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Day One Hundred Thirty Four (Year Four)

With the afternoon off, I was able to sneak in two practice sessions today.

The first one, this afternoon, was focused on some of the daily routine stuff that's been going on of late: scale work, the Guitar Aerobics lick of the day, a little bit of reading (the magazines I picked up the other day).  I also found the chord progression my brother had written last winter when he was visiting.  The whole thing is written in bass clef

I also finished up a book on the rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.  It was a fun and interesting read, but a little bit too short, if you ask me.  Then again, I could never really get enough when it comes to reading about those two bands, so I'm probably severely biased.

With the routine stuff out of the way, tonight's session was more focused on songwriting, which was awesome, in part, because it was successful.  I worked on the song idea that I've been kicking around (and talking with my brother about) for the last couple of days.  I got the intro and the verses written, and I have some pretty good ideas about where the chorus is going to go, but it isn't quite nailed down yet.  That may well be tomorrow's project.

It was a good day for music, and with any luck, the weekend will be just as good.

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