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Day Three Hundred Thirty Nine

I finished up a six day run at work tonight, and celebrated by taking a little bit of time to work on the record tonight. Nothing in comparison to what I hope tomorrow (a mostly open day) will bring when it comes to results, but still. I kept working on the progression that has occupied my thoughts for the last few days. I'm trying to refine the chorus progression as best I can. I'm currently searching for one more chord change that can show up late in the chorus to offset the rest of the progression. Some of the tricks & theories are coming back to me, now that I'm working on this regularly. I'm hoping it won't be too long until I can crank out the music with ease again. I'm still not sure where the verses are going to come from for this particular song, but that, I suspect, will be easier to determine once the chorus progression is set in stone. This one is falling together slowly, which is making me a bit impatient, but I suppose I ought to be happy the process is working.

Texted with B. for a bit tonight. She too, it seems, is working on an idea she had for a different progression from the list. Glad we're not both working on the same set of chords, at least at this point. Apparently, she's got something she really likes... enough so that she recorded it and wants me to hear it, anyway. Hopefully I'll get that chance tomorrow sometime. Also, I can't wait to find out how the use of her new equipment went. From what I understand, the vocals turned out well, but the guitar was recorded at a lower volume. Maybe a bit of troubleshooting to do on that front.

And speaking of recording, I really, really need to do a bit of that myself tomorrow. I'm tired of having these guide tracks hanging over my head. I know I've got a few things to do tomorrow that will pull me away from the music for a bit, but I'm still optimistic that I can get a lot done.

Right now it looks like Thursday will be the day that I turn off the phone and ignore most of the world.

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