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Day Three Hundred Twenty Six (Year Four)

It was a good day in the studio today.  Not quite as much time in there as I expected at the start of the day, but a good day nonetheless.

Tonight was the first opportunity I've really had to seriously dive into things since the Mrs. left on Friday.  I've tried to balance the list of things I want to get done with the music, and haven't been as successful initially with finding that balance.  My hope is that, if I can get a lot of the house stuff done early in the week, that I'll then be free to spend a LOT of time on the music side of things as I go.

That said, I circled the wagons tonight, and started to formulate a plan for the week.  I went back over some of the scale stuff I've been working on the last few weeks.  I still don't feel like I've quite got the grasp of them that I'd like to have, or that I should have.  Most of that, I think, stems from not spending enough time in each of my practice sessions.  I feel like I keep getting to the point where I'm just about understanding it all, and then I have to step away.

Having the place to myself this week means that it's all on me whether or not I put in the time.  Aside from work, I'm the only one home, the only one in control of the order in which things get done and the way my time gets utilized.  I need to flat-out dominate this week, and I really feel like I will.  There's a sense of peace about it, a sense of assurance tonight as I type that I'm oh so close to taking the next big step.  All I've got to do is put in the time.
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  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 8:18 PM

    Been reading for a while. What are you working toward? Gigs? Demos? Finding a band? This all seems so scattered and unfocused....

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