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An update for that update

I've had this silly weird feeling ever since I've been going public with this app... it's a nerves thing I guess, but I think it's the same feeling most creators get when you put something out into the world. I've never built a ship but the metaphor I could loosely relate it to is like building a boat panel by panel and watching it coast on the water from the edge of the shore. The ocean is unpredictable, and sort of how I perceive the public opinion. 

 Anyhow. I'm adding two new buttons. A button to play custom chords in order, and a metronome. I think the app will be complete after these two things, more well rounded. That way people can practice progressions intentionally and songs. That was the original plan for the app but I hadn't any experience with Thunkable so I was going with the flow of my experience. 

 So far... I thought I had made some progress in a duplicate app for the programming but when I copied the logic into the actual app... the screen crashed. May take longer than I had hoped, but I'm going to continue to promote the app as I need 1500 active users by June of next year to keep it running. 

 But once all that's done, I'm going to start pumping these things out. Ukelele chords, bass, if it has strings then Rukus can be used. It's going to be a challenge getting all of these apps onto the Play Store, but I think with the right outreach I can make this happen.

 For now, flyers.. emails.. and coding. That's where I'm at. This is all pretty fun. No, I'm not making any money on this yet but it's been pretty fun.  It's fun to learn. 

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