this is pretty sweet

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Delicate, emotional, with thoughtful lyrics and a varied vocal
pallate. This has a hushed preciousness to it, and a pop
musical theatre feel, both in the writing and your vocal
quality. Very solid writing and arranging, nice pacing
changes and changes in voice placements, giving the audio a
3D feel. Even tho you are using a vocal pitch fixer/shifter in
places, there are still 2-3 pitch problems in the untouched
phrases in the latter choruses. Still, a really wonderful track.
(Please post your lyrics, it makes it much easier to story the
tune and meaning. Some interesting words, like a choice
between god and holy, I'd like to look at as text)

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Thank you for the thoughtful assessment. I will, indeed, post the lyrics.

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The site wouldn't let me edit the content here, so here's
the lyrics to the track:

%u201CYour Own Words%u201D (by Paul Fidalgo, �2005)

Where were you at the forming of this league of nations?
Did the thought of sharing sovereignty make you mad
enough to kill?
What%u2019d you do when the choice was between good and
glory?
Could you make yourself a better person by the sheer
force of your will?

What%u2019s the last thing you remember?
I want you to live by your own words

There%u2019s your friend, laying injured by the ether
That was your big chance to blow the pain away
But a circle doesn%u2019t have the room for more than one self
at its center
Once the callus formed there was nothing more to say

What%u2019s the worst that could have happened?
I want you to live by your own words

It%u2019s one more thing we have to endure to become human
And the excess of the impulse makes you the genius that
you are
But it%u2019s up to us to decide what to do with what we%u2019re
given
Will you use it to fuel your lantern or to give birth to a
star?

I know you only fight this battle
Because your heart%u2019s more tender than your hand
Please exceed my expectations
I want you to live by your own words

Just once


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Excellent voice and a very cool backing groove. It has a
good beat and I can dance to it.

I'm not usually a fan of these effects on the voice I think
it's done pretty well and in an interesting fashion. There
was one section (it's one more thing we have to endure...)
I feel didn't need the effects at all... you have very pure
voice. That's more a personal preference than anything.

Very good song and very well produced!

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This is such a marvelous production, I really like the vocal
effects. All in all a really well put together tune,
performance and production are top notch
Steve

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Fine track here.
I kinda like the vocal effects on thie beginning, nicely
arranged as well. Wasn't to sure about the mix of effected
vox and then suddenly into normal vocals, they seemed a
little thin compared to the rest. but then thats such a
picky thing really. I thought there were also a couple of
timing issues in a couple of spots between the vocals and
percussion ( midway as the synth gets louder)
Nice pro sound you got going, congrats on the cd baby
thing and getting on itunes..
cool
SlimGirlFat

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