Sproutless 3, The Comeback?

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How could we possibly top the first Prefab Sprout Project (Sproutless albums)? Both albums were incredibly well received and meticulously crafted to be the best that we could possibly make.  Hmm, I know! What if we were to make an album that mirrored the monumental "Jordan: The Comeback". What If we were to gather up some fresh new themes (much like Jordan had) and build the songs from scratch around those predetermined themes.....well, that might be a good start. And, what if we tried to craft the song style and production to also mirror the Jordan album? .......hmm, that would be a challenge, but, allot of fun to try and do.

And so it begins, album #3.

I'd like to invite the public and most certainly anyone who was involved with the first project - to join us once again for our second event and third album.
This project will be much harder to craft than the first, since every song will be written around the predetermined themes I have chosen, so I would like to start by inviting song writers to submit any music they have written, songs that sound like they could have belonged on the Jordan album. But, really I hope to amass a wealthy stock of great melodies to write lyrics to. It makes the most sense to approach the process this way. We gather the melodies and then we gather interested lyricist to join in and write to the music. And I think this process will be a great deal of fun as well.

I would certainly like to invite the musicians back, those who played on the first two albums, and keep the vibe rolling along. In fact, I would prefer to build on the Sproutless sound that had emerged, more so than just the Prefab Sprout sound. Although, I realize that I am splitting hairs here, but I believe that a Sproutless sound is now evident and should be explored further. So, perhaps I will dial down the Paddyesque vocals a notch and flesh out a more natural vocal identity for the next batch of songs, as I  feel the Sprout-related sound will be present enough.   ; )

So, whats the goal here?
Well, eventually down the road a crowdfunding site will be used to raise funds to once again hire the great Sprout drummer -Neil Conti, as well as our very own Thomas Dolby Jr., err .... "Jono Grant", who created some fantastic keyboard production for songs like "Bliss", "Wanderlust", "Love Junkie" and "Fall". I'd like to have Jono at the helm of every song on the album, which will create a needed uniform sound -continuous. Other keyboard players are certainly welcome to join in, but think of Jono as the head hauncho of the keyboard dept.
And of course I would like to bring back the very talented "Andrea Perry" for even more amazing vocal work. These guys are all pro musicians who make music for a living, and they are worth every penny I can give them! And then of course...pressing the CD's. In addition.. I would like to hear from anyone who might like to see all of the Sproutless albums on vinyl. If I hear from enough folks interested in vinyl, then I just might have those pressed too.

I am open to any and all ideas. I will answer any questions (if there are any), and of course "all submissions will be considered".

Day one starts now.  Thanks for reading this long winded post. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers!
Scott