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Day Two Hundred Thirty Three (Year Two)

So, I started my day by bringing in all of the music that has had a chance to pile up in the car.  Most of it was the new stuff I've come into in the last few weeks.  Didn't get everything imported, but I was able to toss the My Morning Jacket into itunes.  They're not quite on Wilco's level when it comes in inventiveness and musical brilliance, but they're trying, and that's what matters.  Seriously, though, Circuital is really great.

Getting in touch with B. was on my list today, and I did so, but she had other stuff going on and wasn't able to talk much.  That's okay, though, because it brought me back to an earlier Skype conversation that we'd had.  Somewhere in there, I had forgotten (probably in spending most of February worried about solo stuff) that we had actually decided on the 6 tracks that we thought deserved to make the final cut for the EP.  Considering that I was hoping to discuss that, it's probably good I went back and looked at the earlier conversation before I mentioned that, haha.

I also had a chance to sit and work on some solo tunes for a little while tonight.  Still trying to make sense of some of the bits and pieces I came up with in February.  Trying to see how it all fits together.  I'm getting closer.  Makes me think that, if I could take the whole of February off of work every year, I might just have enough time to get the whole record done in a month.  Someday (maybe) I'll be in a position to try that.

I should've done more dedicated practicing today than I did, but I got in a few minutes with some scales, so as much as it left me feeling unfulfilled, it was still good to run a few notes underneath my fingers.

Got to do more practicing than songwriting tomorrow.

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