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Day Two Hundred One (Year Two)

Another night of playing around with chord progressions has gotten me a bit closer to a solid grouping of ideas that can lead to an outline of this record.  I'll admit that a lot of my posts this week are starting to feel a bit same-y.  I either need to start looking at lyrics, start recording, or find a few other things to write about in the next few days.

That said, I found another set of chords that intrigues me.  I know full-well that it's a small piece of a bigger progression, but I like what's there.  This is starting to feel like the beginnings of the long-awaited power pop record that I've had brewing inside of  me.

One of the things I know I need to do is start messing around with tempo.  I've got a bunch of small chord progressions that will lead to full songs, no question, but I need to decide tempo and flow of the record.  I'm also thinking a lot about acoustic versus electric.  I know it'll be a mixture of the two, and right now I'm thinking that, once the chords are figured out and tracked on acoustic, that I'll let the electric wail over the top.

I really need to sit down with a notebook and just block out what I have that intrigues me, see what's there, and find a way to push things forward a bit quicker than they are.  That way, maybe by the end of the weekend I can see where I sit with the first few songs.

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