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Day Two Hundred Fifty Three (Year Four)

I had one goal when I walked into the studio tonight.  It was fairly simple, straightforward, and also something I've been putting off for weeks.  All I wanted to do tonight was to listen through the record-in-a-month from February, and take notes about changes and adjustments that I felt needed to be made in order to tighten up the songs.

Shockingly enough, I found a few (maybe three) that were in good structural shape just the way they were, but more times than not, when my ear told me that there needed to be a chord change right there! it was something that I had to make a note of.

Honestly, the whole process went a lot faster than I expected it to, which was cool, not because there wasn't a lot to change (although that would be the goal for next year), but because, by this point in my life, I've listened to enough music to know what sounds good to my ear and what doesn't.  Being able to anticipate the changes in a song that I hear has been a key component of this whole writing process.  Even if the changes I expect are unexpected sounds, knowing where they fit was the important part.

So, yeah, I'm happy with what I got done today.  It gives me the next step in the process of finishing the record, which is the goal.
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