Thanks so much, Floyd... praise from you is much appreciated.

My voice... is what it is. Forty years of smoking (now ended), proximity effect, excessive reverb, and hitting some Ozone 5 presets (don't know what I am doing there, yet... just punching buttons until it sounds good). Fact is, I generally wish my voice was more like yours, or maybe a little higher... It's taken me a long time to realize that the baritones (Sinatra, Como, Elvis, and yes, Waits) of the world really do seem more solid... But have always wanted to be a tenor... I guess because that's what the great doo ***** leads of my youth generally were (Dion, Johnny Maestro, ).

Your advice on the Bridge placement is right on, and I thought long and hard about it... I settled on this structure mainly because it makes a better psychological story for the character... to be thinking to himself about his "finding himself" after he has made his lame, hurtful excuses to his date. But I bet you are right... music trumps psychology.

Brad -- My FAWM