Sorry for the very late reply. Vacation season and all that stuff.

Ryzard - Thank you for your kind words on mastering. That has been something I have been working on for years. One of the things I began doing that works for me is playing the song in my DAW at a very low volume while listening on my headset. At that low level I am looking for anything that is jumping out of where it belongs. Then, I clean up any spots where that happens to the best of my ability. Lastly, my DAW has a final mixing function where it will balance the overall sound so that the song plays at a level that trims down the clipping. Once I raise the volume to normal listening what happens is all the individual tracks are where I like in the whole mix.

Boehm - You are right. I tend to forget to list these types of things. I should know better when interacting with other songwriters! The bass track actually comes with my DAW. I use CakeWalk Sonar Studio (Sorry Real Band. I have been using Cakewalk for a couple of decades and am too deep into it to change now) The Bass, along with the others, are loops that I laid down first and put the live guitar over it where I thought it would best fit amidst all the activity taking place in all the loops. I have to say, the idea was from listening to your songs. I really liked the edgey songwriting style you have. It got me to think outside of the box I am in.

Pat - I Love it. Vegetable Soup of Sound! I think I found my Genre title. For years, I have called it Short Attention Span Music for the lyrically challenged. Because I cannot sing, I tend to make the music non-standard so that it keeps the listener engaged and wondering what is going to happen next. Don't be surprised if you see my stealing your analogy for a genre name.

Thanks Danny C!