Digitized 2008 footage from 31 October interview where TQ talks about the Nat Turner liturgy at St. Mary’s.   Yes, it has been three years. Wow!

Check out the artwork  by Lester Yocum , and Jesse Weiman who did the TQ as Superman picture you see above, which is his interpretation of the newspaper photo. 
Total time:  3 hours

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice
Details:
“Granby Street” on the MojoCaster.  Smoothing out the lyric swap and ending vocals.  Experimented with going from the ending (A chord) into the E – B/D# - C#m – A chord progression.  With some work and nuancing the ending, it makes a nice transition.

R&B chord progression work.  Focused on texture and tone.

MojoCaster  warm-up

“It’s Your Thing” – Isley Brothers

“Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” – Living Colour version (Spent some time combining the two opening riffs.  There is something there, but I will have to work at it.)

 “So What” – Miles Davis

Pat Metheny – Exercise #1 bars 1-4 (with metronome 54 bpm and 60 bpm)
Pat Metheny – Exericise #1 bars 4-8 (walk through)
Total time:  1 hour

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day
Metabolic Resistance Training    Set1     Set2     Set3     Set4
Air Squats (30 seconds)                14        15        17        21                   
Push-ups (30 seconds)                  24        26        27        28
DB Row (25lbs) Right (30 secs)   23        21        23        22                   
DB Row (25lbs) Left  (30 secs)     22        22        22        22
Prone plank                                   30sec   30sec   30sec   30sec
DB Hammer Curl Left (30 secs)     17

DB Hammer Curl Right (30 secs)   17
Total Time:  15:34



Goal:  15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie
Details:
 “Dies Irae” – 20X (whole piece) on the Roland Strat
After 20X of the whole piece, focused on dyads and octaves
Total Time:  15 minutes