WOW . YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT bet You have a Great Wife : ) Is she on other songs too ? (had to put the earphones on to hear the words exactly, some techniq-thing) These lyrics... well I got a dubblebed & half of it is full of papaers, notes, dictionarys, cds, well You name it ! L O L !

THANX FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC SONG Happy For You : )
Lena

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Thanks, Lena. Your comments have been very encouraging to me. On earphones: I've been mixing the latest batch of songs primarily on headphones. Which, I know is wrong from a production standpoint, but because of my mobile lifestyle, I don't have speakers anymore. Well, I have some, but they're cheap ones for the computer--not suitable for mixing. The headphones I use are pretty good, but sometimes they cause me to make mixing decisions which obscure the lyric too much. I was recently listening to some of the newer songs in the car and was disgusted with how the mix sounded. As for my wife: yes, she's great. More talented than me. But music is work for her in a way that it's relaxation for me. One of her "jobs" is to sort through all of these rough versions I post and say, "I could make this one better." Eventually, a new version of a song will surface on one of our CDs. Our last CD was in 2003 and is available on SoundClick.
We're about due for a new one. She's been writing some new songs. Three of the songs from our previous album can be found on MacJams as free streams/downloads:
The Medium Is The Message
Black Wings
and Lighthouse.

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the drums are well programmed. Song has nice balance. maybe a little bit of Chris Isaacs in there? I'm gonna forward a link to my dad, he'll probably love this.

Mason

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I hadn't really thought Chris Isaak when I did it, but as I'm listening to it again now, I can definitely hear what you're saying. He could do some of those cool falsetto things he does in the bridge. I can't do stuff like that with my voice. And James Calvin Wilsey totally does that arpeggiated thing with his guitar, doesn't he? Yes. This must secretly be a Chris Isaak song. I'd love to hear his band cover it.

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I'm kinda surprised that this song isn't getting more listens. Very nice tune.

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"The pump don't work cuz the Vandals took the handle"

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Great guitar tone. The balace between the acoustic and electric is great. Agree withthe Chris Isaac reference. One suggestion. The snare seems kindda thin and bass drum lacks low-end punch to anchor and drive the songs beat. Other than that little quibble, great tune.
Cheers,
Philip

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Thanks for the feedback. I really didn't do anything with the drums with regards to EQ, so that's definitely an area where I could "play" with it to improve the song.

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