Hello my dear, yeah between trying to finish the album, playing live and actual life happening and ambushing me, I do have a couple ideas for tracks, but nothing like a full song.
The idea is to get life back in order first (no worries, nothing terrible, just inconvenient), then finish the album, then start writing new stuff.
Oh, and play live of course, I'll have a "paid" performance this Sunday :D
How's life for the sisters?

Well, by Russian standards this hardly counts as snow, but by Athens standards, this is quite a lot ;)
https://i.imgur.com/cmuNfcY.jpg

Thank you :)

Haha toppert. Dank je wel :)
Dr komt nog meer aan, dus stay tuned!

Thanks so much Mark, a compliment from the master means a lot :)

Dude, I'm floored by that. Thank you so much for that, that truly means a lot. That brought a little tear to my eye (more than one, to be honest).

Thank you so much. IF you like the looperman version, maybe you also want to check this one: https://youtu.be/ukBUDm18JAw

Wow. I need a walk, that was huge. I have to stop reading your comment or I'll really burst into tears. Thanks man (person (banana)).

Thanks Mykael! We know each other's taste and that makes a comment like that extra wonderful.

I'm not sure I could actually do it, but I'd love to try to write something for you to record. Drop me a DM if you would consider that (and no worries if you have your own sources).

Thanks a lot Wayne and glad to have you back. Hope life doesn't overload you too much!

That super Manuela!
I just had a session with my producer friend and he was also generally positive; much more so than on the "I'm sorry" track which needs a lot more work, especially on the bass and drums, but even in general, on the composition. Actually, even the lyrics.

This one he commented to tighten up the vocals more, which I'm going to do, and he had some ideas to make the piano and drums sound a bit better.

All lovely. I need to find a balance between making the most of tracks and also leaving sufficient space for new tracks... But this is one that I think deserves some love :)

Thanks so much Manuela!

{{{{{{Manu}}}}}}

(And Michael too ;) )

Hey buddy of course Manuela is sincere, nobody is thinking otherwise! I live her very much and she is always incredibly helpful. I really really appreciate every comment she makes and I totally appreciate every critical comment. Those are the best comments, and I wish everyone would do that!

They don't even have to be nice, but Manu always manages to do it in a respectful way. She has years of experience and a wealth of knowledge and it's totally amazing and great she shares some of that here. Couldn't be better.

Also, don't hesitate to give me similar advice. I'm very sorry if I gave the impression I didn't like it - the opposite is true. 1 comment saying "ooh, this is a bit XYZ" is 100 times more helpful than 100 comments saying "yeah great" (although of course I also like those ;) )

Again, I love what Manu said, but I felt I knew her well enough to also make a little joke :) my apologies if that wasn't clear to you :)

All good my man! Thanks for listening and commenting, even commenting that the reply wasn't clear is a useful comment, so thanks for that!

Thanks a lot Paul, that is very much appreciated :)

Hahaha I was just yanking your chain a bit. Pulling your leg, as it were. No worries, I totally got what you meant, but I decided to make a todo list myself.
I already started a bit and especially upgraded the vocals a bit and applied some EQ and compression on the instruments. See if you like the difference :)

Your production values are so much better, and I have to say I enjoyed the structure of your song just fine. I gave it another listen and it's a really excellent track!
Maybe we need to set up an exchange - you produce my track and I do the minimum of (re)arrangements on yours :)

Thanks for listening my friend!

Ok now I know mow you're taking the piss ;)

Of course I need your advice, well intended or not. In fact, the way you say it is how I would react to an unruly teenager who never listens... So now I'm thinking which of the lessons didn't I follow?

Well, there are many:
- it's too draft
- the vocals are very unfinished and need to also be more aligned with the music
- there's a transition where I took the lazy option of just copy pasting something from another section rather than re-recording it, and it sounds weird
- I think I need to put some high pass filters on the groups to let the bass/mid come out more
- the keys overlap with the vocals and the guitars, and I'm not 100% sure where to put them, as this is simply the sound I like
- the drums were a quick setup as a placeholder. I made some improvements which made it worse, so I need to take the track to the practice room, listen a couple times without drums and start from scratch

More ideas?
I mean, I say Steely Dan, but I'm sure Becker and Dagen would be appalled by this mess.

...which is why I put up tracks like this when it's fresh and exciting, not the next morning when I think I failed entirely and should move into something more suited to my talents, like collecting pet rocks or something ;)

Mit schoenen Gruessen,

B.

Thanks a lot Majid, much appreciated :) I hope you can hear the joy I had making it (and a bit of the pain in the lyrics)

Thanks a lot man! Still needs some work but this is one of those tracks I got really enthousiastic about when playing and then I just have to show it to people... so thanks for listening :)