Today started out much like yesterday. Got up, did some more reading through some of the literature I have on scales. Played for a short while before Mom dropped in a little after 10. Sat with the guitar in my lap, and chorded & soloed through the current demo while taking "Happy Birthday" phone calls. Reluctantly put down the axe to go have lunch, etc. but while I was out, I stopped at Half Price Books, and left there with "Help" on DVD, "Tom Dowd & The Language of Music" on DVD, and Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" on vinyl. All in all, not the most productive day when it comes to playing, but definitely picked up a little inspiration along the way. Working tomorrow, but have the evening free, am hoping to get a good chunk of playing in tomorrow night. As it sits right now, my week sets up well time-wise, so that's exciting.
Tonight was a slightly unfocused night in the studio. It was a night of acoustic stuff, but most of what I got accomplished involved tinkering with different songs by Jackie Greene and Johnny Cash. If nothing else, I set up the next list of songs I want to figure out. Tomorrow night I need to start getting back to the Acoustic Goldmine book, as well. Every time I sit down with the acoustic for an extended period of time, I reconnect with the emotional side of that instrument. There's so much to learn still in that book, so much information designed to improve my playing. I need to take better advantage of it. I know it's crazy, but I'm already looking forward to Friday. I really need to spend a lot of the day in the studio. Getting a weekday off of work is such a rare commodity. I need to do a good job of using my time wisely.
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