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Day Three Hundred Seven

Had another session with B. tonight. We started the process of sending the rest of the demos in a format which will be playable in Magix Music Maker. Actually, we got almost all the way through, but had to put the file-swapping on hold when the hour grew late and she needed to be up for work in the morning. No matter, they will be there to finish sending the next time we chat... which looks like it will be Monday night sometime, as she will be out of town for the weekend. She was frustrated that she wouldn't be able to get anything done, because she was going to be gone. I had to reassure her that progress is being made, and that a few days away will be okay. Besides, this will give me a chance to try and get some more songs worked on this weekend, make sure that the music I think I finished last night is actually done.

We (more B. than myself) also started experimenting with putting some rhythm tracks behind the demos. It seemed like she had a bit of success with the best demo I sent her. Still waiting to finish downloading are the ones that need the real work. If only I had thought to send the roughest stuff first, she could've started in on the songs that need the most work.

Also, I'm probably going to have to pick up a current copy of MMM. This came to the forefront when she sent me her drum thoughts for the demo she was putting rhythm behind, and instead of getting drums, I wound up with piano! They must have changed the file tags between this year and last year. Still, the piano part was really cool. It felt like one of those slip ups that was more of a sign than anything else. I hope we can throw that piano part in there somehow, even underneath everything to thicken up the sound. I think I'll get up early tomorrow and head over to Best Buy to pick up a copy of that program. That way I'll have the weekend to mess around with it, and come Monday, we'll both be working with the same software. That alone should make things easier. Especially when the new stuff starts being worked on.

B. asked tonight if I had gotten in touch with J. yet. I really, really need to do that this weekend. It's been a busy week, but if I'm going to be doing as much as I think I am this summer, I will need to get used to that, and fit in the things that need doing wherever I can. Should be an adventure!

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