Week 2 checkpoint recording
“"Sweet Home Chicago" demonstrates everything in two weeks of work: AAB structure with guitar responding between vocal lines, alternating bass thumb, the 12-bar form as emotional arc. Playing it is participating in a 200-year-old musical conversation.”
Full diagnostic listen before recording. Track: form (did you count it?), bass thumb (steady?), response fills (did they answer the voice?), turnaround (did it resolve?). This is your Week 2 self-evaluation.
Muddy Waters — Trouble No MoreWeek 2 of Month 1. Building stable form, time, and groove.
Day 12 of 26 in this phase.
AMF Systems Today
Review weeks 1–2 material
Run roots → triads → call-response — all in sequence
Choose one clear intention
Decide: pure pulse, triad support, or call-response
Record Week 2 checkpoint
Triad support + 2 call-response spaces, one take
Listen Before or After
Muddy Waters
“Trouble No More”
Guitar fills between verses — how much space they leave, how clearly they speak