Would you welcome an extended era of FM without SN?

[nicole21290]

As far as specific examples goes, using this one might have no bearing at all, depending on how you view CAH and what she says but for what it's worth...

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Tonight Stevie had brought in one of her songs with melody and lyrics already laid down over a simple basic track. Even though it was obvious that the song needed to be recorded professionally, to me it already sounded great. But not good enough, apparently, for Lindsey.

Stevie, standing in the middle of the room, kept a serene smile on her face as the band listened to her new song, “Storms.” As the last note faded away she looked around the room, waiting for the positive comments and feedback that she obviously felt the song would garner from everyone present. And then it all started to turn ugly.

With a slight twisted smile on his face, Lindsey drew first blood. Going over her new song bit by bit - pointing out how this part was crap, the next part needed to be raised or lowered by two octaves and this section desperately needed a new melody lines - he tore it apart. By the time he was finished dissecting everything in detail about what was wrong with the song, he smiled serenely and said, “I like it, Stevie. It just needs some work, that’s all.”

As Stevie listened to Lindsey’s comments you could almost see the steam coming off her. With sarcasm and hurt dripping from every word, she began to lash out at Lindsey and his suggestions. She knew what she wanted for her songs. And while she was more than willing to accept his input and his creative genius, she wouldn’t let him take over her musical creations completely. She just wouldn’t have it. And the end result was always the same: a snarling, vicious battle over her music.

For, without fail, the parts of a song that Lindsey didn’t like or outright hated were the parts of that song that Stevie loved. Their angry debates would quickly escalate to a screaming match, with stomping around (by Lindsey) and tears (from Stevie).