"Muse" - ings on Rock & Life

Today was a long day at work that didn't leave a whole lot of time in the studio. It left me time for a bit of studying and a bit of reading, though, and so I took that for what it was worth.  Hopefully tomorrow night and the rest of the week will be better.

Feeling okay today.  I didn't have a whole lot of time to spend in the studio, but I was able to put something together for one of the kids at church who wants to learn to play. What I'm really looking forward to this week is that the long weekend coming up will give me a bit more time to spend in the studio. I did okay this weekend, but didn't get as much done as I hoped to.

Today was a better day than the last few.  I was actually able to get in a bit of studio time tonight (wedged in between getting the laundry/storage room on the road to organized), and I can't even tell you how good it felt to have a guitar back in my hands again.  I got some playing in, but didn't have a whole lot of time to devote to working on songs.  I'm hopeful that I'll be able to get to that tomorrow night. A good day.  Better than I had been expecting.

Today was a weird day. I was thinking, going into it, that a productive day where I was able to get in some good studio time was ahead of me. In reality, however, it was a day where I struggled to get a whole lot done. In the end, about the only good thing to come out of the day, musically anyway, was the fact that one of the two back issues of GT came in the mail today.

Today was a quiet day for me, music-wise, but a good day for prepping things heading into the weekend.  I'm very much looking forward to the chance to spend a bit of time in the studio working on some of the things that got started in February.  The last three weeks haven't been so good for working on songs, but for my sense of mental health and well being that needs to change. Practicing and writing is my hopeful focus for the weekend, in and among other things.

Holy shit.  I knew it had been a good number of days since I'd posted, but I didn't think for a second that it had been NINE of them... the last week and a half has been a blur, so let me see if I can catch myself up: 1.  It was spring break week last week, so in theory I should have been able to get a lot of good work in, but there was family here all week long, and staying with us.  It was great to see them all, but it didn't leave an awful lot of time for hiding away in the studio. 2.  My Dad and my Brother were here at the end of that time, though, and we got a chance to talk through a bit of the plan for the hootenanny that Dad wants to throw this summer, so that was good. 3.  New Decemberists record came in the mail today.  I'm listening now, but am hoping to spend a lot more time with it over the weekend. I've felt disconnected and off for great parts of the last week, even with people here.  It's no wonder, considering I haven't posted here. 

Today was quiet again.  Good, but quiet. I found a few minutes here and there to fit in some playing, and did some studying for a little while, but mostly I (again) just got ready for company to be here. Still, there were moments of music that were good.  I'll take a few more tomorrow.

Today was another day that was a hodgepodge. There wasn't a ton of time for playing, as once again, other needs got in the way.  That leaves tomorrow before family gets here, and luckily for me, there's work that needs to be done downstairs.  Plus, the Mrs. is gone for some of the day, so I can be loud without fear. I'm really hoping for a good day tomorrow, because I very much need it.

Today was quiet again.  All of the things I was hoping to get to today will have to wait until tomorrow, as the bulk of the day was spent running errands and getting other stuff done around the house in preparation for family coming on Monday. I'm very much hopeful, however, that tomorrow will afford me some studio time.

It's been a couple days.  A couple of quiet days, and honestly, today wasn't much louder.  About the only good news is that I'm on spring break thanks to where I work, so hopefully there will be a good bit of time to actually sit down and work on finishing these songs. Granted, I do have family coming in almost all week, but there's got to be some down time in there somewhere, right?  They're not showing up til Monday, though, so maybe the rest of the weekend can be solid.  Wish me luck, I might just need it.

Today was another quiet day. I was able to fit in a bit of studying and a bit of playing, but it wasn't focused on the things I would have expected yesterday. Tomorrow will be a bigger music day, I hope.  I'm looking forward to working on songs during the day, and then getting together with my group of ukulele kids at 5 tomorrow night. Tonight is vague, I know.  I also know that there's a lot I want to get to tomorrow, and that I'm pretty well spent for today.

Today was an astonishingly quiet day, even more so than yesterday. About the only thing of consequence that was accomplished today was some of the sorting through song ideas into projects that needed to happen for things to move forward.  Being able to slot some things in place really helped my sense of order for the rest of the work that is to come. Between tomorrow and Wednesday, I need to find a good bit of time to sit down and work through the songs that still need finishing.

I haven't been very consistent lately.  Or, rather I've been consistently inconsistent when it comes to posting. Today was an all right day.  I helped the kids with ukulele stuff this morning before church, and as a result may have some teaching on the horizon once again.  We'll see what, if anything, comes of that opportunity. Then tonight, I got a bit of time down in the studio, but most of that was spent getting things cleaned up a bit and doing some listening.  No serious playing really got done, although I did pick up the acoustic for a few minutes while I was down there.  Most of my inability to do much in the way of playing was related to the fact that I had left the record I was working on last month upstairs in my Tele case, and didn't feel like heading back up to snag it.  There will be time for that tomorrow.

Today was a quiet day.  We ended up out of town for a good part of the evening, and so I ended up getting a chance to  stop by BAM in Ames.  I found a couple of books that had musical ties, one called Why Bob D y lan Matters written by a college professor who teaches a class on Dylan. The other book I picked up is focused on lyric writing.  It felt like an important thing right now, with me trying to finish up music for stuff from last month and heading into a time when I'll be having to put words to the music I wrote. I'm hoping that tomorrow will be a good day in the studio for practicing and songwriting.