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Day Two Hundred Twenty (Year Two)

Today was filled with a lot of musical stuff, but not all of it was expected, or even what I had hoped for at the start of the day. 

I got a chance to spend a chunk of time this afternoon working on the record.  That chance afforded me to find the song I spoke of yesterday, the "missing one" that I knew I needed in order to possibly have enough songs to meet the 35 minute requirement of the RPM Challenge.  Was I able to start working at 9:30 this morning and put in a 12 hour "work day?" Not even close.  That said, my goal by the end of tomorrow remains to finish off all of the music for the project.  If that means skipping out early-ish on dinner with friends to accomplish something I really want to get done for myself, then so be it.  If it means dashing home after my shift to work out some chords between 5 and 6:30 when we meet for dinner, then bring that on too.  I will find a way to get this done.  I may burn the candle at both ends to make that happen, but I'll give it my all to see that it happens.

Watched the "making of" documentary that came with the Noel Gallagher record today.  Really, really cool piece, and very much worth the extra few bucks for the deluxe edition as opposed to the regular.

As for the surprises of the day?  I heard from both J. and B. today. 

According to J. he's got the studio (mostly) up and running again, which means we're very near getting started again.  He also said that he's getting the itch to produce again which, for B. and me, is a very good sign.

This information is what led to the discussion with B.  We spent a bit of time discussing where we stand on the project.  I know there had been some mention here about a month back about my desire to have the hard rock thing be an EP as opposed to a full record.  B. agrees with that theory wholeheartedly, which is nice, because I wasn't entirely sure what her reaction was going to be.  We even managed to agree on the songs to include.  It's going to be 6 songs in length.  Perhaps 7 if we get adventurous and decide we want to finish off the other idea we both really like.  Nothing more than that, though, as I'm not sure we could finish it off were it longer than that.  Hell, I'm not even sure we can finish it this year if it has 6 or 7 songs on it, but then again, 2012 is the year of finishing things, so I remain optimistic that, if we can get on a good roll, it can all come together.

All told, today could have been a bit better than it was productivity-wise, but I'm still feeling good about what I got done today.  Big finish (I hope) tomorrow!

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