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I've spent my life grumbling about how terrible the Imperial system is ("How many yards in a mile?") and my music-studying teenager is very much the same about crotchets and quavers and that.

This is more of a test of an alternative way to do demos. Since I'm poor at mixing a full song, I figure I'll do songs live, but record the guitar and mic with Cakewalk. Then I mix that with some compression and reverb, sync the mixed audio file with the video (a big clap has worked for 80 years) and export that. What do you think? The story is something a security guard told me years ago, and I kinda think Security Guards are a good subject for folk or country songs. They're the zero-hours precariat now there's no cowboys. Sorry about the pun in the title, couldn't resist it. "In Security" - demo video

I like it, but I liked it better with just the guitar and your voice The guitar sounds like it's here in the room, and I'd like your voice more up front. Maybe a key change middle 8 at around 1'30? It does have an enjoyable warmth, for sure.

Thank you - I wasn't being nowty, I just wanted to check. I thought I'd put lots of rhyme in, and that my metre skipped like a pebble over placid pond. Clearly not. I fear if I start changing the rhythm, the whole thing will fall apart, like picking at the stitching in a woollen jumper. I need to find me speedier singer, perhaps.

Thanks Tom There are a lot of words in there, for sure. I was thinking of something like "Jackson" by Mr & Mrs Cash, which has a lot of words and they bounce along. Are you saying that I'm trying to stick too rigidly to rhyme and metre, or that I'm not doing so enough? Cheers Tony

I thought it sounded alright - I accept that mixing is my weakest area, though.

Happy NuYear y'all I've accidentally written a romantic, optimistic pop/country song for female voice, which is a shame as I'm a man with no knowledge of the pop-country scene. So my question is - what next? I've recorded a basic demo of me singing it for you to listen to. Do you think it's finished? Is it any good? And then what? Yes, it would be good to have a demo with a female singer, but I'd rather have a female singer take off with it and fly. I know this song won't make me a millionaire songwriter, but I would like the song to have some life in the outside world. 🙂 All thoughts gratefully appreciated. Love True by Tony Jones