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Day Eleven (Year Four)

Another busy day filled with awesome family stuff, and then an evening filled with music.

I recorded the bass part tonight, but it took a lot of work.  I basically had to track each section individually, and then piece everything together into a single track.  I'm pretty sure it's not perfect, but I'm hoping that it will be enough to at least drop an electric part over tomorrow night.

Initially, I thought I might have to lay down the electric part first, and then fit the bass part in after doing that.  Then I got picky and just decided to blast through, regardless of how long it took me to get it done.  Spaced out with a few breaks in there, it wound up taking longer than the drums did, but as long as it ended up getting done, that's really all that matters.

In other news, it looks like the two music books I ordered will actually get here tomorrow!  UPS has updated their arrival to "Monday, 08/05/2013 by 4:30 PM."  Hooray for ordering a couple of my own presents and having them get here on my birthday.

Other things I'm excited about this week:

Three CDs come out this week that I'm hoping to pick up when we're in Sioux City on Tuesday afternoon.  New releases by The Civil Wars, Hugh Laurie (yes, that Hugh Laurie), and KT Tunstall.  Should be a fun week all around.

Electric part tomorrow night to finish off the music for song #3!
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