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Day Two Hundred Thirty Three (Year Five)

So, for the first time in a very long time, I got so caught up in the events of the day that I fell asleep before I could post.  Guess that means today will be a two post day.

We got into Chicago a bit before noon, and I had the afternoon and most of the evening to myself.  I got the Strat out almost immediately and got started on a bit of playing.  I worked on some Clapton for a little while, and then had a bit of fun with one of the other tabs in a magazine I brought along.

The biggest "a-ha" moment of the day, however, was songwriting-related.  For a while now, I've had a couple of different ideas that have been fighting for attention.  The older of the two is an obvious chorus progression, while the newer one feels more like a verse or a bridge.  It's obvious that I haven't spent a whole lot of time really focused on writing lately, because it took me until yesterday to realize that, not only are they in the same key, but they dovetail together perfectly.  With that in place, I'll spend a decent chunk of today (how weird is that to type) seeing how the other pieces of music fit around it, and hopefully I'll find that lightning bolt of clarity that ties the EP project together in a nice, neat bow.
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