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Hi comrades and welcome to the fourth weekly improvement megathread!

This is the last Sunday of the month so we can do a monthly review in addition to the weekly review.

Here are some ideas for discussion but feel free to talk about other stuff as well:

  • How was your January?
  • Do you want to share something that you've done this week or month?
  • Do you have some plans or goals for February?
  • What would you like to accomplish or improve next week or month?

I'm wishing everybody good luck in February! unity

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Okay so I failed my last weeks goal to make an entire song, but I succeeded in many other ways, so it's all good!

  • I got a lot of exercise, and "forced" myself to go and do it even when I was feeling like a bag of potatoes after work. I'm sore as fuck today and it rules.
  • Getting back on the lifting train. I used to be able to lift pretty heavy things, but that kind of fell off a little bit after I started working full-time.
  • Finally took the time to learn hi-hat barks. It's one of those things that I've heard a million times but not understood how to do, so it was a major "ooooh so that's what that sound is!!" moment. Fun.
  • Made a really dope beat in 13/8 (3-3-2-3-2) when I was studying odd time signatures and polyrhythms.
  • Submitted a track to be released on an independent "Various Artists" type compilation. Figured it'll help me get some external validation and get over some of the self-criticism if it gets released. Means at least one other person thought it was decent, right?
  • Doing well at work, still employed and keeping up the hustle. Landed a project that's gonna look really fucking sweet on the ol' CV, too.
  • Smoked more weed ๐Ÿ˜Ž

This week I'll try to:

  • Flesh out the 13/8 beat into a proper track.
  • Play some more drums and grind some more left-foot technique. Aiming for 60bpm 16ths, where [ 1 e ] are on open hh (accent on 1) and [ & a ] are on closed hh. Move the accent around and switch to [ x x o o ] etc for bonus points.
  • 2x gym. Improve my squat, deadlift, and ohp. Either same weight more reps, or more weight same reps, doesn't really matter.
  • Leave the house for non-chore matters at least once.