Day Forty Seven (Year Two)

Interesting day today. Met a customer with a gigantic record collection and had a fabulous discussion about music and the industry as a whole. He offered to find anything I could think of that I wanted, and burn me a copy. So I did what I always do in those situations. I gave him a list. We'll see if he comes through for me or not.

Came home tonight, and worked on the progression I had started to find last night. It's missing one chord in the chorus, but other than that, I really love it and think it'll find its way into the list of tunes for the band.

That's really all I know today.

My uncle passed late last night. I know I mentioned him here earlier.

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