Rob:

Thanks. Never listened to Belew, so I'll take your word for it!

Steve: Just so ya know, I don't even go to Church except the holidays, which I guess makes me a not-so-good catholic. But I am of the opinion that I can do any style of music, any time I want, and as long as it is honest, and I work hard enough, it will hit a chord with somebody.

Hi, James,

This is really cool!  Sounds almost 70's "Beatle-esque".

The guitars sound full with shimmering tone, the drums sound perfect, and the punchy, well-rounded bass is to die for.  I also agree with Guitartrek about the Lennon reference on the vocals, they're right on the money and fit like a glove to this genre.

Really dynamite!
Bob

I really like the tone, but this doesn't really remind me of many of the CCM bands that I ever listened to.  Really nice production, good playin as well !!!!!!


-TAP-

Very nice James. Great vox and your guitar work always rocks. Me likes the bass line.  Someone mentioned DL and I agree.

Great energy tune!  You do take me back to the 80's though!  That's good - bring' em back (re talent/sound/dynamics).

Good separation - nice vox! 

What were you using for drums?  Nice kit.

Martin Barret
(I too speak Christianese....)

Bob:

With my rather blatant "More Than A Feeling" fade in, I can't imagine where you got a 70s vibe from!

Tom:

Thanks for compliments. I have a rather poor opinion (deservedly so!) of my vocals, mostly cuz it takes a lot of wizardry in the mixdown to make them sound passable.  So I take it as more of a kind comment on my mixing skills than singing skills.

Tap:

Thanks. 

Rollin:
 
The only thing consistent about Factory Yoyo is everything is usually different, whether it be pop, heavy metal, classical, techno, dance... Check out my other incarnations Sofa and BadRayUK. Thanks for the listen.



Trucker, SMB, Tony:


Gracias. I have actually started practicing guitar again after about, I dunno, 25 years of just playing, and my next tune might be a guitar revelation for some Hammertoe listeners.


Martin:
Addictive Drums slightly modified PopRock Kit. With some nice pumping compression via my tRackS Farichild 670 emulator.

Sounds great man, nice energy. I'm not a big fan of most christian rock type stuff, seems to be alot of copycat-ing going on in that genre. This tune doesn't have that problem though, sounds very original (except the "want somebody to love" Mathew Sweet snag) wich I love anyway.) Dig the BGV's alot, great stuff, you're definitely multi-talented.

Alkie, Ed:

Thanks.

Mark:

Of course Jesus loves this! I am sure He gets as sick of formulaic CCM as the rest of us.

This is definitely a great song (as I previously posted). 

I thought I'd chime in on the CCM thing.
I play on the worship team at my church, and mostly write Christian based songs (lately), but I have to say, I hate most CCM.  I think there's a difference between CCM and Christian Rock.  Jamesyoyo's song is Christian Rock.  When I think of CCM, I think of John Tesh (and want to puke). 
There are great bands doing Christian rock or alternative Christian rock.  Decyfer Down's songs Fading, Crash, and Moving On are great songs.  Other great Christian rock bands right now: Skillet, Santus Real, Flyleaf, Fireflight, Reliant K, Kutless.  Tobymac does some decent hiphop/pop Christian music.
Two radio stations illustrate the difference:
KLOVE radio = CCM (John Tesh radio, literally.  He does a radio show these stations)
Air1 radio = Christian Alternative/Rock

I sprinkle an Air1 station in with my classic rock, rock, and alternative stations.  I even sometimes find my way over to the country station to see what's going on, but I don't stay long.  All things in moderation; including moderation.

Jim,
I'm not sure what you mean by "in context only," but you're right, their lyrics may not always include the words God or Christ, but we're not talking about "congregational worship" music here.  This is rock.  It's more about themes: positive, uplifting, etc.  Fading is about overcoming addiction and asking to be saved (I know, not necessarily a Christian only theme).  They have some songs that are lyrically more obviously Christian in tone: Forever With You, Never Lost, Best I Can. 

If you check out their bio's on their website, they all talk about God and that sort of thing:
Brandon Mills (guitarist Decyfer Down)
"Growing up I realized God's love and grace in many areas of my life. I soon realized that God wanted to use the talent He had given me to tell of His truth and love. To lift people up and not tear them down it's been an interesting journey so far. I feel so blessed to be in a band with such great guys that have the same heart."

Anyway, I guess I'm saying that not every song from a Christian band is going to be a "worship" song.  Likewise, not every non-Christian rock song is going to be about getting drunk and/or getting laid--though many of the best one's are (sigh, sometimes I miss college).  The music would certainly be boring if that were the case.

I'm guessing that Decyfer Down probably would like to be thought of as just a rock band as opposed to a Christian rock band, so they are not pigeonholed onto one kind of radio station only (the band Switchfoot, for example, gets radio play on both Christian and secular stations).  But they certainly aren't afraid of talking about their faith and writing songs about it, and appearing live on Air1 (an overtly Christian rock radio station).

OK.  End rant.

The bass riff is oustanding.

I liked those panned vocal add ons.

Philip:

To see a lot of insecure closet ‘Christians’ open up a little here (for the 1st time), that says a lot (to me). 

Yet another valuable service provided by your friends at Factory Yoyo! :)




Venus:


Glad you liked it.

Jon:

The Bowie thing I really don't get, nor the JeffAir reference, but the Edmunds thing, most definitely.

Thanks for the listen, and, on behalf of all turkey-and-stuffing lovers, thanks to your ancestors for kicking out the Pilgrims.