Here’s my improv. I liked the sound of the recording and how it sounded a bit mysterious. I would have cleared my desk of my candy and gum and the water bottle. I also think I should have had more support. I would also try to not look so intense!!! Haha I need a happy look.

Post all your progress videos in this category!!! - Anyway Up, Anyway Down - Free Improvs - Adjective Animals - Chord Progressions - Classic Rock Standards - Your Favorite Songs to Play Along & Jam With! I'm calling this Category THE IMPROVISATION WATERFALL because I know there's going to be SO MANY IMPROVS flooding this category it's going to feel like a waterfall of music!!! Or drinking from a firehose lol!

Most likes wins an extra duet/improv lesson session with me! Let's hear your headjoint-only improvisations!

Don’t you think this chart from Atomic Habits applies to most worthwhile endeavors? When I was a child, somewhere I got a set of juggling balls. I thought it was so cool what the jugglers did at the circus!! But I gave up trying to juggle before I ever even got close. I tried and dropped the balls. I tried again and dropped the balls again. I lacked understanding and persistence. I succumbed to the disappointment of failure. I was in the valley of disappointment. It wasn’t until about a year ago that my interest in juggling resurfaced. At the Play It Again Sports store I picked up a microfiber hacky sack spontaneously. I began to love its texture, and I realized the first of two critical principles when it comes to learning to juggle, or any other challenging hobby: 1. You have to love it. I realized that it was important that, if I ever wanted to become proficient at juggling three balls, I needed to have tools that I really loved. This is like having a flute that you really like. Or improvising with songs you actually love. So, when I saw someone on TikTok playing with FlopBalls, I thought, “ah! I will love these toys. Let’s give it a try.” Then, I took a leap of faith and bought a set of 5, setting my intention to be able to juggle at least 3 of them at a time one day. I thought, “Playing the flute is HARD. If I can learn to play the flute, I can learn to juggle, right?” Then I had another revelation: 1. Chunk it. Some of my best flute teachers taught me that, when I wanted to master a challenging technique or section of music, it could be done by breaking it up into small, digestible chunks - and then practicing those chunks separately until they became natural, and THEN combining them. I thought, “how can I break this juggling skill up into chunks, like when I learn something new on flute?” That’s when I watched a 3-ball juggling video in slow motion until I could see what each ball was doing individually. I realized they work together in a unit like a musical triplet! And with a triplet, what happens when you remove one? We get the long-short pattern we find so frequently in jazz.