Had the day off today. It was calm, relaxing, and filled with Sigh No More on LP. Still amazing. This isn't to say that I did nothing music-wise. I did some reading on alternate tunings, and the using of them to write songs. That's something that has always fascinated me, and yet, I've never really played around with them much. Dropped D, of course, and Double Dropped D, and tuning everything a half step down, but that's really it. Although there was that short flirtation with open E when I was going to learn "She Talks To Angels," but that's all. Need to get into it more. Perhaps I haven't done much with it because I still don't feel fully at home and able to express myself at the drop of a hat in standard, but I'm not sure. As for tomorrow, I'm hoping for an extended period of time to make my way through the list of songs for the band... I know, I've been saying that for days, but tomorrow it NEEDS to happen, so it will.
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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