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Day Eight (Year Four)

In the prior two weeks, tonight's assignment has been fairly easy.  Although my bass playing skills aren't as up to par as they could be, my ability to sit down with my electric and write a bass line is pretty good.  They've come quickly for the first two songs, so I was confident for tonight's effort based on past successes. 

Tonight was tougher than the others, in that there were more sections to this song, and therefore more links needed between the sections.  All told, I think it took me about an hour to get the bass part sorted out.  I'm feeling pretty good about where I'm standing right now, though.  On pace heading into the day of recording drums.  Also, for the first time, that day happens on a Friday, so even though I work Saturday morning, I'm still feeling like I can stay up late enough to not only get the drums blocked out, but also get them tracked.

Sat down with the Buddy Holly for the first time in what felt like forever tonight, too.  In spite of taking a number of days off with regards to that, I picked it up again really quickly.  I'm even feeling like the solo and the intro (the two spots I had marked as a little bit tougher heading into the last few weeks) came to me a lot easier tonight than they had the last time I had worked on them.  Sometimes taking that step away allows you to come back with clearer eyes and a bit more focus.

Oh yes, one other thing tonight.  I made it all the way through the snippets of song that are on my recording gear, and picked out the ones that I feel would make solid additions to the power pop theme I've been working off of for the 3 songs in 24 days... there were SIX of them that made the cut!  That would take me to 9 total, if they were all finished and all good enough at the end to make the cut.  If I'm thinking big picture for just a moment, somehow the record would need 11 songs, but still... that's a lot closer to a completed project than I've ever been before! 

(Side note: Didn't quite have the courage yet to burn all of the hard rock band tracks and ideas onto a CD and then delete them from the recording unit's hard drive, but that may well be coming sometime soon).

All told, today was a great day.  The way things are going right now, I fully expect tomorrow to be another one.  More tomorrow, and better.
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