The group I play with has been having fun and going through a learning experience with a Tascam overdub recorder. We've had to tear apart some of our songs to record in parts, first the laying down the rhythm tracks (bass & guitar, etc.) and then adding vocals and lead instruments later.

One of the things we have some interesting discussions about is the tempo of certain songs. We're not Bluegrass players, so we're not trying to burn up the strings. The general consensus is that a song sung too fast makes the words hard to understand. Conversely, too slow makes it "boring and dirgey".

One of our group claims that you can slow the tempo but still "drive the beat" although we're all at a loss about how to do that.

Any suggestions or tips on how to arrive at sprightly but understandable lyrics, and how to, instrumentally, make a song move along ?!?