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Day Three Hundred Twenty Eight

Let's see, I had a list yesterday of things I wanted to get done, music-wise today. Here are my results (hopefully in order).

1) I made it to Guitar Center after work to check out interfaces. The main one that the sales guy talked about would set me back about $150, which, to be honest, is more than I want to spend right now. However, apparently which interface I buy is somewhat dependent on which version of ProTools J. has (some will only work with certain versions, I guess). So, before I buy, I'll want to check with him on which version he's got. Truthfully, I was going to consult him about the purchase anyway, but I might not have thought to ask the "which program" question.

2) Snagged a copy of "Juice" at Guitar Center as well, R. and I didn't make it into the print version... but we ARE on the website.

3) Would've told her all about it when I dropped off her CDs, but I did the first two things on my list on my way back from stopping to see her, so that will have to wait until tomorrow.

4) The last thing on my list was to work on the songs on both acoustic and electric. I got the acoustic part accomplished, but missed out on the electric for what I think is a pretty good reason. After getting back from Guitar Center, I sent J. a message wondering about the stuff that was mentioned above. Then I went out for dinner with some friends. When I got back, B. was online, and messaged me wondering if we could maybe use some lyrics one of her freinds was working on for one of our songs. I told her that it wouldn't hurt to at least consider it. Bands work with co-writers all the time, after all. So, B. sent me the lyrics this friend of hers had written. While I don't think it'll work in complete fashion, I think if we cherry pick a few of the sections, we could build on them and wind up with something that will work for the band. B. is convinced that she knows which of our musical ideas the words will work over. I tried to play the progression over those lyrics, and it didn't work quite as well for me, but I suspect that we'll be able to find music to go over those lyrics somewhere along the line. So, while there may not have been any rocking out with the electric, I did work on the record some, which was the plan all along.

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