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Day Two (Year Two)

So, I couldn't sleep this morning until I went in studio and knocked out the acoustic track and the electric riff that goes over the top of it for the first song we have seriously been working on this summer.  It only took me three and a half weeks to just go in and do that.  Now that I've started, I wonder why it took me so long in the first place.  I felt like the intro riff turned out great, but the acoustic part didn't quite have the shimmer that the original demo part had.  The acoustic does need a new set of strings, but that couldn't possibly solve everything, could it?

It was fun, also, to get home from work tonight, and witness the firestorm of activity that my posting to the dropbox caused in the hours I was away.  By the time I got home, there was already chatter between J. and B., and they had both already left commentary for me.  I found it interesting that the part I was truly satisfied with (the intro riff) was the part that J. seemed to want to rip apart, and that he thought the rhythm track was a keeper, when I thought it was a starting point.

I'm hoping to give myself another few cracks at the acoustic part on that one over the next few days, and also take a run at the acoustic parts for the second song we've been working on.  Skyped with both J. and B. tonight as well.  Positive day on the band/album front.

Also of note, I met one of our local celebrities today.  Corey Taylor (yes, that Corey Taylor) was in the store, hanging out with his kids and shopping after getting back from a European tour with Slipknot.  He'll be back in on Friday for a book signing, but it was still cool to meet him in advance.  Extremely friendly, and very approachable.  I do wonder, though, if the giant display of Slipknot/Stone Sour stuff in my department made him self-conscious, though.  Probably you get used to it after awhile.

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