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Come on guys...we had some really great lyrics submitted, it would be a shame if they didn't see the light of day in a song! Only 5 days left in November.......;) -Mike

Another winner for my iPod. Fantastic job, Geck. I can't express how much I love your voice (or your "usual croak" as you put it). It fits this song perfectly. Excellent work on the melody - I'm a huge fan of maj7 chords. I found the arrangement to be very Alan Parsons-ish. Which I love...

Well, as I said in a previous post - my job is absolute mayhem for the next few months. But I finally managed to get my little tune put together! As I also said before, this is the most depressing set of lyrics I've written. So as not to make the whole listening experience pure drudgery, I...

Go to JamStudio.com and try that out. Half of my songs use JS as the backing tracks, which I embellish with more guitar, piano etc. Mike

Quote: "...it aint gonna get any better, so hre it is" Wow, I don't think it could get any better, Geck. You use such imagination in how you put your songs together. I love...LOVE....the guitar solo near the end. The way it dramatically changes key, but then brings everything back to the...

By necessity, I mix with headphones (Sennheisers). And I almost always end up with too much bottom end for the car. The speakers rattle the windows, and NOT in a good way. It's hard to convince myself to back off on low EQ when mixing, because it sounds so damn good on the phones! So, I am...

Thanks Dave - it is fun painting this picture! Got two acoustic guitar rhythm tracks done yesterday, for a full, dark guitar sound. I played the same part twice, with 2 different mics, panned left-ish and right-ish. The guitar (Martin Sigma DM-5 with new Elixir strings) has been tuned down a...

I'm not bright enough for vague....I take the direct approach! :D -Mike

I've written a melody. I've been singing the song a cappella in the car, driving to & from work. Hopefully will push the red button on the weekend! -Mike

Wow, that was really a beautiful piece. What did you create it with? -Mike

Great lyrics, Joseph...hope to hear the song soon. -Mike

Well I assembled the drum track today, and when I was pretty far along, my computer locked up, so I lost everything since the last save. SHIT! I had to do half of it again! But, the wheels are rolling! -Mike

Geck, as usual, you have spent a lot of time considering what we have offered up for critique. Thank you for such honest comments. They really do help, at least in my case. -Mike

I LOVE IT! Absolutely count me in. -Mike

Thanks for the comments, cnix. I can't wait to hear what everyone does with their lyrics! -Mike

For me, it's the Elton John method, 100% of the time, except I don't have a Bernie Taupin writing my lyrics! I write a set of lyrics, tweak them around so the rhyming and meter seem to work, then write a melody to those lyrics. I can't do it the other way around, I've tried. -Mike

Your observations are bang on, Joseph...I have come up with a melody and chord structure, and it will indeed be a slow acoustic treatment. I want to make it simple and intimate, along the lines of Nick Drake or Beck Hansen. I will start the recording process over the next few days. Thanks so...

Hah, you'll get corrected alright! :-) What you describe is a "pre-chorus". A bridge and a middle eight are the same thing. Middle eight is a UK term and bridge is US. -Mike

OK so I think I have some recordable lyrics. Now just have to come up with a melody! GONE © 2009 Mike Pilling Empty house, empty streets Same old same old, just repeats Empty feeling in my soul You had gone Empty nights, empty days Stumbling through it, in a haze It was out, of my control...

Hmmm, I like it...thanks Mister! -Mike