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Day Two Hundred Forty Six (Year Four)

Another good night in the studio.

I spent most of my time with the acoustic in my hands tonight.  I'm really enjoying settling back into that routine.  My fingers are a bit less calloused than I'd like them to be, but that's just because I hadn't had a ton of time to pick up the acoustic of late (until the last couple of days).

I keep adding songs to the list of things I'd like to learn.  Pretty soon I need to stop adding things to the list for a bit and shift hardcore into learning all of the stuff that's on the list already.  There's some part of me that would like to be able to sit outside when the weather gets nice and play, and I'd like to have enough songs at my disposal that I don't get bored when the time comes.

Did a little bit of listening tonight, as well.

Overall, tonight was a slow paced, relaxing night in the studio, and every once in a while, I'll take one of those over the frenetic, "gotta get a lot done" feeling I have most of the time when I'm in there.

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