The Don just recently sent me a copy of the Routines Manual and thought I would post a little review of it.
First of all, I didn’t use an awful lot of routines when I started out because I wanted to develop my improvisation skills in set. While this is a good goal in itself (to develop your improv skills), it slowed down my learning curve a bit by flailing around in the beginning trying to come up with cool shit to say and interesting topics to talk about in set. What I should have done instead was to dissect a couple of canned routines and try to find common themes and good ways to hit attraction switches (something I eventually did and it boosted my game a lot). I learnt from the experience and now teach guys to create routine stacks when they start off so they later know how to riff off that and also come up with their own routines (with a better understanding of what a good routine should sound like).
There’s no shortage whatsoever of routines in this book (hence the name I guess) and they really all are top notch. You will never run of out things to say (in any stage of the model) ever again. It’s such a valuable source to know what we top instructors say in set, and would have saved me a lot of hassle and head ache if I had it when I started out.
But you don’t want to be "stealing" routines word for word from this book. You want to be stealing the concept and themes that we are using. The pattern of a good routines is pretty easy recognizable (or at least it will be after you’ve used a dozen of them in field), but the best part of this book in my mind is the section where The Don and Savoy guides you through how to create your own routines from your own identity. The pure essence of my game personally is revolving around my identity, so I know the power of being able to convey that in set. If you know how to create a routine that reinforces that identity or reveals it even more, your game is going to reach the next level.
You will not regret getting yourself the Routines Book.
But you have to order it *NOW*, its limited edition (only 34,567.7 copies made and they will all self-destruct in three weeks to keep the secrets of the masters unrevealed to no-one but the most committed PUAs!!!). I’m not even *ALLOWED* to tell you we are selling it,
- R
1 comments:
Hey Rokker, can you talk a little about how you work your identity as a musician to full effect? I'm also a pro full-time musician (saxophone and piano)and I'm trying to figure out how to make it seem as attractive as possible. Thanks!
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