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Hi Pat,

First of all... thanks for your (two) nice comments.
Let me first tell you how we came to write so many songs.
We had no intention to do so at the beginning of the year, but once we started working with Biab we couldn't stop.
We did most songs we together, sometimes Rob came up with a Biab file he had created, sometimes I did.
Rob wanted to do some of his earlier work again with Biab and we also did some songs on our own. But we always ended up making the final version together, even if we didn't sing in a song.

Then about my "classical project":
The vocal group I sing in (I started it myself some 11 years ago) sings popmusic, all covers for which Rens, our director (has been all those years) writes his own arrangements.
As he has studied music at university he said he would like to do some classical pieces with us (12 female singers).
So... now we sing Dido's Lament (Purcell) and some weeks ago Rens came up with an arrangement of Bon Jour Bon Mois, which was written for just one voice/vocal.
His arrangement is for soprano, mezzo soprano and alto.
Being an alto/tenor myself, I considered it a challenge to sing all three parts myself. Nothing could be repeated, each part is different, neither is there any chorus or something, so... no possibility to "copy and paste".
The soprano part was a matter of struggling with my own limitations/restrictions. There were several parts I had to do over and over again to get them the way they should be done.
But.... never say die, so finally it was all there.
I didn't tell Rens until my "project" was ready.
He's very critical, so when he started telling me, what he would like to be changed/adapted, it meant that it was basically OK.
First of all he wanted me to sing all three parts AGAIN !
I was not allowed to double the tracks and move them a bit.
So... I started all over, again struggling with the soprano part. After that Rens advised me about the effects, because he had a certain sound in mind.
In the end he said "OK, better this way" which is an enormous compliment. Mostly when he thinks we sing very well, he just says, "hm... hm... OK".
Rob helped me with the effects and likes the result so much, that he's going to ask Rens if there is some medieval music we could sing together. They have met several times and next week Rens is going to accompany us as our "roadie" when we have a gig and have to sing for 1 1/2 hours!
Well... I hope I have answered all your questions.
Until we meet next year!

Anne-Marie