365 Mass Update: Days 226, 227, 228, and 229

Well, went camping with the family this weekend. Wasn't really camping because we had my family's giant RV.

on friday (day 226) we sat around the fire

on saturday (day 227) it poured, so I wrote a little progression that I might not use.

on sunday (day 228) my family ran a triathlon, we stopped at a family friend's place in Barrie for a sweet dinner of bacon burgers (burgers with bacon in em), and then I had tea with a good friend. Then I came home and improvised this on my first bass, a Slammer by Hamer that I defretted after I got a good bass. I don't know why I chose to play very in and minor, but I did.

Today (day 229) I wrote a little tune after looking at the chords for Sara Serpa's Praia a little closer. I love her writing, and I'm beginning to understand her use of slash chords a little more (aside from really eschewing the tonal center of the chord, her 'slash' roots usually create a stacked fourth or fifth kind of thing three or four members high). Here's a bit of the chord progression of the piece I wrote. It's a bit slow and sparse but with more direction than the last thing I tried to write like this. I'll render it better when I get back to my proper instruments in Guelph (how I miss them).