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Day Three Hundred One

I'm so glad that I have musical people in my life who I can bounce things off of! I got to chat with a co-worker today about the band related stuff that has started up this week. She asked how it's all going to work, with myself, B., and the producer all being in seperate places. We also chatted for a bit about whether or not we'll be able to use the demos as a jumping off point. These are the questions I need to bat back and forth with someone on the outside, in part because it will prevent me from showing anything but confidence in the event that such questions come up with B.

Today would be the day I'd like to sit down with J. and figure out whether or not we'll be able to drop rhythm tracks (drums, in particular) in behind at least a couple of the tracks we have. Some of them will need re-cutting, but it would be nice to use at least 2 of them sort of "as-is."

When B. and I talk Sunday, I need to remember to ask her for a write-up of the progressions on everything. I hope we can solve the file transfer thing too. Fairly certain I've done that, but without her confirmation, that part is still up in the air.

Tonight is the night I need to remember that I ought to only worry about what I can deal with immediately. Which would be the music part of it. If I stay focused on that until other stuff can be dealt with, everything will be just fine. Small steps. I really need to not worry about every aspect of everything all at once.

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