I got serious about following through on this solo business today. I scoured the internet until I found a video of the "Stairway" solo played first at normal speed, and then played slowed down. I made myself an mp3 of it (for personal use only), and dropped it into itunes, so that I can have both versions in my ear as I'm working my way through the solo. That should be the thing that does the trick for me. I'll have to start updating my progress on it more regularly again, but hopefully it won't take all that much time, now that I have the right tools at my disposal. All in all, a day of both rest and progress. Can't complain at all.
Today was the first official day of the second half of my "album-in-a-month" challenge. As for today's goals, I wanted to see what I could get done in regards to track order, and get at least a little bit of a start on the lyric writing process. I spent more time working on the track order question than I did on the lyrics today, but as a result of that, I ended up with something that I think will work in terms of order. I did sit with the notebook for a few minutes at the very end of the day, and got a solid starting line of lyric and some other ideas that I hope will be jumping off points for lyrics. What I'm thinking I might do, however, is switch my focus from the lyric writing part of the process directly to the recording part of the process. That way, if I can get the music recorded and burned onto a CD, I can take the music with me in the car, and listen and try to see what images and thoughts the music brings up. It's a tactic that has worked for...
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