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Day Two Hundred Eighty (Year Four)

Today was a great day.

I had music on the brain from the moment I woke up this morning.  I guess having two days in a row where I felt like I didn't get enough studio time in will do that.  As a result, I spent the time in between calls at work today blocking out some scale theory on a legal pad I had in my drawer.  Got to take advantage of those moments when they show up.  I did a great job of it today, but need to do a better job of that as a whole.  It's a crucial part of the whole "put up or shut up" thing: taking maximum advantage of the time available, and I know I need to be better about it for the rest of the year.

When I got into the studio tonight, it was all theory, all an effort to get the concepts (as well as the sections of the fretboard they involve) to congeal in my head.  I know I got closer tonight.  Closer to having things lock into place, closer to getting my chops back to where I'd like them to be, closer to being able to get the sounds I hear in my head out through my fingers.

All told, it was a day of progress.  I need a string of them between now and the weekend, when I'll have the time to get in a couple of longer practice sessions.
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