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Day Three Hundred Eleven

Short session tonight, only about an hour. Now that we're using the same software, B. was able to talk me through finding all of the musical backgrounds that come with MMM. I'm still thinking that most of my work will start away from the computer, but having the program will make things easier to transfer back and forth. Still waiting to see what happens with files that start on B.'s end of things.

Spent most of the afternoon burning a rather large pile of CDs for R. When I dropped them off this afternoon, I asked if she wanted to go see Warren Haynes with me, and even though she's not at all familiar with anything he's done, she agreed. I'm starting to suspect that she's addicted to live music.

One of the things I dropped off was a few albums by Iron & Wine, who we are seeing next week. This was the other part of my afternoon, grabbing files from my brother, so that I can hopefully know a little bit about who it is I'm going to see next week. The run up to this show feels so much like the run up to the Decemberists gig... critical acclaim, people urgently recommending the band, etc.

Lots of music stuff today, but not nearly as much actual playing as I would have liked. My plan is to work on that tonight before bed, and then again in the morning... I go in late, so hopefully I can get up early and get some work done, both playing-wise and for the band. We're Skypeing again on Wednesday I think, and I'd like to have something fresh to send, because I'm starting to wonder what the next step is, and it's starting to make me nervous that I don't have the answer yet.

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