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Hi Rob and Anne-Marie. Thanks for listening. Love the Joan Baez reference! I must say that although everybody says you shouldn't align or compare yourself with another artist (but rather make your own sound) I am tending to make a parallel with Baez more and more these days. It makes it easy for people to know whether they will relate to your music before they hear it.
Re: Whatever you want…..I have to admit that I haven’t made a start on this project yet….hopefully soon!


Thanks Pat. Always good to get your feet wet. Once your feet are wet you almost always feel like jumping in!


Thanks Peter. The piano (895) was a great find for this piece.


Thanks Floyd. I am sure it will be very interesting.


Thanks Bud and Janice. A lot of fascinating things happen when taking on a project like this. With 50 90 you don’t HAVE to finish. Nobody cares if you do or if you don’t. If you only write one new song then that is okay, it is one more song that you wouldn’t otherwise have.

Another thing is the collaborative environment. There are loads of folks posting lyrics only. They are looking for others to set these to music. I find this incredible because I can scroll through the lyrics and find one to work on that I can relate to or that I think would suit my style.

There is an active forum that helps you generate ideas. They also host these things called “skirmishes” where someone posts a title or phrase or idea and then everyone tries to write and record a song in less than one hour! It is amazing what can come out of these sessions.

Band in a Box is THE most incredible song-writing tool. I cannot understand why everyone who takes on 50 90 does not use it. The next song “Former Lovers” started out as a waltz but it sounded too much like a hymn so it was quickly changed to swing pop hall string quartet while retaining the original chords and melody

I think the key to completing something like this successfully will be to get into a routine and to not spend too long on any one song. On “Former Lovers” I spent far too long on the production.


Thanks Greg. I do tend to be a little erratic!


Thanks Noel. I certainly hope I can finish!


Thank you Dani. I will need more than luck to finish this thing 


Thanks for listening Scott.