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Day Sixty Nine (Year Two)

So, today was... interesting.  One of my regular customers brought in a record that his nephew made, and sold a couple of us a copy for $7.  Not sure how legal that was to do in the store, but hey.  I told him I didn't have cash on me, which was true.  Asked if he could just hold onto it for me until next time he was in, so what does he do?  He waits around for an hour until I get off work, so I can go to the ATM and get cash.  I really hope it's at least listenable.

So, I had a little bit of free time tonight to mess about, and I thought to myself, "I know, I'll play in the studio for a while."  Figured I might work on the electric track for the tune we're trying to finish up.  Here's what has happened, though.  The tempo on the current tracks are 5 bpm faster than the original demo version.  Never knew 5 bpm could make such a difference, but it appears that it has changed the basic acoustic part just enough (or maybe I did that) that it throws off the electric part.  Granted, if I could find effect that sounded decent, it would make the whole thing easier.  Nothing sounds right tonight, and yet I know it needs something else.  Maybe some single note lines will suffice.

Picked up the current issue of Rolling Stone today.  I don't usually do that, but Pink Floyd and R.E.M. kind of seemed to be a draw today for some reason.

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