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[D]

Yeah my computer crashed and I lost the Web Templates which made updating my site very easy.

Im gonna re download webpage maker and go back through my emails where Conny explained how to do it and update it etc.

if u want I can email u the two newer songs *arent really new, Altaration was wrote in 2003 and 2 have become 1 was wrote around oct 2004 but Ill send em to your email and u can listen and post if you want too.

I think Altaration is way better than Welcome To Reality but thats only my opinion.

[*Izzy*]

Yeah Altaration would definetly be great as a single when you get a guitar solo in it. If I could give you one piece of advice for the song it would be to hold the note you're singing at around 4:10 and have the next part of the vocals start on another track, so that they're overlaping in a kind of layered way, and keep doing that for the rest of the verses
Sorry if I didn't really make myself clear there but I've never done any studio recording so I don't no all the techincal stuff?
It's a kick ass track and I love the lyrics too, great job

I think 2 Have Become 1 should have a very emotional Patience style acoustic solo in the middle of it but it's defineltley a very good song without that anyway

  Izzy?

[D]

thanks dude!!!!!!!!


Ill take that into consideration, U know during that break where im humming "whoa whoa oh"

that is a harmony for the chorus and Ill go back and see what u are talkin about at 4:10

I still have the solo's,rhythm,bass and those backup vocal harmony things, so ill see how it fits.

Its still not too late for me to throw a nice solo into 2 have become 1, ill see what i can come up with and see if i can fit it in somewhere. how about after that bridge where it ends with "I never knew what beauty was till i looked at u and its all i ever wanna do" how bout after that if i do a nice short melodic solo and have it lead into the big finale chorus that I sing?

would that be cool?

once again I appreciate it!

[*Izzy*]

Yeah that would be a great place for a solo.
I think you should do a short solo or intelude or chord proggresion at 1:27 after "We're in Love, 2 have become 1" and then a slightly longer solo at the place you mentioned

  Izzy?

[conny]

From what I heard so far WELCOME TO REALITY should definetely be the first track on the demo. But I don't know what else you got in store, so...

For "Alteration" you need to listen to appreciate it - so it's not working to get people's "at first sight" attention. Killer album track, maybe opening the second half of the album with its more upbeat and positive theme compared to the darker material that should kick off the album.

[D]

I plan on Seven Days to be the first song to kick off the album and Welcome to Reality following it.

Seven Days is a darker edged type song like Reality but faster and then it drop into the mid tempo stylings of WTR.

Album tracking is gonna be tough cause I have half the album that is lighter and more love and upbeat, but the other half is kinda dark and dreary.

I thought about instead of side A and Side B having a light side, and dark side, all the dark songs on one side, the light songs on the second side.

I also have a trilogy of songs (Someday,Lifetime of Misery, and Scarlett) that Id like to put back to back to back cause they are about the same subject and relate to one another.

A couple posters on my Dean Koontz forum listened to welcome to reality and told me it sounded like a big hit. so Im gonna finish the CD, send u all a copy and if u all will, Ill let u all vote on what u think would be the best song to do first for the first single etc.

Did u ever get 2 Have Become 1 to work yet Conny?


If anyone else is interesting in hearing "Altaration" and "2 have become 1" PM your email addy and Ill send them to u.

[Timothy]

I played "Altaration" and "2 have become 1" for some friends and they liked them a lot .

They thought that "Altaration" would be a really good single choice .

[D]

kick ass dude!!!!!!!

did they really dig em? or were they just being nice?


I appreciate the hell outta that!

[conny]

Yeah, finally "2 Have Become 1" worked. I like the lyrics and the drumming, but the rest doesn't do much for me yet, I think it needs some more time and work. Is that a "fresh" song? It sounds as if you just wrote it a few days ago.

Can't wait to hear another recording of "Alteration", this song really grows on me. I burned myself a CD with some of your stuff, but it's not the real thing. I want these songs the way YOU want them, so keep it going man. You get better and better! 

[Timothy]

They would bull shit when it comes to music ,they really liked it .

[D]

be honest everyone

who thought I was full of shit when I promised I had big guns?


maybe this means Axl isnt full of shit either

when i said I had big guns and got the expectations up, Did Altaration disappoint or surprise you? did it live up to the hype?

be honest.

[journey]

I love Altaration. It's one of my favorites.

[Skeba]

I've listened to Alataration 3 times now. 4 times when I'm done writing this.

The part I like most definately, is the introguitar. I also like the brigde and the way it goes into the first chorus and I like the chorus as well. The synth sound fits the song well too.

The distorted guitar is pretty much a wall of noise, which could be from the recording equipment. It does bring a bit of an indeustrial feel to the song, but I don't know if that's what you're looking for... The drums are a bit dull, as they are from a machine. Meaning there's no fills, and the beat is the same through out the song. I think you also need to work on the vocals, and maybe add a bit of reverb to it. Just so that it would sound more natural.

This is your best song yet, but there is a lot you need to work on. There are some issues with playing in time with the distorted guitar, and in the beginning when the drums kick in. But you are improving. I hope to hear the finished product some day.

[D]

thanks Skeba!

I wish I could get a hold of a set of drums.

I have learned how to do my own drumbeats using the machine, so I will update the drum beat and add some fills manually.

the guitar will sound better once I mix it better and add the other guitar part and the solo's.

Vocals Im gonna nail perfectly for the finished product.

thanks for listening!

[*Izzy*]

I've been listening to Altaration for a while now, it's really growing on me? Yeah the intro is definetley one of the best bits of the song, reminds me of Calafornication or Under the Bridge

  Izzy?

[Sin Cut]

I've listened to altaration and I really like it.

The lyrics are great, I like the intro guitar.
Some drum solos would've been great, but the drum-machine beats does itheir work.
Distortion guitars were as Skeba said a bit like wall of noise, but I got the idea. Some heavy guitar will be great, since this really isn't a song about "all the pretty flowers"

Good work!

[D]

thanks dude! im gonna go back and add some drum fills manually! they should move the song up another notch!

the distorted soundwill also be heavier and crunchier and overall better sounding!

thanks again!

[Queen of Everything]

I cant get into it!!!!!! 

[D]

Sorry to hear that, maybe u will like some of my heavier songs when I finish them


Those on my site are demos and nice finished versions, take that into account

Welcome To Reality is finished but the rest Ive done a lot of touch ups to.

[Queen of Everything]

Hmmm... Do you have a link for me maybe to go on so I can hear??