Eighty songwriters hungry for feedback; Dan Hill the star on a panel of five members of the Canadian Music Industry. Each songwriter got to drop a one-song demo CD with lyric sheets into the draw. Mine came up third!
Most people heard the same advice, (me included!) Move the chorus to come right after the first verse. With attention spans getting shorter and more music to surf at the click of a button, you have to grab the listener RIGHT AWAY! So, "Single Life" now has the first chorus right after the first verse. Yes, it works better for this purpose. You can hear the results at: https://noisetrade.com/geoffbell
Dan Hill liked my lyrics, but suggested that I completely change the genre to a blues song. A BLUES song? Really? This definitely would radically alter the whole feeling and message! But then, who am I to argue with Dan Hill, singer/songwriter extraordinaire for 30 years? So, work has begun to re-imagine "Single Life" as a wailing blues song.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
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