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Day One Hundred Five (Year Four)

Tonight was definitely a night when stuff around the house needed to get done, and therefore came before time spent in the studio.

By the time I got down to the business of music stuff, I wound up only doing a couple of things, but I had fun doing it, and at the end of a long day, fun was what I needed.

Most of tonight was spent goofing around, soloing over a I-IV-I-IV-I-V progression in the key of G.  The G-C repeats were a good time, because they let me try out a few licks and work on connecting some phrases together.  It's yet another thing I need to be working into my routines on a regular basis.  Related to that, I found a CD filled with backing tracks tonight as I was sorting through some stuff in the closet, so that could hold some fun heading into the end of the week.  A lot of the focus tonight was blues-based, as has been the theme of late, and I enjoyed it a lot.  There's stuff to work on that has come out of it, which is good.

As always, I blasted my way through the GA lick of the day.

More tomorrow, and better.

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