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Hi Gail,

I'll tell you about why I put the ocean waves right where I did, in the repeated "run away" section at the end.

I have this belief that a singer's consonants are a vast resevoir of percussive and musical ideas. For instance...for emphasis, I think " L " can be a nice two syllable consonant...say you want the word "love" to really stick out, in your song.. I might approach the word love as two, and maybe three syllables!!! ...so as to give it that extra "umph" of emphasis...like so:

ull LUH vuh

and make sure each syllable sounds "on purpose" by doing it on a subdivision of the beat...or...in a word, rhythmically!

That last crashing wave, is "doubling" the crashing wave that is already there, in the consonants, that I happen to be singing, at the same time!

If you listen there, I am singing

"drive along the beeeeeeee...chhhhhhhhh"

and that "chhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" sounds JUST LIKE a crashing wave, so I doubled it with a real one, and it makes that wave seem perfect there, because the lyric went there at the same time! There's a bit of "onomatopoeia" in the word "beech": when one lets the word linger, one hears the waves crashing!

Truth is I am a frustrated jazz singer who knows the value of consonants, and so "close mics" himself to get the full value of those consonants to shine.

I'm glad you notice Kristi's imagery. It brought the music to life, and made my "job" like an extended playtime.

Thanks again, Gail.

MIke