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Day Three Hundred Sixty Five (Year Three)

Well, it's the last day of year three of the blog.  I had such high hopes to go out with a bang, and while today didn't fall completely flat, it seemed like nothing went quite according to plan today.

1) I couldn't find the CD with the backing track for "That'll Be The Day."  Feel like I looked everywhere, but with my luck it's probably tucked away somewhere that I'll find it in a month when I'm setting up the music room in Dubuque.  My other option is to make a phone call tomorrow night and see if, by chance, the disc happens to be one that got left behind in Wisconsin.

1a) On that note, it feels like it's been forever since I've mentioned how unbelievably excited I am to have a music room in a month!  It's going to be so amazing to have a chance to set up an entire room devoted to my musical pursuits, and have everything set up exactly the way it needs to be for me to be productive from the moment I get there.

2) I'm still ahead on the song for the week, but not by as much as I had hoped at the start of the day.  Finding drum sounds was a chore this afternoon.  I made a bit of progress eventually, but it really felt like pulling teeth to get anywhere today.  I'm not sure whether or not the drum part I found will end up being for the verses of the chorus, but at this point in my day, that can be tomorrow's problem.

3) Never did get around to much listening this afternoon, either.  Guess that means I know what I'll be taking along in the car tomorrow.

Considering the way year 3 went out, I really hope that year 4 starts with a bang!  

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