Kludging

Regarding the last couple of posts: I've done a bit of playing around with running some different rhythm loops under the main loops in those two songs that sound too similar to one another.

I find that if I put a different rhythm on one of them, let it sit in the background, stereo-separated (hard-panned left and right on two different tracks), right from measure one .... and on the other song, run an additional rhythm loop ONLY during the first couple of measures before the guitar and bass kick in, then drop it out .... that the particular similarity of the songs' introductions is reduced, and the differences between them are highlighted a bit.

Haven't ripped the current versions to my Nano to let repeat listenings inform me whether it's really enough. But the next major thing would be to stop tweaking the production and get more backing instrument parts on them. And recut the vocals. The laptop mike is pretty awesome for rough takes, but I'm wondering about doing more fully-rehearsed vocals.

It's all VERY interesting, process-wise. And the amount of interest I have in process, rather than only in outcome as in my youth, continues to be a good aspect of all this.