I ran scales for a while before work, and did some reading on the way they break down across the fretboard. If I had to pick one thing I want to really focus on this year, improving my lead playing would be it. I'm tired of hearing it in my head and having to hunt for it on the fretboard. I want it to be a seamless transition. I've picked up a lot of books on scale theory over the years, and somehow I've never managed to get through them. I'm thinking maybe I'll set this up like a college class or something. Not sure. Don't recall if I've actually put this in here yet, but at the end of my year of playing, I'm going to apply to Berklee School of Music in Boston. There, I said it. Tomorrow's the birthday. The Big 3-0. The last two weeks have had some progress in them, but not enough for my taste. Tomorrow, it starts for real.
So, I haven't been sleeping much lately, and I've been staying up late. listening to music, doing a bit of playing, and watching old episodes of Behind The Music on the internet. It's funny, you know, because I never met the rest of my "band," I've become the critic. It's all right, don't get me wrong, but for a decade now I've always hoped that I'd find a way to release something. It'll happen, I know it will, but it's continually happened slower than I expected it to. I've gotten close to getting something released, as I've documented before here before, but with the winter coming and the cold closing in, I'm facing another chance to make something musical of the winter. I'm going to start by finishing up the old things that have gotten pushed to the sides in the last few months. With the buildup of everything since the summer, it should be easier. Even if all I do is spend the winter writing lyrics, trying to g...
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