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Day One Hundred Sixty Seven (Year Six)

Today was another good day.

I spent a little bit of time sifting through the rest of the ideas on my recording console, and in the process, I managed to find another idea that might fit in with the power pop record.  Still not sure whether that will end up being an EP, a full length, or something in between the two, but I'll worry about that down the road.  Right now, I've got 10 potential ideas that I'm excited about, and with my brother coming in tomorrow (assuming the weather holds up), that and the other EP will give us someplace to start.  All told, I'm feeling pretty good about the progress I've made on that front this week.  We'll see what the weekend brings.

The rest of my night in the studio was spent doing some reading and some listening.  I got back to the Jerry Lee Lewis biography, and managed to make it through a chapter of that, and then started listening to the disc of the new Dylan box set that is entirely devoted to "Like A Rolling Stone."  I'm about halfway through that, but it has been a fascinating listen thus far.  Can't wait to go through some of that with my brother and get his thoughts on it.

I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday already.  Should be a great weekend coming up.


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