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Day One Hundred Fifty Seven (Year Four)

My brother and I went over to Uncle Ike's this morning before they left town.  I had hoped to either:

1) Find something I simply couldn't live without

or

2) Talk to someone about taking a few lessons.

Unfortunately, I failed on both counts.  There wasn't anything book or accessory-wise that I needed urgently, and by the time we were done looking around, there wasn't anyone around to ask about lessons.  Oh well, it's not like I won't be back in at some point in the near future.  Taking at least a few lessons is something I want to do when 2014 rolls around, but I want to be picky about who teaches them, so I'm not going to rush into it without doing my research first.

Also, I know I've talked about it a lot lately, but I broke down and bought that iTunes card today, just so I could finish off my "100 Riffs" playlist.  Now that I've got all of the songs, here's what's even more amazing about that video: he takes what is almost 7 hours of music, distills it down to 12 minutes and 14 seconds of the most memorable moments, and still manages to convey the character of every song on the list.

We never did get back to finishing off that song we tried to write the other night.  At least we got it started.  If nothing else, I can keep working on it, and maybe it will get finished when he comes back down in a couple of weeks.

One of the things I want to get to tomorrow sometime is a decent session in the studio.  I just need to get in some good time with a guitar in my hands.

Today was a good day, but a long one.  More playing tomorrow than there was today.
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