I got serious about following through on this solo business today. I scoured the internet until I found a video of the "Stairway" solo played first at normal speed, and then played slowed down. I made myself an mp3 of it (for personal use only), and dropped it into itunes, so that I can have both versions in my ear as I'm working my way through the solo. That should be the thing that does the trick for me. I'll have to start updating my progress on it more regularly again, but hopefully it won't take all that much time, now that I have the right tools at my disposal. All in all, a day of both rest and progress. Can't complain at all.
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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