Sweet point Ray, I think, not even so much if the song is good or not, but if the arrangement is good or not determines a great deal how the song sounds. It could be the best song ever written but if you throw ten flanging guitars at it with a fluglehorn it can ruin it ( not that I have anything against fluglehorns!). It can be a horrible song but if it's got great tones and a nice arrangement it's still a horrible song but it more listenable than the flanging-guitarfest.... My point is that I think the arrangement of the song tends to be underated and overlooked by too many people and fluglehorn players (not that fluglehorn players aren't people too.)

Paul Elliott
Head Mastering Engineer
The Soundlab @ Disc Makers