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Day One Hundred Fifty Nine (Year Five)

So many beginnings of things to talk about tonight, things that will only get cooler as the week goes on (and the new year starts).

My brother is in town for the week, and we hit up the record store today while we were out bumming around a bit.  They had the Bootleg Series 1-3 box set in stock, so I splurged and picked that up.  That leaves me needing Volumes 5-11.

We hit the studio for a little bit tonight and talked classical music influences in rock, citing Bartok and The Police.  I had started looking at "Every Breath You Take" the other day before we left for WI, and I went back to it straight off when I got in there tonight.  My fingers weren't quite up to the task at first, so I backed off a bit and played around with "Message In A Bottle" instead.  It's the same idea (stacked 5ths), but the progression is a bit easier to handle.

I'm glad he's here all week, because it feels like we will finally have ample time to talk about all things musical face to face as opposed to over Skype.  Should be a really fun week, and a fun way to kick off 2015.  More tomorrow.
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