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Day Twenty Eight (Year Four)

Taught my last lesson tonight.  Spent a couple hours this afternoon getting ready for it, most of which was spent transcribing a version of "Amazing Grace" my student had brought in to her last lesson. 

It was great to spend that time playing acoustic.  My fingers are sore tonight, but my calluses are coming out of hiding, which is good.  It just goes to show how much more acoustic I need to play.

Got all of the CDs packed tonight, too, in preparation for the move.  Crazy to think that 48 hours from now I will have boxes of CDs and guitar resources littered on the floor of my new studio space!  Then, tonight, in my email, is a guide offer (both print and PDF) from CD Baby.  The guide?  The Ultimate Guide To Home Studio Recording.  It's as if the powers that be know what the second part of my risk is for the Start Experiment, or something.

Haven't packed up the studio stuff yet.  That will happen tomorrow at some point, likely after some of the boxes are moved out.

All told, a good day, but a busy day filled with more packing than rocking out.  That will be the theme through tomorrow, at least, and then it will be full-on studio building, with photographic updates on progress.

That's all for tonight.  More tomorrow. 
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