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Day One Hundred Eighty Three (Year Four)

Tonight felt like one of those nights that could have used a rewind button.  I spent the first hour I was home fighting with the new iTunes update (which made me uninstall, and then completely re-install the program, all the while making me think I had just lost my entire music collection).  Finally got that figured out, and then uploaded the record that the Mrs. picked up today, Is There Anybody Out There? by a band called A Great Big World.  Their big single right now is a song called "Say Something," that I first heard because of its appearance on last season of The Voice.  I liked the song the first time I heard it, but had been wary of the rest of the disc (which was released this past Tuesday).  I'm happy to report that, in this case, the rest of the record is just as much fun as the single.  It's piano-based pop that's joyous and catchy.  It's almost like a more upbeat Dashboard Confessional, where the guitars are swapped out in favor of keyboards.

What does this mean for my own musical exploits today?  Unfortunately, it means that my hopes of spending any quality time in the studio tonight, either working on songs, or focusing my attention back on the Acoustic Goldmine book went largely unrealized.  As frustrating as that was tonight, it just means that my studio time tomorrow night (and headed into the weekend) will need to be that much more productive.  Right now, that's a challenge that I'm really excited about.  I know for a fact that I'll get a good chunk of time Saturday night while the Mrs. is at work, so perhaps the better challenge is building the music time in for the hours before and after her shift.  I think it's going to be a really good weekend for music.
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