Thanks again for lending me your ears...
@Skub - Glad you liked it...One of the genres on my list is a bit more adventurous prog rock, with wierd time sigs (can't play those drums I'm afraid), the ubiquitous Hammond B3, probably end up as a mashup of something like 'Frame by Frame' by Crimson, 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus...would I be brave enough to do the funky lead yodelling?...and something entirely off the radar, (there's a song on my drum kit that you can play along to called 'Wicked' and I might just use that as the backing drums, and it is wicked indeed)...been toying with an idea I've had for ages, 4/4, 5/4,6/8, 7/4 then back again, might not work but I just like the 'sequentialness' of it all.
@Neil C - Thaks Neil for the comments, Never thought of that really, made me think to put some horns i there somewhere...Yes, it's to learn how 'they' did it, in all aspects, lyrics, harmonies, instrumentation, vocals and production, it does take ages, and sometimes I feel I've missed the target, but I've learned so much, especially on the production and arrangement side.
As to What's the real CPM? Well I've changed though this process, I didn't think I'd love the EDM production as much as I do, also 'Texas Twister' and 'Lets Play a Game 1962' were really very enjoyable, getting a real Texas vocalist was really a lucky break, but enabled me to capture exactly the vibe I was after. the '70's thang was a right gas too, 'SuperFunk 77' and 'Dance HJ' both had me dancing about in my car, singing my head off.
I suppose I'm evolving, and the comments I get here, are always very helpful in knowing how my un mapped jouney is going.
@LostBoy - Cheers man, My pecks are to die from, not for..
@MonnoDB - K you're too kind, a bass is just a long necked, string challenged Axe...one just needs to play it not like a lead or rhtymn guitar, and listen to what the drummer's doing...