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Day Two Hundred Eighty Two (Year Three)

So, in case you couldn't tell, the Mrs. co-opted the blog last night.

My copy of Such Hot Blood is officially in Iowa.  According to Amazon, it has departed Davenport, and is on its way to me.  Tomorrow is going to be an awesome day.

Finished both Start by Acuff, and Orfe by Cynthia Voight in the last couple of days.  Both were excellent.  One was a music novel, and the other will definitely help me continue to outline my musical path.  I saw so many comparisons between the things discussed in Start and my blogging and practicing life for the last three years.

In other cool news this week, according to Paste magazine, the members of The Civil Wars have solved their differences, and will have a new album coming out sometime late this summer.  Barton Hollow was an amazing record, and I can't wait to see what they come out with next.

Also, in the email today was a free 50 page guide to getting the best out of ProTools.  I haven't ordered anything yet, but it's cool to think that fate is looking out for me and sending me stuff in advance of my upgrading recording setups.

Watched the last of the knockout rounds on The Voice tonight.  Good, but not as awesome as the earlier night of knockouts, still, a couple possible winners emerged, I thought.

All told, a pretty good music day today.

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