21 June 2001
Response

I've been getting fan mail. *smile* Not only that, I've been getting thoughtful fan mail, messages that show the sender has been listening carefully. It's quite an honor, that, for attention is a precious resource. Many thanks to you out there who've taken time to befriend my songs.

It's also fascinating to see how different people's reactions and preferences are. I've gotten suggestions to move toward a more produced feel -- more instruments, swirling synth noises, driving drum beats. And I've gotten equally eloquent pleas to remain a piano-vocal purist, to preserve the nakedness and honesty of that form. I've gotten detailed interpretations of lyrics and requests to release more instrumental material. People have told me that the songs are in the perfect order on the album, while others have said they had to rearrange them in the player because it didn't feel right. I suppose I could find it all bewildering, and it's true that I'm not getting any definitive message for how to improve. But it's wonderful to hear from people anyway; it means the music has connected somehow. The songs are taking on new lives.

- VT

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