Steve, thanks for your additional comments and for listening to both of my demos. What would you do with this song? Here are links to both versions that are unlisted (only for those who have the link because I haven't released these songs to the public) on my Youtube channel: He also hasn't heard the gradual change version. My producer also didn't like the tempo change version (I only shared the abrupt version with him) and claimed that it would be more appropriate to introduce faster-played instruments for the bridge (like a staccato violin, for example), but he hasn't heard how the bridge sounds without a tempo change. However, my friend liked that one better.

When they listened to the version without the tempo change, my wife didn't like that one either because the bridge sounded too slow (like the words were dragging), which was also my impression. But my wife and a friend didn't like how it sounded to their ears. This also sounds fine to my ears because it complements the lyrics and enhances the musical hook that coincides with the first word in the chorus. Then at the end of the bridge, I do make an abrupt change back to 100 for the chorus that begins next. The gradual increase in tempo is still noticeable but is much more aesthetically pleasing.

Because a change from 100 to 120 on the first measure of the bridge is too abrupt, I made it occur much more gradually by starting four measures earlier and first changing the tempo to 105, then 110, then 115, and finally to 120. Changing the tempo from 100 (which it was for the verses and chorus) to 120 works very well for a 3/4 time sig in BiaB.

The lyrics for the bridge also require a change from a 4/4 time sig to a 3/4 time sig. I wrote a song that I believe needs to have the tempo increased by 20% for the bridge but don't know if this will be acceptable to listeners.

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