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Day Fifty Four (Year Four)

I got through all of the music today!  It's all sorted and organized into a system that not only works, but also makes sense to me.  Considering that this was the first task I attempted to finish off in the music room, almost three weeks ago, it feels awesome to have that part of things taken care of.  What's funny to me is that, when I say "all of the music," I mean all of the music I can find at the moment.  There are still things I know for a fact I haven't run across yet.  Still, that corner of the room feels finished to me, which is awesome, because it means I can finally move on to...

Practicing & The Lesson Binder!  So, I've definitely got my base set for the learning process.  From what I had listed before:

- The Blues Guitar Lesson Goldmine book
- Vai's 10 & 30 hour workouts
- Troy Nelson's Guitar Aerobics book
- Transcriptions for "Red House," "I'm Tore Down," & "Yellow Ledbetter"

I'm also adding to that the following:

- Richard Lloyd's columns & DVDs from his time as a contributor to Guitar World

And, because that all seems more applicable to electric playing, I'm adding in some things for the acoustic side as well, which include:

- The Acoustic Guitar Lesson Goldmine book
- The transcription of the unplugged version of "Layla"
- A combination of lessons and articles from both Guitar World Acoustic & Acoustic Guitar magazines.

If I could find a way to sneak up home one of these days to snag the rest of my issues of GWA, that would be awesome, because I know there's a ton of stuff in those pages that would really help out.

A few things to get done tomorrow, errands and the like, and then I'm spending the rest of the day in the studio. 
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