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Day Two Hundred Forty Five

So, the last night I was home, B. and I sat down and compiled a list of all of the songs and/or song ideas that we could possibly use. We ended up, if I remember correctly, with 15. Of course, I forgot to copy down the list for myself, so I took another shot at it tonight, in preparation for trying to get serious work done on all this stuff, and I think we were off in our count. Here's why I feel that way... I counted everything we've ever even remotely considered using, and I came up with a number that's more like 18. And the way I've been going the last couple of months, it'll likely be up over 20 by the time B. gets her computer issues squared away. This surprises me, if only because 18 songs/ideas seems like a lot when you consider the amount of time we actually SPENT working on stuff. I've never really considered us prolific by any means, and something still tells me we aren't.

I do, however, feel very strongly that we COULD'VE been, and could be still. If the band had stayed together, or if this whole project via Skype thing can take off, I think there are a great many ideas to be passed back and forth, and a ton of music that remains to be written. It's actually sort of intimidating, if you want the truth. Thinking about all of the music that could potentially be finished by year's end, if everything (or even most everything) goes the way I hope it does.

Either way, it's exciting, and it very much feels like this part of my life is moving forward again.

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