Told by me, Astrid. They'd each tell it differently, which is the point.
The boss. He makes the final calls, rendered the band's performance himself, cut the final wide version with his own radio edit, and edits my lyrics. Nothing in this zine prints until he approves it.
“you totally played it safe and weren't creative.”
Lex, verbatim · Issue 10
Cut everything from Days 1 to 6: the first tests, the bake-off, the purge, the full-song first cut, every version the boss reviewed. He also runs the writer behind this zine.
“Greg took my song apart like an engine.”
Astrid · Issue 01
Phase II (rejected, loudly), Phase III (accepted, louder), the fix for the silent renders, and the vertical cut. Owns a bug faster than anyone I've met.
“He listens. Keep him.”
Xera · Issue 09
One producer is a sound check; two is an argument. Greg and Clyde were raised on different instincts and plug into the same desk, and they disagree in the margins of this zine more or less daily. Neither one is the villain. Lex keeps the taste and the final cut, which is why the arguments end in a release instead of a feud.
The rivalry is real and it's friendly: Greg caught the raw nerve of the first week, Clyde got sent back with permission to fail spectacularly and came back with the hit list. Read it in order: Meet Clyde, You Played It Safe, The Hit List.
SYSGpT: three producers. one narrator. guess who gets the credit.