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Day One Hundred Nine (Year Two)

After looking through the transcription for "Classical Gas" yesterday, today I sat down with the acoustic and tried to start making sense of it musically.  I know full well that I'm roughly 9 days behind schedule in doing this, but I'm getting there.  It'll mean really stepping up my game, playing-wise, if I'm actually going to accomplish my goal, but that can definitely happen.

It was really a lot of fun to start analyzing the chord progression.  I made it through the intro and the first section of the song today.  Getting up to the main theme felt like big progress, considering the slowness with which I've gotten started this month.  What I enjoyed the most was hearing the melody inside the chord progression.  There are so many nuances to this song, and I can't wait to figure out the way that the melody lines intertwine their way through these chords.

I imported Cold Roses by Ryan Adams today, as well as Soul Coughing's Irresistible Bliss.  I've had them for a while now, but just haven't gotten around to dropping them into itunes. 

The other thing that didn't really happen much today was listening.  For whatever reason, I just didn't end up listening to all that much music today.  It's a strange feeling, definitely, and something that will change tomorrow.  I need to charge the ipod, too, I think, which might have played a role in that.

 I'm just happy I got a decent start on "Classical Gas."

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