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Day Twenty Six (Year Six)

Today's work proved me right on at least one count: Last Thursday, I had written the following paragraph...

I didn't finish blocking out the new stuff, by any stretch, but I did enough work sitting with the acoustic that I know I'm close to knocking it out.  Before tonight, I was expecting to take my notebook with me when we head for Northwest Iowa on Saturday morning, but now I'm feeling really confident that, with a bit of work, I can make some serious headway on our little getaway.

While the progress didn't necessarily occur during our getaway to NW Iowa, a decent chunk of it happened tonight during the hour or so I spent in the studio.  Again, I didn't quite finish blocking out everything, but I made enough progress tonight to feel good about what I got done and where I sit.  I would have gotten farther, but one of the hurdles I didn't get over tonight is actually a fairly decent problem to have: I've got at least a part of a verse progression that I really love, and two progressions that might work for the chorus.  The chorus progressions are very similar in nature, so what it comes down to is picking the one I like the best and just running with it.  Maybe I'll solve that little dilemma tomorrow after work.


If things with our excursion to NW Iowa had been more focused on relaxation than running from place to place, I'm fairly certain that I would have finished off the music while we were there.  Oh well, I'm closer than I was yesterday, and that feels like a victory.
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