Oh, oh, oh, oh... GUITAR!

I've been listening to an ungodly amount of Exploding Hearts songs lately. I've finally gotten over my disdain for the band, although it had nothing to do with them directly (personally or musically, Adam was always a sweetheart to me) and I've been listening to the Shattered comp a bunch.

I just bought an epiphone les paul Jr. and have decided that instead of playing the fuck out of songs on my iPod, I might as well learn how to play them along with listening to them non-stop. I don't know about you, but sometimes I'll become musically obsessed with a song, listen to it for DAYS on end, then suddenly become sick of it and never want to listen to it again. Hopefully trying to play along will hold my interest. I'm halfway through Shattered (the lead is sooo much fun), and am closing in on Still Crazy and Your Shadow. They use a lot of weird ass chords as well, so I believe I may have bitten off more than I can chew trying to emulate those boys right out of the starting gate. I might have to go back to some Pinhead Gunpowder instead to tighten up. Don't want to get discouraged too easily... 

The only thing is, my new guitar keeps falling out of tune. Lots. It's pretty discouraging when you A. haven't picked up a 6 stringed instrument in a while and B. know that you're playing the god damn song correctly... it just doesn't sound that way. I'm going to look at a Boss TU-2 stompbox for a very very good price today. I've been wanting one for a while, and finally found a deal on one, though they're well worth the c-note. Of course there was that moment of absolute horror last night where I scolded myself for thinking a cheap ass brand new Epiphone would stay in tune... but really? A guitar should stay in tune for at least one song, regardless. It's like having a fridge that doesn't get cold. I hope the TU-2 along with a setup job solves the problem.

All in all, bad week turned around so far.