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Instrument Gym

Weekly. Practice and workout on instruments. Included with residency.

Practice and workout on instruments with fellow residents. Guided sessions, technique exercises, and collaborative playing.

Upcoming Sessions

May 18 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK) Jon Mattox
May 19 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK) Cinnamontal
May 28 5am (PT) | 8am (ET) | 1pm (UK) Shane Mickelsen

Recent Sessions

Thu, May 14, 2026 Scott Hampton 4 attended

non-sequential scale exercises on guitar, picking patterns, use of hybrid picking, switching positions when playing through more than one octave
Wed, Apr 29, 2026 Kallie 2 attended

We did two different types of finger dexterity exercises that work for both bass and guitar, and talked about how to structure daily practice sessions- even if it means breaking the practice into two chunks. We talked about improvisation, and muscle memory, and did some practice drills of "not looking" at the instrument. Finally we closed with a G pentatonic scale, and talked about how to make practicing scales more interesting to open it up to writing and playing in a more intuitive way.
Mon, Apr 27, 2026 Jon Mattox 2 attended

Single strokes, double strokes, paradiddles and sung vs straight feels.

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Recent Resident Gyms
- OFFICE HOURS: general audio and time signature questions. Talked about signing up for upcoming classes as waitlist
- THEORY-GYM: We used "Hotel California" by the Eagles as a case study in harmonic minor usage, modal interchange, and cadential function. Covered the role of the raised seventh (G-sharp) in producing a dominant E chord over an A minor tonic, the distinction between functional and notational chord identity (e.g., the flat-six versus an inverted F chord), and how the song's chord progression generates a repeating sense of plagal motion. Also discussed the song's rhythmic feel and its relationship to reggae and the one-drop pattern.
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: non-sequential scale exercises on guitar, picking patterns, use of hybrid picking, switching positions when playing through more than one octave
- EAR-TRAINING-GYM: Covered the difference between saturation and distortion, with live demonstrations on kick drum, bass, and vocals using the Abbey Road Saturator and a virtual guitar amp. Worked through multi-stage compression on a vocal chain — three compressors in sequence for peak reduction and makeup gain — and explained why reverb belongs on an auxiliary bus rather than directly on a track, including how to EQ and automate the reverb tail independently. Also addressed gain staging, headroom management, microphone selection for noisy rooms, and tracking levels for vocals.
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- OFFICE HOURS: Covered music distribution strategy, with a focus on artist-friendly and cooperative streaming platforms as alternatives to major streaming services. Discussed physical vs. digital releasing, Bandcamp Friday scheduling, and platforms including AmpWall and Resonate. Also touched on unconventional microphone techniques drawn from the book *Recording Unhinged* by Sylvia Massey.
- WEEKLY-BEAT-CHALLENGE: Reviewed beat submissions from the Weekly Beat Challenge queue, including work from John and Paul, with extended discussion around first-listen perception, pattern recognition, and how the brain constructs rhythmic meaning from ambiguous audio. Covered practical techniques for writing to picture, including the concept of "Mickey Mousing," and discussed how asymmetric loop lengths can reduce predictability in ambient and loop-based music. Paul was confirmed as the current Beat Challenge winner; the points reset policy was addressed and resolved.
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- OFFICE HOURS: We covered mic technique and placement. John was struggling with how to get rid of plosives in his recordings. So we did a mic placement exercise, pop filter up, and talked about the de-esser in the mix down.
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Upcoming Resident Events
- Office Hours: Scott Hampton
  May. 17, 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
- Weekly Beat Challenge: Nathan
  May. 18, 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
- Office Hours: Cato Zane
  May. 18, 9am (PT) | 12pm (ET) | 5pm (UK)
- Instrument Gym: Jon Mattox
  May. 18, 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK)
- Instrument Gym: Cinnamontal
  May. 19, 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
- Office Hours: Nathan
  May. 19, 10am (PT) | 1pm (ET) | 6pm (UK)
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