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Day Two Hundred Eighty Three

So yeah, got home really late from work tonight, and proceeded to sit down with the electric and just sort of mess around for a bit. Trying to play along with some videos on YouTube, running scales, that sort of thing.

Spent a few minutes discussing old shows (VH-1 Storytellers & Behind The Music) with my brother, who is too young to remember either of them. Still can't decide if this fact makes me feel old, or privileged to have lived during a time when the music channels on TV still aired programs about music.

I've only got one more day of work in my extremely long run of days, and then I get a "weekend." I'm already trying to plan out said two days in my head so that I can make them as musically productive as possible. I was really wanting to sit with the list of hard rock ideas today before work, but didn't get the chance to, so I am hoping very much that I can dedicate at least an entire day out of the two to that project, maybe get a few things in progress so that I can see how things are going with B.

That's pretty much all for today.

Oh, wait, one other thing. I was listening to some Aimee Mann the other day, and it made me really want to find an old hammond organ. Her Lost In Space record makes such awesome use of organ and acoustic guitar... it's just a cool set of sounds. I wish I had the space (and the finances) to follow all of my musical thoughts blindly. Someday...

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