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Article Title:	Foundations
Author of reported comment:	Paul Loader
Comment Date:	09:43 on Sep 30 2010
Comment:	If my review caused you any offense or discouragement I really do apologise as this really was not my intention. As you will see by my review rating I felt that as a debut the album has merit and for the most part it was a solid and enjoyable offering with a fantastic message. However; I feel I must respond to your two main comments. Firstly I did not in anyway criticise your singing ( a singer myself I would never be that churlish or hurtful) I simply meant that at times the ‘style’ of your singing felt a little at odds with the heavy rock backing. The second point was more serious in its making. I agree with you whole heartedly when you say that we should never apologise for our faith. I also agree that sometimes we can be subtle to the point of ‘hiding’. My point was not the actual message content but the language used. At times the words that you used were very much ‘traditional church’ language and at moments I felt (and this is purely a personal opinion) that words and sentences were ‘made’ to fit for the sake of the message at the expense of the song. I was once chastised for doing the same thing myself by a producer who accused me of writing ‘bad English’. He made me write many of my lines again keeping the flow of the language I was using in mind and the songs were so much better for it and the message even more powerful. In terms of my comment about the studio I actually meant that your songs had so much going for them that a really experienced producer could have brought that out even more, as I said I have had personal experience of this myself. Please believe me when I say that I have much respect for your ministry and your heart for sharing the gospel and would hate to feel that my words have discouraged you in anyway.

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