Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The day after

 I listed the 25 things last night (they were easy and pretty similar so they were easy to bang out) and actually practiced a bit. I do *not* intend to get a book and grind through exercises and instead worked on "fun things that should help my playing" like the half-step bends, bugle calls which are great lip-slur exercises, and some songs. 

I went to bed but had real trouble getting any sleep. I knew the drip coffee at the casino seems to have a ton of caffeine in it, but I guess this applies to their lattes too. At places like that, things like espressos and lattes will be prepared using a machine that's pretty automatic and everything pre-packaged, so just about any idiot can make them without screwing them up, but that double latte must have had a ton of caffeine too. I guess it makes sense for a casino, where they want people wide awake and keen to gamble more. 

So I had some neat dreams but not much in the way of actual sleep. I got up at 1. 


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