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Day Two Hundred Seventy Two (Year Four)

A couple of things came in the mail today... just not the Dan Wilson record.  Instead it was the record by Aimee Mann & Ted Leo (The Both), and then the first half of Walter Everett's The Beatles As Musicians.

I'm very quietly gathering up a pretty good library of Beatles resources from which to study and learn from their songwriting.  Between the two Everett volumes and the complete scores, I feel like I have a really strong base.  This Beatles unit for the practice binder may happen yet!

I spent the rest of my time in the studio tonight working through some more songs, including tunes by The Rolling Stones and The Crash Test Dummies.  My set list is going to be rather eclectic, to be sure, but it's going to be a lot of fun.

Tonight was one of those nights I could have spent the whole night in the studio, just working away.  Unfortunately, with work in the morning, that wasn't an option.  Still really pleased with the work that got done tonight, though.  It's been a good start to the week!
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