She puts her hours in. Many days, she practices for four hours. She's kept up that schedule since 2018. She still has tons of questions and all sorts of things she's still learning, but I can compose to her skill level and I can always cover the more complicated bits if needed.
For a while, she was learning slide and it mostly sounded like she was murdering cats. While she has improved, it's not enough improvement for me to suggest she cover a role that includes slide guitar.
I didn't really think of TSO, just melodic metal was the thinking. The name actually came before the full music. I picked the concept and then composed to meet that element. It was not unlike being in a studio as a gun for hire and asked to fit a theme. Well, in this case I didn't earn $80 an hour for my work... So, there's that...
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