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Day Ninety Two (Year Three)

I took the Dan Andriano record with me in the car today, to listen to on the way to and from work.  As it happened, I wound up listening to it on my lunch break too, so I made it through almost (if not all) of the album by the end of the day.  Having bought that disc based solely on past Alk3 purchases, I've got to say that on first listen, I'm impressed.  It sounds like a more acoustic-flavored trio record.  I'm actually really excited to go back through and listen closer, with headphones, as opposed to trying to concentrate on the music while driving or doing something else.

The only other piece of music news today is this:  S. handed me a packet full of CDs for praise and worship stuff that is (apparently) all of the songs in the binder, in the order in which they appear.  This will be a good thing, because I've known in the back of my head that I need to dive into that stuff a lot now that we are back and all of the hoopla surrounding the wedding has passed.  I think there's about 2 weeks until we've got to perform, so I'll have to make sure to get started on learning those songs this weekend.

Okay, so I lied, there's one other piece of guitar-related news today.  It's more of a question-based thing, though.  Here's the story: I just got a smartphone for the first time the other day, and I'm wondering what the cool guitar apps are that are out there for android phones?  Any suggestions would be welcome.


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