We did some final adjustments to the melody and lyrics and were quite happy with the result. Maybe there are a few minor tweaks to be done here and there, but the melody is solid now. We are ready for the final recording.

Dear Stranger started to take shape to its final form. The rest of the day was spent on more experimentation of different song templates. Everything sounds promising so far, but Dear Stranger at this point seems our top pick.

We have always found it funny when Harri gives his composition templates to our band and calls them pop-music. For the rest of us things sound much more complicated than that description. Anyway we all thought that these new tracks would fit our band just perfectly and can’t wait to get them done as well….

Today we did some experimenting with some song templates we had created. But the most significant achievement were the melody bits for Dear Stranger. We were excited when the day was done.

When exactly did this all begin? Hard to say. We could mark the beginning date to our first vocals demo recording. Maybe it was then, when we realized that this could be something truly special. We had the instruments, we had the sound, we had the song structure and arrangement. But when we got the…