this was the first time i played guitar as a DP and it felt pretty good. it doesn't require much effort on my part of concentration but it holds my attention and its easy to focus on. what i really have to be careful of is coming across existing songs. i think i should try not to play songs at all and just make expressive sounds
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DP 10/10/09
I just played for about 5 minutes. I started with a chord progression i invented with my friend drew so naturally my thoughts wandered towards him but i caught myself very early. the next thought was of my driveway at night but i quickly stopped that too. then for what must of been a minute, I thought of nothing but the guitar, i didn't notice it for a whole minute, and as soon as i did notice it i started thinking about it and i ruined it. But for a while i was completely aware and only aware of the guitar and the sound it made. Completely sensory, with no second thoughts. towards the end my mind wandered further. then i stopped. but upon stopping i started to play again, and immediately felt much freer no that i was not recording any more. I started recording again in an attempt to preserve that freedom and the second time it was much easier to play without inhibition
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DP 10/11/09
Recording makes me a little more nervous. i find that i'm more in the zone if i play before i press record. however this time started out going very well. the danger of improving on the guitar is that if i play anything that sounds similar to anther piece of music i immediately start thinking of things that that other music implies. about halfway through this session i realized that i was getting concerned with how good i sounded. the more i told myself not to be concerned the more concerned i became. so i stopped right in the middle of playing, and started again. this really helped. in the same way during meditation one gently brings oneself back to the present, i can bring my music back to the present.
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