"Muse" - ings on Rock & Life

So, yeah... the Telecaster is a real thing.  We did Christmas with my Dad, Step-Mom, and brother today, and I'm now the proud owner of a Fender Telecaster.  Pictures will follow at some point soon.

Long travel day today, but we made it up to WI. I didn't bring much along.  Felt weird not bringing a guitar (because I'm still pretty sure that the Tele is a thing).  Did bring the notebook I've been planning in along with me, though.  I'm hoping to have a bit of time to keep working on things as the week goes along, but I'm not holding my breath too much on that one.

Merry Christmas to all! Tomorrow is going to be a long day, as we head for Wisconsin to see family for a few days.

Today was okay.  Nothing spectacular, nothing below average. Essentially, I pushed ahead with continuing to figure out what's coming up next year.  I made some good progress, and I would love to actually get started on all of it, but: 1) We've had family here for the holidays and 2) We're heading up to see my side of the family in the next few days here. I haven't played much lately, and I'm starting to feel it.  As much as I'm looking forward to heading up home for a few days away, there's also a small part of me that would rather just hole up in the studio for a few days. I'm already wondering how much playing I'll be able to fit in tomorrow.

Today was another decent day.  I was actually able to steal a few minutes in the studio.  It wwasn't enough to get a ton of work in, but I was able to spend some time with a pen and a notebook working my way through and outlining some of the ideas for next year. New issue of Acoustic Guitar came in the mail today, too, so that was cool. I feel like I keep saying this, but I'm hopeful that tomorrow will be a day that has more studio time in it than today did.

Today was a good day. I did some more work on the lead in to next year.  I'm still feeling really good about where things sit, even if I haven't gotten the time in the studio yet that I was hoping for.  Still, I'm optimistic that tomorrow will actually give me a chance to get down there and put in some work. Nonetheless, the pieces are falling into place.

Today was a little bit on the quiet side, but then again, my first full day off was split up into so many different pieces that it was a wonder I got anything concrete done at all. It's been an awful lot of brain work again today, but I'm hopeful that I can get down into the studio tomorrow for a good chunk of time.  Hopefully enough time that I can start laying out all of these plans I have for the next two weeks and then next year. Definitely not a bad day, though.

So, things have been admittedly up and down lately.  I've missed some days and I've had short posts on others.  Good news, though, for the semester has reached its end.  I'm now officially off of work until the middle part of next month, and that will allow me to do a couple of different things: First, it will let me end the year with (hopefully) some sort of bang.  A lot of that energy may well be spent putting pieces in place that will be capitalized on in 2018, but that's still progress and I'll take it. And secondly, it will hopefully allow me to start of the new year on the right foot where the music is concerned, and in theory that good energy will carry me through. That said, I continue to spend my days thinking over all of the things I've said I would like to get to in the next twelve months, and the longer I sit and think, the more stuff I end up jotting down in that notebook.  I understand completely that this is a bit of a mixed blessing, and th

Today was a good day. It's looking like tomorrow is going to be my last shift of the semester, so I spent a bit of time today thinking about what's coming up over break and into the new year. I stumbled across a few ideas to add to the list. At some point I need to lay out all of that here, but not quite yet.

Not a whole lot to speak of today, as we spent most of the day in DSM trying to finish up the rest of the Christmas shopping.  We didn't quite make it, and we got home crazy late. That being said, I scored the new issue of Guitar Techniques , and I'm hopeful that tomorrow will have some studio time in it. A good day.  A fun day.  Still, not enough time to sit down and play.

I am at a bit of a loss as to where the weeks go. It seems like it was just yesterday that I spent a bit of the down time at work plotting out the things I was hoping to get to over the weekend, and now here we are again. Thank Goodness that the Christmas break is coming. Then I am going to really try and carve out a good chunk of time in the studio to start the year off right. That said, I am hopeful that I can get a whole lot of time in the studio this weekend as well.

Today was a quiet day outside of my head, but a loud one inside it. Yes, it was a day that contained more mental work than physical work, but the week before finals will have that effect on things. The good news is that I have tomorrow off, and will have more time in the studio to put into practice all of the things I have been thinking about all week.

Today was a quiet one again. Nothing much in the way of studio time tonight after work, either. If anything, I was able to get in some good brain work for the things I have coming up.

Today was a good day.  I actually got a small fraction of time in the studio, which is more than I can really say for the rest of the weekend, and while I didn't make huge progress, I can honestly say that it was good to just get a guitar in my hands again, because it felt like it had been a long time since that had happened for a decent period of time. I was also able to give myself a small glimpse of what's coming with both the rest of December and the start of next year.  I know I had started blocking that out earlier in the week, but I'm getting pieces of the way forward, and it's feeling pretty good right now. Good day all around.

So, today was again a quiet day.  Probably the best part about it was the fact that my copies of the new Noel Gallagher record and the new U2 record came in the mail. I haven't had time to do a lot of listening yet, but we got some work done around the house today, and I'm hopeful that tomorrow will be a basement day that will involve a lot of music.

Today was mostly a quiet one.  I was able to fit in a bit of work on my 18 Days of Lead Guitar challenge today, but it was mostly done in  the few minutes I had a short breather at work.  I'm really hoping that short burst of work can lead to some good work over the weekend, but we shall see.

Today was just about as rotten as yesterday. The only difference was that today was a day off that was awful. The only time I was able to get in the studio wasn't long or super productive, but it was also the only good thing about my day.

Today was an exceedingly long day at work, which means that I didn't get a whole lot of time in the studio tonight. It also means that I am very excited about the prospect of a day off tomorrow to get to some music stuff. Lots of little things to talk about, actually, but I am going to have to put that off until tomorrow.

Today was a quiet one. I did some more thinking about goals for next year. I also set myself up to work on lead guitar stuff for the next 18 days, signing up for another one of Jon Acuff's plans to get more done in the new year. We'll see how it goes, but I am definitely looking forward to it.

Today was a bit of a quiet one. I wasn't able to get a whole lot of time in the studio, but I was able to get a bit of time to spend with the new issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, and that was good. Tomorrow morning I need to get the rest of the week in order and see what I can do to make some serious progress.

Today was the day that I actually sat down and started working out what the goals are for the end of this year and at least the start of next year.  I did it on paper this time, as opposed to yesterday, when most of the work was done in my head. I tried to break things down into sections, at least at first using main goals and secondary ones.  I'm pretty sure that there will be further breaks in the process as I make my way through the end of the year. All told, today was a day that felt good musically.

Well, it's December now.  With that comes the inevitable close to another year, and the subsequent addressing of successes and failures, along with the setting up of goals for next year.  I started thinking about the goal setting process today.  My intention was to sit down and write something out, but the way the day shook down, I never got that opportunity.  With that waiting for tomorrow, I'm glad to have gotten at least a little bit of the brain work out of the way today. It may not look like much in the way of a post today, but I know good work got done, even if it was mostly internal.  More to come as we get closer to the new year.