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Day One Hundred Eighteen (Year Two)

Picked up the Sonia Leigh record tonight at work, in advance of the in-store appearance tomorrow.  Going in slightly before noon just to make sure I don't miss anything.  It'll be fun to be close enough to watch her play, and know that she's already been signed.  I know there's a chance to learn from what she does in an intimate, acoustic setting, and I can't wait to see what I can pick up from her.

Another crazy day today at work.  Made for a good night to come home and sit for a little while and just focus on the musical things that need to get done.

So many things that need to be included in the early stages of the binder.

1) The Berklee study criteria
2) Vai's 30 Hour Workout
3) Zakk Wylde's Guitar Bootcamp article, and the other tips from GIT & Berklee that are also included in that issue of Guitar World.

4) Some song transcriptions ("Little Wing," "Red House," "Have You Ever Loved A Woman") that I really want to learn from an electric perspective, and a few ("Layla," the ever pesky "Classical Gas," and maybe "Fur Elise") on the acoustic side of things.

5) Richard Lloyd's Alchemical Guitarist columns from GW.
6) Any number of the DVDs that I've picked up of late, either from Guitar World, or elsewhere.

Those seem to be the initial things that need to be included, but I'm sure that I will discover more as I go along.

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