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Day Four (Year Seven)

It seems I'm hung up on the bluesy side of things right now.  I got to some of that area of focus today, and chose to look at some pretty cool lessons I found on YouTube.  They focused on the rhythm side of playing, and there are, from the looks of it, quite a number of them.  Sometimes it's handy to have a computer with internet access in the studio.  This was definitely one of those times.

I then took what I had worked on, and applied it to a song called "Cigarette" by The Clarks.  There was a bit of similarity in the chord progression, and what didn't match up, I worked out on the fly.  It was good to be down there in the studio, feeling like I was working on something that was really going to improve where I sit with my playing.

After the electric stuff, I did pick up the acoustic for a few minutes.  I didn't write anything, though I thought about trying to start something.  Instead, I just put on my iPod and played along with a few things.

Tonight, there was an hour long interview with Glen Hansard (of Frames and "Once" fame) that I recorded and watched.  He got into a bit of his songwriting approach, and so I saved that to watch again at some point.

All told, a day that felt all over the place, but still a day that moved things forward.
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