My dear girlfriend Carol Ann is a rhetoric and writing teacher. She knows the same things songwriters know: "re-writing is our life" : ) So it is.
I took "That's Where We Belong" to my NSAI regional in Little Rock last Saturday and had some very, very different feedback on it than I have been getting from Lucky 13. While I do consider their feedback important to listen to, I have spent my rework and rewrite time focusing on the things Lucky 13 has told me to work on and I'm finally ready for my third eval on the song. I'll submit it tomorrow.
My dear girlfriend Carol Ann is a rhetoric and writing teacher. She knows the same things songwriters know: "re-writing is our life" : ) So it is.
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Lucky 13 had some complimentary things for the changes in the second version of "That's Where We Belong" and some more suggestion. As has happened before, when the song gets tightened up in general, it exposes some more weaknesses that weren't apparent before. I appreciate Lucky 13 because he takes the time to listen multiple times before forming an opinion. So... back to rewriting! : )
Still no "Rubbin' Off On Me" demo... patiently waiting. I spent the evening finishing up a new version of "That's Where We Belong" as a followup to the eval I got from NSAI last week. The evaluator recommended upping the tempo, which I did, as well as some lyric changes were focus was lost and particularly melodic changes. Rather than take the song "heavier" or "darker" I took it down the Motown road ala Billy Currington.
I will be on the road again for most of the rest of the week, so I am glad I got to finish it up before the week gets much busier. |
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