The Candy Twins - Hold On To Your Memories

[reliablebow]

Great voice! Yeah, and that certain craazy equine sound...Love your sound my friend!

[logana13]

wow, excellent lyrics, again, and the music's so perfect for them, the whole thing really conveys the kinda sad hope sitaution thing to me.

[secretstrummer]

Many thanks! This was one of four I did in the studio recently. Not sure which part of the UK your uni is, but if you're anywhere near London the guy I used is well worth it - because he'll produce you plus add all the additional instrumentation. So if you wanted to do a demo he'd be a good place to start.

[logana13]

lol, VERY flattering that anybody'd think i should/could do a demo, but the vids i've uploaded are pretty much my first forrays into half-decent songwriting, i'm currently highly dubious that i can equal seasons or no particular insight, heh.. but like i say, wow, thanks :)

[frank10132554]

sounds like pearl jam. but i think its still good

[secretstrummer]

Pearl Jam - that's a new one. Comparisons so far have been Joy Division, the Wedding Present, Sugar and Bob Mould. But even though I'm not a Pearl Jam fan I'll take it as a compliment. Cheers!

[catchatune]

great song!

one of your best!!

thanks

[secretstrummer]

Cheers Stephen - very kind.

[beirouth]

This is my favourite I think, more closely to my tastes than the others! I rellay like the neil strumming feel and the chorus is beautiful! Amazingly well done!

[secretstrummer]

Cheers beirouth - very kind of you. It's pretty much the same chords all the way through played in slightly different positions with a few variations, but as a result the chorus sounds quite different, cos I play some sort of Em 7/G thingy up at the 14th and 15th frets.

[secretstrummer]

Beirouth you've gone. Why have YouTube deleted you? Their and our loss but I hope you come back in some form because I liked watching your stuff as that Atlantic breeze blew in over the Azores. YouTube should be ashamed!

[AnnieCanada]

Yes, This is an excellent Song~ Love this one!, and Love your Editing too~ Your voice sounds so Good!

[secretstrummer]

Thanks Annie. I enjoyed doing the vocal on this one, 'cos I kind of imagined myself in the situation.

[beedox5]

Yet another great song. I agree about the guitar on it...I love it's treble twang. Also, the vocal melody is nice.

I can hear the Neil Young influence in the guitar changes during the chorus. Very cool.

Looking forward to your record coming out one day soon. :)

[secretstrummer]

Cheers Neil. Many thanks indeed for the great comment!

[modernoracle]

Simply said, a HIT!

[secretstrummer]

Many thanks - I hope so. But probably more of an album track. Cheers anyway!

[bonzosmontreux77]

Great as usual! You should definitely do an album; I'll supply the B-sides!

[secretstrummer]

Cheers Bonzos. I think that tune of yours is an A-side - I just need to work out how to play it. I'm going to try to get the gigs going and see if we can sell some CDs at them - I think I'd need to sell 100 or so EPs to cover the cost of the studio so far and release stuff for the next stage.

[g6120]

This is absolutely stunningly awesome.

The production made it so much better.

Your vocal is opened up here.

[secretstrummer]

Cheers Gil for the lovely comment. Much appreciated. The producer wasn't familiar with Neil Young so I had to tap out the beat I wanted, which is pretty close to Out On The Weekend I think. But I tried hard to sing with an English rather than cod north American accent - ie in my natural voice.

[KrisShred]

Beautiful song and superb production :)

[secretstrummer]

Many thanks Kris

[foggonthetyne]

The studio mix has added a good depth to the sound without losing the acoustic feel. Another gem.

[secretstrummer]

Cheers fogg. I like the way the guitar chops along with all the treble set to max.

[1after909]

This is my favorite song of yours great lyrics and emotions

[secretstrummer]

Many thanks again Jon. I'm glad someone agrees - my favourite too of the produced ones. I like the story (fictional!). Imagine a last dance with an old girlfriend (or boyfriend) and there you are ...