Day One, Year Four. Man, oh man, does that look weird. Can't believe that I've been doing this for four years now.
What's interesting to me is that, all these years (and a few swift kicks in the ass) later, I'm finally starting to see exactly what it's going to take for me to get where I want to be as a musician. I'm sure that, if you went back to the first week of posts for each new year, somewhere in there would be a similar statement. The differences this year are the Start Experiment, the knowledge that I've got someone in my life who supports and encourages my music, and if we're being totally honest, the fact that, inside of a month, I'll have a space solely dedicated to the learning and pursuit of music.
Okay, on to the Start stuff.
1) After I posted last night, it bothered me so much that I hadn't found that backing track for "That'll Be The Day," that I turned on a bunch of lights in the living room (where I was almost positive it had to be), and just started going through stuff until I found it.
2) Having gotten at least a little bit of the way into looking at drum sounds last night, I sat down tonight around 9:30, and got to work sorting out the rest of it. Initially, my plan was much like last week's plan: to figure out the sounds and the order and then call it a day. Sure enough, I was tired enough at the point that happened that I could've packed it in and felt justified at being in the same place I was last week at this time. Then it dawned on me that, if I just went that far, I'd wake up tomorrow feeling behind for the first time all week. And I wasn't about to let that happen. So I pushed on through the tiredness, and didn't stop working for the night until I had the drums programmed in and recorded. That means I'm caught up. And I'm ahead of my schedule from last week.
Other things of note today:
- I taught a really good guitar lesson.
- I started in on The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles.
Indeed, year four started with the bang I was hoping for last night. More tomorrow, and better, as always.
What's interesting to me is that, all these years (and a few swift kicks in the ass) later, I'm finally starting to see exactly what it's going to take for me to get where I want to be as a musician. I'm sure that, if you went back to the first week of posts for each new year, somewhere in there would be a similar statement. The differences this year are the Start Experiment, the knowledge that I've got someone in my life who supports and encourages my music, and if we're being totally honest, the fact that, inside of a month, I'll have a space solely dedicated to the learning and pursuit of music.
Okay, on to the Start stuff.
1) After I posted last night, it bothered me so much that I hadn't found that backing track for "That'll Be The Day," that I turned on a bunch of lights in the living room (where I was almost positive it had to be), and just started going through stuff until I found it.
2) Having gotten at least a little bit of the way into looking at drum sounds last night, I sat down tonight around 9:30, and got to work sorting out the rest of it. Initially, my plan was much like last week's plan: to figure out the sounds and the order and then call it a day. Sure enough, I was tired enough at the point that happened that I could've packed it in and felt justified at being in the same place I was last week at this time. Then it dawned on me that, if I just went that far, I'd wake up tomorrow feeling behind for the first time all week. And I wasn't about to let that happen. So I pushed on through the tiredness, and didn't stop working for the night until I had the drums programmed in and recorded. That means I'm caught up. And I'm ahead of my schedule from last week.
Other things of note today:
- I taught a really good guitar lesson.
- I started in on The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles.
Indeed, year four started with the bang I was hoping for last night. More tomorrow, and better, as always.
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