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Day Three Hundred Sixty Five

Today is the last day of year one of the blog.  Wow.  That hardly seems possible, and yet, I know it is.  More to come on that topic in tomorrow's posting.

As for today/tonight, I actually laid down tracks tonight.  I got something I'm at least somewhat happy with.  Happy enough, at least, to mix it down and post it to the dropbox folder.  Haven't gotten to that step yet, but it'll happen either tonight before bed, or tomorrow morning before work.  I cheated the system a bit, and laid down the tracks with the acoustic simulator included in my home studio, but doing it on the electric and getting at least an acoustic-ish sound out of it helped tonight.

I still think I'm putting too much pressure on myself when I'm "in studio."  When it's acoustic tracks only, they never come out as clearly as I'd like them to.  Secretly, this kills me inside, because I really want this record to sound amazing with just acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.  I'm starting to think that finding a thinner acoustic might help me out a bit.

All in all, it's a fitting end to the first year of this project.  I ended recording on electric.  I feel the most comfortable with that instrument in my hands, and spent more time this past year playing it.  So much more progress remains to be made.  Definitely not ready to apply to Berklee yet... maybe next year.  Tomorrow's post ought to be fun, planning on going back through the early goals, and seeing how I did/where I need to change things up this coming year.  I've already got some ideas, but we'll see how they pan out against the real details.

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