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Day Seventy Eight (Year Three)

Spent a little bit more time on the Dave Grohl Challenge today.  Made a little bit of lyrical progress, as well.  Nothing earth-shattering, mind you, but I'm at least a few thoughts closer than I was yesterday, and at this point, I'll take that as progress.  Also, I think I'm starting to get a picture of how the song ideas I have so far might wind up coming together to form a cohesive unit.  Things are still in pieces enough that it's hard to say for sure, but there's a bit of hope there for an EP at the very least.

So, part of learning and challenging myself musically is listening to things that are sometimes outside of my comfort zone.  I mention this tonight because my brother sent me some music by a group called The Gotan Project tonight.  It's music for dancing the tango, and it's way outside of my usual listening.  Haven't sat down to check it out yet, but I'm positive that there's something to learn from it that I can apply to my playing. 

The one other thing I want to touch on tonight is that I'm still trying to figure out how to keep my streak alive while I'm busy getting married this weekend (and then going away for a week).  In order to keep momentum going, I know that tomorrow will likely involve writing out a lot of posts and scheduling them to post in advance.  As for topics... well, that I'm still working on as well, although I suspect that I'll have more information about that tomorrow night.

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