At the hospital to pay dad a quick visit.
Quick Visit
Author: robertjames1971
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Emotional Support Cat
Robin is either my emotional support cat or she just likes napping on the day bed and doesn’t care that I’m in here making noise.
I’m guessing it’s the day bed thing.
Do Something
I fear bad news today and I am stressing out like crazy. Calm down. Focus. It’s going to be okay.
I played a little guitar this morning. It helped a little. I lost track of time though and had to rush to get myself ready for work. Oops.
I have a ton of stuff to get done today at work. I can do it. I can focus. I can handle this stuff.
And right on queue I get pulled into a potentially major issue. Oh good.
2024 50/90 Challenge Day 49/90
One song got rhythm guitars, lead guitars, and a mix. 29 songs down, 21 to go. Two other songs got lead guitars.
Part of me feels like I am miles ahead of the minimum pace. Another part of me feels like I am way behind. I don’t get it.
The vocals on this one are really out of tune. I will likely either re-record them or completely rewrite them. Later. Not today.
ADDENDUM: I forgot, I worked out one song form too. MIDI bass and MIDI drums are done for that one.
Long Day
Don’t you hate it when you read someone’s blog (or any social media) post where they talk cryptically about something but don’t give any specifics on what they are talking about and go out of their way to not share any details at all?
It was a long day. I left the house at a little past 11:00am and went to the hospital to stay with my father. I left at 7:00pm. I don’t know what tomorrow will bring. There may be a family discussion tomorrow and if there is it may be rough. That’s all the detail you’re getting.
I am home with the love of my life now. My bride and our two psychotic cats. I am where I belong, even if I feel the need to spend time just sitting with my father during his time of trouble.
To quote the band Traffic from a song from their brilliant self titled second album, “who knows what tomorrow may bring?”
Day Game
The Red Sox and the Astros are playing a day game today. The Sox are up 3-1 in the eighth inning. I’m just watching the game with my dad.
It would be better if we weren’t in a hospital room, but I’ll take what I can get.
Room Service
I just learned how to call in a lunch order from my dad’s hospital room. I feel like a big boy now.
Mangled Finger Tips
I played some guitar this morning. I put rhythm and lead tracks onto one 50/90 song, and leads onto two more. I played very poorly and my finger tips have been torn to shreds. Serves me right for going almost a week without playing at all.
Here is a photo to prove that I don’t always have my guitar’s volume controls maxed…
(I was doing the Clapton thing where you use both pickups but roll the neck pickup’s volume off a little. It’s not as famous as his “woman tone” thing [dude, come up with better names for this stuff] but it’s something he did when he was still playing Gibsons. Oh, and the woman tone thing? Play the neck pickup and just turn the tone knob all the way down. He sometimes did it with both picksups as well, turning both tone controls all the way down)
Finally, in case you were wondering…
2024 50/90 Challenge Day 48/90
Another day when I was sure I was going to get shut out with no progress but managed to sneak something in at the last minute.
I mixed one song.
That’s all.
Mixing
I mixed one song tonight. I started mixing a second but I am too tired to concentrate on it. I’ll finish it another time.
For now, enjoy this piece of mediocre crap. 28 songs down, 22 to go. Onward toward 50 songs in 90 days.
