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It sounds to me as if you are just learning or just starting to write songs. There is nothing wrong with that. My first suggestion is to write 100 more complete songs before spending money in a studio. By song 99 you will have probably scrapped or altered the songs you have posted. If you are recording them for private purposes then fine, but to send them out, they need work.
There isn't much confidence with the players involved. At least it sounds that way to me. It isn't that your songs are terrible, but if Burton Cummings or Blue Rodeo got ahold of them as they are, even as rough as they are, you would hear the confidence and energy. Don't hold back, let er rip.
Even acoustically you can make interesting in roads to embellish your songs. Dynamics, tempo changes, differing texture, using chord inversions during verses or the chorus, using stops and pauses with the instrumentation etc. It is your canvas, make it something.
The last song had the most potential. Somewhat Framptonesque. The second one (I think) sounded like Nirvana. The hardest thing for people writing and playing music is to create an identity. Hence this is where the 100 songs come into play. I'm not judging your songs per se, because that is subjective, but by living and breathing those songs, and your identity and style will show through.
Hope I don't get ripped to shreds by you or anyone else. I earn my living as a musician and am just giving some suggestions of my initial reaction so to maybe help the process you are involved in. Let's hear some more.
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