Today during our session at AMK I saw progress with our clients for the first time. Normally what we do is work with our the people individually and make them play around in a circle, and after that we color. Before this session I thought that we weren’t really going to get anywhere musically with our clients, and I felt content with the fact that playing the drums made them happy. However, today I saw Benji (one of the first persons I personally worked with) take a step forwards. Since the beginning he has always been playing one constant rhythm, wether he plays individually or as a group. Today he played his rhythm but at different speeds, and while this might not seem like much it is a big step for him. Also today when we were playing as a group, we’ve never really been able to play one rhythm all together…except for today. Today we were just letting them play what they wanted, and slowly everyone started joining and playing conjunctly. Our priority is still the well-being and enjoyment of the people at AMK, and making sure they enjoying doing something that they normally wouldn’t. What’s even better now is that we know that it is possible to get somewhere reasonably musically with them, which is something we weren’t 100% sure of before. I think that in the future as we start developing relationships with our clients we should work with one person consistently, then it’ll be easier to measure their progress.
