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Day One Hundred Forty Four (Year Two)

I had every intention of coming home from work tonight and practicing.  When I got home, however, there was an email waiting for me from B. with 4 songs/parts of songs in it that she had recorded and wanted to send to me.  It's exciting to have band stuff to listen to/work on again.  I listened to all 4 ideas, and the one I feel the strongest about is the one she likes the least.  The idea that the song she thinks is just something short to throw at the end of the record is something that I can see as being longer and more involved than that strikes me as funny.  I'm looking at these demo as ideas, not things that are set in stone.  Either way, it'll give me a non-binder portion of my day tomorrow.  A songwriting portion, which is really cool.

There will also be a Clapton portion, as working through "I'm Tore Down" has been fun, and is something that needs to be seen through to the end now.

From there, I'd like to work through some of the Vai, and try to focus in on the building of the binder a bit too.  Good to go into a day off with an aggressive plan, I think, as it means that, even if I don't get it all finished, I'll still have made progress on a few different fronts.

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