Originally Posted by Tano Music
David, I completely enjoyed this, both as a passive listener and as an analytic listener. It is so complete, compared to my work where I seem to just get the basic skeletal structure "out there", your work is so thoroughly thought through (th-th-th!), and the result shows.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. That's what this is all about.

Nice alliteration!

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Your mastery of the components is way beyond my comprehension or skill level, and I always take something away.
It's not really mastery - I'm learning like everyone else. For everything that I get right, there are also lots misses. But that's the way we get better, right?

I'm glad you can find something useful in all this. I certainly do when listening to other people's songs.

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I find your postings are like taking a composition/mixing/production course--much to dig into. I have to say that the one thing that I liked best was the short-stopping of the words "undone", "small", and "sad"--I think no one would have any problem if you drew out these words at the end of lines, but cutting them off as you did is pleasing and attention-grabbing (to my ears). excellence once again! Thanks for sharing your work!
Thanks for noticing that!

I started with a lot less syncopation and staccato, but added it in to give some rhythmic interest (as well as a touch of onomatopoeia), and then dialed it back again. It's super helpful to be able to play with phrasing of lines to see what works.

Thanks for listening and your kind words! smile

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?