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Day One Hundred Ninety Seven (Year Two)

So, I started the process tonight of trying to work out this album-in-a-month thing.  Initially, I was messing about with the electric, but that changed pretty quickly.  When I switched to the acoustic, it started to feel like I was moving in the right direction, but I discovered pretty quickly that it's tough after spending so much time on the hard rock stuff to get back in touch with my own voice when it comes to songwriting.

At the same time, it's exciting to feel like I'm in charge of the whole process again.  What I probably need to do is sit down with a pen and a notebook first and try to see what comes out lyrically.  I've always been torn about whether to start with words or music first, but really, when I'm trying to get a whole record done in a month, it doesn't matter where I start in, just so long as I do.  I'm fairly certain that, until I really find my groove with this, the songs will come in bits and pieces rather than in chunks or complete things.

I did manage to find a few ideas that may well make it onto the final product in some way, shape, or form, however.  It seems to me that the best way to do this is just to dive straight into it and try not to think about it too much.  After all, I don't really have the time to over-think anything if I'm going to get this done.

One other note of musical importance tonight:  Watched my first episode of The Voice... really, really cool show.

Oh, and Madonna pretty well rocked the Super Bowl Halftime Show too.

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  1. L.M. ElmFebruary 6, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    Good luck on the record and getting it done in a month. Wow! The voice was pretty cool. So far, I really thought the talent was better than last year. Wish they would have had new judges though. Christina's comments get old... :-(

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