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Day One Hundred Eighty Two (Year Two)

I reached out to J. today in an attempt to find an easier way of figuring out tempos on the old demos than sitting with a CD of the songs and a metronome, trying to match the two.  If only we hadn't been in such a rush all those years ago, we might have had the good sense to record the songs against a click track of some sort.  Oh, how easy that would have made this process.  I hesitate to even think how much farther along we'd be with solid tempos noted for everything.  At the very least, it would have made the drum parts a whole lot easier, which would have given us a start on every song on the record.  Oh well, can't go back now.  We've just got to find our way through from where we are.

The other major music news that I somehow forgot to mention yesterday... the world has lost another one of its classic voices.  Etta James passed away yesterday at age 73. 

A link to her most well known (if not her highest charting) single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9JOxagV9Pw

It gives me pause to wonder, as we lose these iconic voices, who will step up and replace them?  Will it be Adele?  Will Christina Aguilera finally shed her poppy desires and use the voice she got signed with?  The one that belted out jazz and blues standards to win over Clive Davis.  Will it be someone like Cyndi Lauper, who came to the blues later on, but has released an incredible record in the genre, and clearly has the vocal chops?

That discussion closely mirrors the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame discussion that I've had with various people over the last few years, but that seems like a post for a different day.  I'm off to continue trying to match up demos and tempos.  More tomorrow.

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