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Day Eighty Nine (Year Four)

Day #1 of Week #4 of my trek through Guitar Aerobics, and the licks are starting to get harder.  It was nice to have the challenge tonight.  Getting into the studio late in the day, I needed something difficult to force me to maintain my focus.  The focus really came through, too.  It may have taken me a bit longer on this Monday than the earlier three Mondays, but I got the lick down in time with the recording, so I'll call that a win for the day. 

Related to that, I really, really need to find a way to get into the studio earlier in the day.  I start training for a new job tomorrow, and the next two weeks are going to be almost strictly 8:30-5:30 shifts.  That's really going to change things for me.  I've gotten used to having time in the afternoons for the last month.  Working only in the mornings will do that to you.  In reality, I think the new schedule is going to help me, because the time I'm going to have for music starting tomorrow is going to be so vitally important that I'll need to maximize it if I want to keep any sort of forward momentum going.

Picked up the lone OneRepublic disc I was missing today, too.  $9 for 2009's Waking Up.  A pretty good deal, if you ask me.

I need to get into the studio, if not right after training tomorrow, then for sure right after dinner.  Give myself a bit of time earlier in the evening.  That is, if tomorrow doesn't fry me out completely.
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