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Day Two Hundred Fifty Five (Year Four)

Tonight was another night in the studio where the electric won out.

It was all about two things tonight, and much like last night, those two things were:

1) 100 Riffs

and

2) The Fab Four

I looked at a few of the riffs surrounding "Day Tripper" in the list.  Not necessarily in great detail, but just to get some of the basic shapes and ideas underneath my fingers tonight.  I know there are some details to be worked out still, but I really feel like I'm making some progress in getting more of this little challenge down pat.  Still wishing there was a fast and easy way to get that video put on DVD, so I could take it into the studio and put it on the big TV in there.

As for the Beatles thing, I've wanted to have a lesson unit on them since the moment I started laying out what I thought the practice binder ought to be.  I took a brief glance at a couple of songs tonight, just to get some sort of idea what I'd be up against if I went for it and decided to start learning things from the complete scores at the drop of a hat.  It would be an insanely intense experience, but one that would be amazingly beneficial.  Might have to pick a few songs at least, if not try to create something all encompassing.

There are so many ways that I can get better, and new opportunities seem to crop up every day.  The Mrs. has already billed tomorrow afternoon as a "prime homework time" for her, which means I should be able to get into the studio for a big chunk of time.  I'm already looking forward to it.


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