Phillip Lemmonds gave feedback on My Country Heart Lives in Tennessee (Work in Progress)

David, I wasn’t implying you copied anything… sometimes good ideas come to more than one person.  I thought the line sounded familiar, might have been from the old Salem TV commercial (You can take Salem out of the country but you can’t take the country out of... Read More

Phillip Lemmonds gave feedback on RISE

Not able to listen to the music right now, but a quick thought on the bridge.  The phrase “blood, sweat and tears” has been overused.  Being a Christian themed song, something like this may work better: He shed his blood and tears, shed for you and me The... Read More

Phillip Lemmonds gave feedback on My Country Heart Lives in Tennessee (Work in Progress)

Hi David!  Haven’t listened to the music yet, don’t want to disturb anybody around me, but reading through the lyrics, first thing I’d suggest is shorten the title to “My Country Heart”. It feels like there’s a couple of cliches in the lyrics.  Since... Read More

Phillip Lemmonds gave feedback on The Africaan Poet

So many things on this one… Should Africaan be spelled with a “k” instead of the “c”? Musically, the production is good, and feels easy going, which belies the ending to the song.  Since there is no chorus, the music feels a little monotonous.  You might consider taking... Read More

Phillip Lemmonds gave feedback on Five-String

I hate to admit it, but I didn’t get what you were doing in the song until the 4th line of the chorus! Let me explain… I usually read the lyric sheet before listening to a song, just to see if anything jumps out to me.  Being in... Read More