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Day Ninety Five (Year Four)

Now that it's over, this week feels a little bit like one that got away.

That said, it was also a good chance for me to see where I need to improve.  More often than not this week, it wasn't a question of "oh, my playing isn't good enough there" (although a couple of times it was), it was more a question of knowing that, with more focus, things could be even better than they are right now.  I keep missing chances to work on specific things and feeling badly about it.  Things just felt very disorganized this week for me, music-wise.

Now I need to spend a serious chunk of time (tomorrow night) getting things put in order a bit more.  Basically, I’ve got all these things I want to get to, all these different areas that I can look to for motivation and improvement, and I really need to make sure I get to everything in an organized manner.  I need to find a way to make sure I get to everything, while at the same time, leaving enough of an opening for something that comes up on the fly.

The songwriting went well tonight, though, I can vouch for that.  I went back to see if what I had gotten the other night held any water whatsoever, and was happy to see that it held up just fine.  I need to record this thing while it's fresh and it still works.  Maybe I'll get to that tomorrow, too.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the music world has lost another star.  Lou Reed, gone at 71.

"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz."
                                                     - Lou Reed
  
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