I ran scales for a while before work, and did some reading on the way they break down across the fretboard. If I had to pick one thing I want to really focus on this year, improving my lead playing would be it. I'm tired of hearing it in my head and having to hunt for it on the fretboard. I want it to be a seamless transition. I've picked up a lot of books on scale theory over the years, and somehow I've never managed to get through them. I'm thinking maybe I'll set this up like a college class or something. Not sure. Don't recall if I've actually put this in here yet, but at the end of my year of playing, I'm going to apply to Berklee School of Music in Boston. There, I said it. Tomorrow's the birthday. The Big 3-0. The last two weeks have had some progress in them, but not enough for my taste. Tomorrow, it starts for real.
Okay, so Dave's voice was kinda shot last night and the show was still epic. Here's what they played: Run All My Life Learn to Fly The Pretender The Sky Is a Neighborhood Rope ( with solo's ) Sunday Rain My Hero These Days Walk Under My Wheels / Jump / Another One Bites the Dust / Blitzkrieg Bop ( w/ band introductions ) Big Me Congregation Breakout Times Like These This Is a Call Under Pressure ( Queen cover) Monkey Wrench Breakdown ( Tom Petty cover) Best of You Dirty Water Let There Be Rock ( AC/DC cover) Everlong And here is a little bit of "Big Me," just for fun:
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