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Day Two Hundred Sixty Seven

I've been sitting with the acoustic a lot in the evenings this week. It makes sense, I guess, I'm trying to put myself in the frame of mind to write songs, and the acoustic is the natural instrument for that. Got a couple of phrases that might make their way into some lyrics in the near future too.

Electric stuff has seemed loud in my head lately. I'm sure that has something to do with it. It's okay for the car of late... I've got There Is Nothing Left To Lose by the Foo Fighters in the CD player, but other than that, anything loud has been too much. Inside the apartment, or on the ipod, I've been listening to the Isbell stuff, Middle Brother, acousitc Black Crowes, and old Tom Waits. Mumford & Sons fits in there too. What's weird is that, I really want to work on my lead stuff and my electric playing.

I've started diving into the Decemberists stuff a bit, and I'm really enjoying it. R. had said that it was more about sound than it was about lyrics (at least for her), but I'm finding that the lyrics are pretty cool. Sure, they aren't your typical "relationship" type songs, but it doesn't make them less captivating.

In keeping with the theme of the week, their music is also mostly acoustic. I think I'd be heavier into the electric right now if I actually had enough space to rock out and feel like I was doing it justice. Oh well, someday...

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