Hi Skyline,

Thank you so much for your comments. They give me a little more confidence in my recording efforts.

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments regarding the production, or lack of, on some of the tracks. My only defence is that, whilst I love the songwriting process with a passion, I hate the recording and production process equally. So my approach to my demos is very much in the "That will do!" vein.

It's not that I wouldn't like to have them arranged with a little more flair, but that I lack the technical knowledge and patience. I'm always in a hurry to work on the next song! And with a backlog of 200 songs and writing new material all the time, I'm always eager to finish and move on!

Probably not the best approach but I feel that, as you stated yourself, they are demos to sell the song, rather than a fully produced track for release. So hopefully I can get away with it!! But it is one of the reasons why I have started having some of my songs recorded at a professional demo studio.

As to the "Americanisation" of the vocals, I have an equal aversion to songs performed with an overly "English" phrasing. Chris de Burgh rhyming "Dance" and "Romance" is a prime example of how it can grate!!

Having said that, I don't think I "Americanise" as much as simply use a lazy English style with long vowels that I feel suit the song. My aim is to sell the songs, and as the world is attuned to that sound already,I feel I give my material more chance of success if they carry the sound that most people are already used to. But I take your point!

Re your question, everything barring the lead and backing vocals are BIAB/RB

I'm assuming you're the fella who remixed "And So It Goes" for Jan, in which case - great job sir!!

Thanks again

Martin

Music is what feelings sound like.