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Day Three Hundred Forty (Year Three)

I got my song ideas transferred over from the legal pad that got destroyed into the notebook from last fall's Grohl Challenge.  Now everything is all in one place, which, ultimately, will be a good thing for my songwriting.

The other big thing that had been on my list for the day was to go through everything sitting on my bookshelf of resources, and try and put things into a more solid semblance of order that would help me in the next month and a half, but also going forward into the new studio in Dubuque.  Well, I didn't get through the shelf, but I did get out and grab myself some file folders to assist in the organization process.  The added bonus here is that I've got the entire day tomorrow to work on putting those file folders to use.

Other things on my list for tomorrow:

1) A solid practice session
2) More reading of guitar mags
3) Finding a good place to temporarily store all of the music I've picked up recently
4) Research on the future recording setup
5) Work on songs

Going to be an awesomely productive day if I can get to everything on my list.  Wish me luck!

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