Tonight was big. I started from the beginning of "Stairway," and went all the way through each section (without repeats for the verses at this point) INCLUDING the solo. I did it slowly, but I did it, and as an added bonus, the triplets at the very end (the upper register ones) finally clicked with me! It feels good to be making progress on this thing. Granted, it could have happened so much faster, but I'll take progress at any speed. I've still got to get the timing down right where the solo is concerned, but that'll just be a matter of sitting with both the guitar trainer AND the video lesson I have and just hammering it out. All in all, a pretty good day music-wise.
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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