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The feedback's great and needed. That's why I asked for it.
In light of what you wrote I should probably clear some things up though. Namely that my co-writer Will is doing a lot of lead vocal on Love Train - including the long hold ons. I'm doing the vox in the big guitar section (the catchy part?), and we're both doing the chanted backing vocals. However I did play everything and arranged it all.
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Yes, the guitar part is the catchy part I was referring to. Whew - glad that's your part, like that best of the whole thing.
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I'm not sure if you picked up that the songs were each written/recorded in a day.
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No, didn't see that...
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So as far as production goes I haven't spent much time on it. Ironic that you cited overproduction 
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Well, overproduction doesn't necessarily mean that you worked on it for ages - I'm just trying to find the right word here. You often get a production a bit like that when it's too flat and smooth - it has no rough edges, no layers. But that you worked on it for so only little time explains the drum sound I tink (or maybe you just like a drum sound like that, LOL!)
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And the 'choir' is just me,  although the co-writer of the first song sings a harmony line.
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I know Hugh - don't you know the term 'choir'? Maybe it's a Dutch thing, but to me, in pop music, 'choirs' (with a diminutive suffix in Dutch, so "choirlets"
) are just backings like the ones you did - I alsways call that choirs. Maybe in English the term can only refer to real choirs? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
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Apart from her and the aforementioned Will, I did the lot from scratch on my laptop in a few hour per song, so I'm not too fazed by production criticisms. Especially knowing your genre tastes...
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Uh, actually I listen to classical music mostly, Hugh.
But it's amazing that you can do so much on a laptop....wow!!
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(I watched the lost highway back to back with Mullholland Drive the other night BTW) The feedback is good in terms of developing direction, as I'm writing with some new co-writers. I do like what's going on, but I'm sure the songs will develop as time goes on.
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LOL, you watched LS again? Did you still like it? Hey, did you know that the actor who plays the creepy guy is being tried for murder on his wife?
OK, I see your point about production... it seems flat, as if it has only one layer, but that's probably due to time being limited and recording on your laptop.
I still think some of the song structures are far less original than earlier things you did though, but oh well
Good luck with it, Hugh! [img]smile.gif[/img] And I hope you'll keep us all updated when you have time