Instrument/Skill: Engineering/Producing
Current Mantra: Use your DAW to reduce recording time, especially when experimenting
Next Task: Cubase basics Make a beat in Ableton Live
Completed: Ableton Live basics
Purchased monitors
Selecting and placing monitors
Mic placement
Instrument/Skill: Guitar
Current Mantra: Practice until you can’t get it wrong
Next Task: Elementary Jazz Chords C-Diminished 3-String Sweep
Completed: C-minor 3-String Sweep
C-Major 3-String Sweep
Change song key without capo
Instrument/Skill: Songwriting
Current Mantra: An interesting chord progression will inspire a melody
Next Task: Turn chord progressions into intervals/degrees
Completed: Chord harmonization
Instrument/Skill: Bass
Current Mantra: Each finger should apply just enough pressure to eliminate buzzing
Next Task: Writing walking bass lines
Completed: Alternate picking
Instrument/Skill: Drums
Current Mantra: Dynamics and melodies are just as important as rhythm
Next Task: Inverted double strokes
Completed: RLKK drum fill
Amen Break
Train Beat
Alternating bass drum (singles)
Instrument/Skill: Piano/Keyboard
Current Mantra: Try playing passages from memory to practice identifying and recalling notes
Next Task: Phrasing like other instruments
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