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Day Thirty Six (Year Four)

After getting a bunch of other stuff done during the rest of the day, I finally had a chance to sneak into the studio tonight for about an hour and a half.  Still working on getting the CDs put away, but I'm getting closer. The floor space is opening up.  Which is good, because once the music is done, I get to start organizing all of the magazines and books that are currently boxed up in the closet.

Getting to the resources will get me back into the binder for the last week of the #START Experiment, and it will be a good way to get back to what's really important (and has gotten a bit lost in the shuffle, what with the move and all)... the playing!

One of the things I really want to focus on while we're living in a bigger city, with what I hope will be more music opportunities, is getting some acoustic stuff worked into shape and playing some coffeehouse gigs. Maybe some solo electric stuff, if the right venue is out there.  That notion has been a bug in my ear for a long, long time... dating back to seeing Paul Westerberg pull it off on a Leno performance.

I'm just excited to improve as a musician, and to have the luxury of a good space in which to learn. I'm really hoping that not having to have the "music room" be in the middle of the living room will be as much of a help as I think it will be.  It's been a long time since I've had that opportunity, and I'm looking forward to taking serious advantage of it.

My journey back has been a winding one so far, and while there are things I wish I had done differently in the last four years, it makes no sense to beat myself up over times past.  All we can really do is learn from our mis-steps, our failures, our struggles, and keep on persevering.  

As always, more tomorrow, and better!
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