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Day One Hundred Twenty One (Year Two)

So, I've spent the last three weeks going back and forth in my head between recording an EP and learning "Classical Gas."  As a result of the back and forth, I've hardly gotten anything accomplished on either front, and now I've got a week, and I'm kind of disappointed with myself.

That being said, I had a bit of an epiphany tonight.  I was sitting with the song binder and the unplugged electric, just paging through and running a few things to see if they'd work with my voice.  I really do want to have at least something to show for November, even if it's only a couple of songs.  As I was sitting with the electric, I flashed back to a musical moment where the world around me just stopped, and I was frozen completely in awe of the event I was watching.

Don't quote me on the date, but I think it was 2002 sometime, I just happened to catch Paul Westerberg on Jay Leno one night.  He was promoting Stereo/Mono, which had just been released.  He came on with just an electric guitar, and proceeded to blow my mind with a version of "Let The Bad Times Roll."  It's an amazing song from a great album, here's the video of what I saw that night.  Lose yourself in the awesomeness that is Mr. Westerberg.


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xenpio_paul-westerberg-let-the-bad-times-r_music

So it dawns on me, what if I recorded these tunes solo electric?  I think I'll spend tonight picking songs, and tomorrow after work (some part of me now wishes I hadn't picked up a shift), I'll just blast them out.  Even if it's sloppy, it'll still be fun.

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