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Day Two Hundred Seventy Eight (Year Four)

Tonight was another one of those nights that I could've played, and studied, and learned all night long.  Every time that happens, I'm always left wishing it was a Friday or Saturday night and I had the option to do that if I felt I needed to.

I broke out the electric tonight, and worked on some theory while I did so.  I started in on the new book I picked up over the weekend at Uncle Ike's.  What I'm liking about it so far is the same thing I enjoyed about the PDF I found in January on Fretboard Theory.  It sets things up with very general information, and builds from there to more complex topics.  I feel like I keep saying it over and over again, but each new resource I've brought in since the beginning of the year has added one more building block on the path to a better overall understanding.  All I need to do now is keep at it long enough (and make sure I study for long enough periods of time) that it really locks in.

Not sure I spent quite enough time in the studio tonight, but I'm in desperate need of more sleep tonight than I got last night, so I'm going to call it a night and hope that tomorrow night offers a bit more of a chance for extended studio time.  All told, it was a good, if slow, start to what promises to be a rather long week.
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