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Day Forty Six (Year Five)

Today was a pretty good day. 

I spent the day kicking around thoughts about the opening track to my EP in the back of my mind.  By the time the end of the day rolled around, I had come to a few conclusions about the parts of the chord progression I've been stuck on for what seems like forever.  All that remained was to get home and test out my thoughts on an actual instrument, just to make sure they held water in the real world.

When I got home, I headed straight for the studio to do some playing, and I was happy to discover that the ideas I got during the work day made sense.  With that predicament solved, I was able to get the intro and the chorus progressions completed (they wound up being different after all).  Now all that remains is to finish fleshing out the verses (and I'm pretty sure I've got at least a working theory of how those ought to go).

After getting the EP worked on, I spent a bit of time relaxing and doing some listening, and then called it a night as far as the music went.  One more day of work before what will become a regular day off in the middle of the week.  That means I'll probably be burning the candle at both ends tomorrow, in the studio late, trying to get the music finished off for this song.  I'm hoping that tomorrow is another productive day.
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