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Day Three Hundred Sixty Three

I laid down some acoustic tracks tonight.  Not sure what I think of them just yet, but I got in there and did it, which after such a long break from actual recording, feels like a lurch in the right direction.  I'm going to hold off on sending them to the others for now, because I know I'm not happy with the way they came out.  Then again, I'm never really happy with the way I sound when I record.  I think it's something to do with a lack of comfort in my playing.  Or perhaps a lack of practice.  More likely it's both.  Also, it has way more to do with my acoustic playing than it does with the electric side of things.  It's entirely possible that I feel better about the electric playing because it allows me to hide behind distortion, but I don't think that's really it.

I think what I really need to do is just go on a giant acoustic jag.  Get my fingers completely calloused again.

That, and I need to relax when it comes to recording.  It makes me stress out and almost over-concentrate.  Even in the age of digital recording, where my performance can go away in an instant, it still feels like it's got to be perfect right away, or I'm some miserable bum who doesn't know what he's doing.

It's got to be a repetition thing.  If I can wirte the songs, and hear the parts in my head, the playing part has to be there in the form I want it to be, it's just the time to get truly comfortable with it that seems to be not there right now.  Oh well, progress was made tonight, even if it isn't permanent progress.  Off to sit with the acoustic some more before bed.  I'll try again tomorrow in between work.

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