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Day One Hundred Fifty Three (Year Three)

It seems like most of the music I've seen in the last few months has been choral in at least some respect.  Tonight was Christmas Eve service at church, and we got to hear the pastor's daughter sing "Oh, Holy Night."  That's a really hard song for a middlw schooler to sing, and I thought that all things considered, she did a wonderful job.  Her voice has a very clear, bell-like tone to it, and from the sounds of it, she could turn it into something special if she'd put in the work.

I had about 5 minutes today to sit with the guitar, and I had intentions of getting everything associated with the Grohl Challenge out of the messenger bag and diving in.  I didn't quite end up having enough time for the playing, but I did mmoanage to locate the manuals for both the recording gear and the other assorted musical pieces of equipment I've purchased over the years.  Maybe a little bit of Christmas morning will be spent treating all of it like new stuff and starting the process of diving in and working on learning more about the process I'm throwing myself into.

Also of note, at least a little bit, we finally figured out when my brother is coming down!  It's going to be the first week of January.  I just assume he'll be bringing a guitar down with him, so I'd like to have at least a bit of an outline for one of the songs, just to see if he and I can jam on something for fun, if not for solid progress.

Can't wait to be off tomorrow.  I know much of it will be traveling and celebrating with family, but hopefully there will be a bit of time to carve out for music.

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