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Track four

Where the fourth track is stuck.

TOPIC

Half-time bridge feels right

Everyone nodded when Jules played it stripped back.

DECISIONJules

The chorus hook is the one

Keep the three-note figure dry, no reverb.

FACTAri

That hook is the best thing on the EP

Credit where due, Ari wrote it in ten minutes.

PRAISEJules @Ari

Ari to record the hook dry tonight

Send it to Jules before noon tomorrow.

ACTIONAri @Ari

Maybe drop the synth pad entirely

Floated for now. The song might want the space.

IDEAJules

Jules' voice before Thursday

Two rough nights back to back, protect it.

RISKAri

The sound

What this EP should feel like as a whole.

TOPIC

Raw, close, one-take energy

The reference is early live recordings, not polished pop.

DECISIONAri

Overproduction is the big risk

Last EP lost its edge in the mix.

RISKJules

Acoustic or electronic closer?

Depends on how track four lands.

QUESTIONAri

Ari books two rest days pre-session

No rehearsals Tuesday or Wednesday.

ACTIONAri @Ari

Release plan

Getting the EP heard.

TOPIC

Two singles before the EP

Hook track first, ballad second.

DECISIONJules

Streams of the last single

First two weeks.

Wk 11200playsWk 23400playsCHARTAri

Jules books the listening party

Small room, thirty people, first week of release.

ACTIONJules @Jules

Acoustic version as bonus content

Record it same week, release two weeks after.

DECISIONJules

Jules drafts the acoustic arrangement

Strip the hook to guitar and one vocal.

ACTIONJules @Jules

Track list

What makes the EP and in what order.

TOPIC

Five tracks, no filler

Cut the two half-songs rather than pad it.

DECISIONJules

Hook first, ballad closes

The arc: energy up front, exhale at the end.

FACTAri

Is the instrumental an intro or a waste?

Ninety seconds. Keep or kill?

QUESTIONJules
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