Today was LONG! Getting home, I needed a quiet night with the acoustic, and I got it. It had been a while since I'd sat with either the acoustic, or the music of Brandi Carlile. Tonight I did both, and can I just say how great it felt to revisit "Looking Out" and "Pride & Joy." As for new stuff, I worked out a little bit of "Love Songs" off of her XOBC EP, and I finally sat down and learned "The Story." It's a surprisingly easy song... once you've learned the verses, you've essentially learned the whole song, but there's such a power behind it. Sometimes feeling and emotion come across in the simpler things in life. Granted, her voice is spectacular, and carries the bulk of the emotional weight in that song, but even my weathered vocals feel like they do that emotion some justice. A great song by a great artist. So glad I've seen her live! Can't wait til she comes back through. In the meantime, though, I'll have to content myself with listening to her records, and learning her music on my own. Great night of playing.
Short one today. I've got a bunch of the DVDs that Guitar World has put out. Waded through those to see what I had, worked off of the lead guitar one. Just basic scales , but still a light place to begin. It was nice to just start loosening up my fingers again. Off from work tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get a lot of playing done. Said I'd mention the other project I'm hoping to finish this year. Back when I was living in WI, I started a hard rock band with a friend of mine. She was heavily influenced by Evanescence, and so, with her as vocalist, we started writing songs. We had written and demoed almost a full album's worth of music by the time I moved to IA, and had even purchased a P.A. in preparation for eventual gigs. We never did find a permanent drummer or bassist, so our demos sound very rough (and not nearly loud enough). I'd like to finish those songs, and make an EP of the 4 or 5 strongest, just as a way to put a cap on that project. More tom...
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