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Day Eighty One (Year Two)

So, I promised a bigger post today, and boy, oh boy will it be a bigger post. 

I got up late today, and getting up late always kicks me into gear quickly, because it makes me feel like I've lost half of my day.

I started off by cracking open the new Evanescence record.  I got all the way through that, liked it, and moved on to the DVD that comes with the record.  There's a cool (albeit short) making of documentary, and then a section where Amy talks about each of the songs on the record.

That whole process got me thinking about the issues we've had with getting the songs recorded for the band.  This, in turn, led me to go back to the demo and trying to re-trace our steps, to see if I couldn't find the problem between the demo version and the newly recorded version.  Taking that step led me to drop J. a note asking if he was going to be around at all tonight.  Ended up talking with both he and B. before the night was out.  All three of us agreed on the issues that have been bothering me/us in regards to this song, and we're pretty certain that, if we eliminate a certain guitar part, everything ought to hang together a little better than it has.

To prove that point, J. sent over the latest round of mixes (one with vocals, the other without), and hearing that made me feel a lot better about the way the song is falling together.  The vocal part actually lining up with the rest of the song no doubt helped that, but still. 

Progress was made today, and that's good.  I've got further direction on the electric parts, and things feel like they are moving, at least for now.  It's a hard job trying to be a rockstar, but someone's got to do it, so why not me?

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