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Day One Hundred Eighteen (Year Four)

So, I know I said last night that I was going to spend tonight's studio time delving into that lesson on fretboard knowledge, but I got sidetracked by the idea that all I've played recently is electric stuff; and while I have all day tomorrow to keep doing that, I spent time tonight on the acoustic side of things.

More specifically, I spent it looking at a couple of the highlights from Clapton's Unplugged record.  Mostly, it was "Layla" and "Tears In Heaven" that I spent my time on tonight.  They're both songs that I've learned the outline of over the years, but when it comes to knowing them note-for-note, I've never quite gotten there. It's just another one of those things that's on my long-term list, but everything on that list has to be started sometime, and tonight it was good to get back to some acoustic stuff.

Really the only electric playing that got accomplished tonight was the lick of the day from Guitar Aerobics, which was a pretty cool lick.

Tomorrow is poised to be an epic day.  I've got tomorrow off, and I'm planning on spending most of the day in the studio.  Some electric stuff, some acoustic stuff, hopefully some writing.  And I'm half-tempted to go see Muscle Shoals, the new documentary that's in theaters here.  Who knows what will happen.  All I can guarantee is that it will be great fun.
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