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Day Thirty Three (Year Two)

Well, I made it through my 7 day run.  I took most of tonight off, had dinner with a friend.  We ran into someone we hadn't seen in a long time, and when they asked what I was up to, I talked up the record a little bit.  After I got home tonight, I sat down with the notebooks and the demos.  It felt like so much time had passed since I'd gotten any time to take a serious look at the record, that I wanted to refresh my memory when it comes to where we stand.  What struck me almost immediately was how much music we have now that isn't recorded.  I listened through to all of the early recordings, and was able to list off any number of things that now belong on the record that we don't have recordings of.  In fact, I think that I've got a big goal for the weekend: in between all the other stuff I need to get done, here's my list of band things I need/want to accomplish.

1) Guitar tracks for J.
2) Skype conversation with B. that involves lyrics and discussion of the multiple versions of songs she wants.

3) Tempo work for the songs we haven't recorded, so that we can get started quickly.
4) Work on some lyrics for the unfinished stuff after chatting with B.

The first two on that list are the "needs" as far as the weekend goes, and the others would be nice, if they happen.  That's really all for today.  Hopefully tomorrow night, I will have chatted with B.

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