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Day Two Hundred Fourteen (Year Four)

Today felt like another "put up or shut up" day in the life of this record.  Having only gotten drums done for 2 out of 11 songs yesterday, I knew I had to go into the studio today and essentially dominate the whole "drums" aspect of things.  For the most part, I did that.

In two long sessions today, I managed to crank out 6 of the remaining 9 drum tracks.  As I type this, I am debating the relative merits of either:

a) Psyching myself up, going back in for a third session of drum tracking, and finishing off that part of things tonight (which would free up the rest of the week for guitar parts, lyrics, and vocals).

OR

b) Calling it good with the 6 I got done today, and finishing up the last 3 tomorrow night before starting in on guitars.

The big advantage to finishing up the drums tonight is that it would leave tomorrow night (while the Mrs. is at work) and all day Tuesday (my lone day off this week) to get started on guitars.

The big advantage to putting off the final 3 songs until tomorrow night is a bit more sleep and a clearer head tomorrow night.

Either way, I'll be up to the point of lyrics before the end of the month, which would be both awesome, and also right where I was hoping to be.

I've made it to the end of tonight's post, and somehow I thought I would have an answer by now.  If I'm truly honest with myself, finishing up the last 3 tomorrow night after work is probably the smart decision.  I'll go with that, for now, but if I find myself unable to turn off my mind, I suspect I'll be getting up in the middle of the night to finish off the drums.

Today was awesome, it just needed another couple of hours in it so I could get it all done.
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