Tonight's writing session almost turned into a classic case of "one step forward, and two steps back."
When I got to work tonight, I realized very quickly that something wasn't quite clicking with the progression I began last night. I almost simply pushed it off to the side for now, with the thought of going back to it eventually, should I get stuck for ideas. Instead, however, I pared down a bit of the activity in the progression, stripping it back to a bare-bones idea of what the sound and the movement entail. That, I found, I like a little bit better than what I'd had originally, so I scrawled the updated progression into the notebook underneath the first one, and will likely come back to both of them now.
The best part of the night? After my initial struggle, I kept on working, and wound up with two more sketches for song sections. This brings the grand total up to 8 thus far. That's more than half of the ideas that I'll need for the project. Heading into another weekend, I've got to say that I feel pretty good, not only about the progress I've made thus far, but also about the prospects for the weekend.
Stopped by the bookstore tonight on my way home and picked up the latest issues of Guitar World and Acoustic Guitar. They didn't have the latest Guitar Techniques in yet. I'm getting to the point where I probably ought to subscribe to all three of those magazines and just have them sent to the house.
I was also looking for the new Gaslight Anthem disc, but BAM didn't have that in stock. Sounds like a trip to Moondog will be in order this weekend, assuming we don't get snowed in.
Good day today. Can't wait for the weekend. I'm hoping to get at least as much done this weekend as I did last weekend. If that's the case, I'll be around 12 song ideas by the end of the weekend.
When I got to work tonight, I realized very quickly that something wasn't quite clicking with the progression I began last night. I almost simply pushed it off to the side for now, with the thought of going back to it eventually, should I get stuck for ideas. Instead, however, I pared down a bit of the activity in the progression, stripping it back to a bare-bones idea of what the sound and the movement entail. That, I found, I like a little bit better than what I'd had originally, so I scrawled the updated progression into the notebook underneath the first one, and will likely come back to both of them now.
The best part of the night? After my initial struggle, I kept on working, and wound up with two more sketches for song sections. This brings the grand total up to 8 thus far. That's more than half of the ideas that I'll need for the project. Heading into another weekend, I've got to say that I feel pretty good, not only about the progress I've made thus far, but also about the prospects for the weekend.
Stopped by the bookstore tonight on my way home and picked up the latest issues of Guitar World and Acoustic Guitar. They didn't have the latest Guitar Techniques in yet. I'm getting to the point where I probably ought to subscribe to all three of those magazines and just have them sent to the house.
I was also looking for the new Gaslight Anthem disc, but BAM didn't have that in stock. Sounds like a trip to Moondog will be in order this weekend, assuming we don't get snowed in.
Good day today. Can't wait for the weekend. I'm hoping to get at least as much done this weekend as I did last weekend. If that's the case, I'll be around 12 song ideas by the end of the weekend.
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