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Day One Hundred Thirteen (Year Three)

I finally took a bit of time tonight to sit down with my song thoughts and the Dave Grohl Challenge notebook.  First time in a long time.  Here's what I discovered:

1) There's only 1 song idea that needs to be phased out, and only then because it sounds too similar to another chord progression that I have written down.

2) I'm starting to hear a bit of connective tissue between ideas, which makes me think that there will actually be something cohesive (at least an EP) that sees the light of day from this.

3) The smaller bits (runs of three chords, a single melody line, etc.) need a lot of work to get to the point where they are even somewhat finished, but I like all of them enough to at least have them in the running for the final project.

4) There's 1 idea that stands out because it doesn't fit in with all of the others, but that too is cool enough to use for something at some point (maybe the hard rock band if B. and I ever try working that out again).

5) I really, really need to start blocking out some time to focus on lyric writing if this thing is going to truly fall together.

Started reading the Juliana Hatfield bio that I was talking up yesterday.  I'm about 60 pages in.  It's cool how she alternates stories from her musical past with moments that were current as of the writing of the book.  I like the style.

Watched a few minutes of another one of those Guitar Center Sessions episodes tonight.  This one featuring Alanis Morissette.  Then I got too caught up in working on my record in my living room.  I'll finish the episode tomorrow.

All in all, a pretty good music day.

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