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Day Sixty Eight (Year Four)

Got started on my 1 guitar lick/day for a year "project" today.  The licks focus on one of seven different areas of study (alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar); and, not surprisingly, utilize each one of the areas of study on a different day.  The other cool thing about this book is that it gives you a frame of reference, not only for the topic you're focused on, but also the style of music that day's lick is best suited for (the musical styles include rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk).  I'm sure that, after a while, some of the licks will become repetitive, but the cover of the book says it's good for "developing, improving, and maintaining" technique, so some repetition is likely going to be par for the course.

Spent the rest of my time in the studio tonight working on some scale & lead guitar lessons from one of the booklets that came with a Guitar World DVD.  Most of that was a series of licks that I had used previously but hadn't looked at in at least a month.  I'm feeling really good about where I'm sitting right now in terms of my progress since I moved into the studio.  Not feeling quite ready to start teaching again next weekend, but with free afternoons at least a couple of times this week, if I can put in a good amount of time each chance I get, I should be feeling more prepared by the time the weekend rolls around.

Got a chance to do some listening today, too.  Just being able to take a bit of time to stop and relax and listen to some of the stuff that just got put onto the ipod was nice.  Felt like it had been a long time since I'd gotten that kind of an opportunity.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring another good day!
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