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Looking forward to my 3rd FAWM! I've learned a lot over the last couple of years and feel I've got a good process in place.

I'll be using Band in a Box as my primary writing tool; I find it keeps me moving forward while producing good-sounding recordings that keep me from getting too caught up in the recording and mixing process. I do hope/plan to have time to add my own guitar and bass parts when inspiration strikes.

Also, really working on my lyric writing. This has always been the hardest part for me. I'll admit up front, I've been using AI as a tool to work through ideas. I let it re-write things for me that I then re-write again, or I let it start off with the story I'm trying to tell and then piece together things from different iterations it creates (I'm mostly using Google Bard). Generally, it's another tool that keeps me moving forward.

I'm around all of February this year, so I am hoping to do more 4-Track Challenges. Thinking I'll try to do one in each position this year.

Core Influences: Grateful Dead, Ween, Phish, Yonder Mountain String Band (Jeff Austin years), The Beatles, The Who, String Cheese Incident (early years)

Recent Deep Dives: Hiss Golden Messenger, Circles Around the Sun, Octave Cat, Rose City Band, Chris Forsyth