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Day Two Hundred Ninety Five

I'm starting to think that the oft mentioned D minor progression has more in common with the Double Drop D idea that we have than I initially suspected. Why it is that I didn't catch on to this sooner, I'm honestly not sure. Anyway, it could well mean that I have another guitar part for the Double Drop D!

Speaking of which, I played around with that a little bit tonight. I've been wondering a lot lately why it was we never could get lyrics for that. The only thing I can think of is that the tempo was off. I know I wrote about it a few months back - something or other about it making more sense if the intro was just lopped off the front... I really need to go back and find that posting (or series of postings) to see what it was I had stumbled upon, because if I remember right, whatever it was worked out really well.

Tomorrow night I think I might need to lock myself in a room with my album notes and my acoustic, see if I can't just hash out the whole freaking record, or at least some ideas about everything. I'm feeling the pressure now to have a lot of things ready for B. when we get started on Monday... and if I can get the songs more solidly nailed down tomorrow, then Monday can be spent getting the tracks recorded, so I have some jumping off points to send her.

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