Think Again w/ Mark Courter on lead

Well Mr. Durod, I was very surprised to hear the double-tracked vocals. This sounds like a different direction for you. I had to listen to this twice. There are parts where the vox, bass and kick all produce a bit too much low -end, so a little judicial use of a hi-pass filter would even things out a bit for you. Like this tune very much. You've got a lot of different flavors in this (especially with your vox) and it shows your creative and mixing skills have gone up a few notches. Mark's lead guitar was the right thing to add to this. Very tasty and expressive and complimented the song. Good to see you back man!

I like the song. Great concept for a tune.

During the solo ( which was pretty good) the bass seemed to fall out a bit... The first part had a nice sound. The bridge had a totally different sound to it. (sonically ..... kinda like it was recorded on a different day with different settings)

Perhaps that was your intention..... just my 2 cents.

Good job...the recording was clean.

I think the drums in the second part need a little more bottom end... the snare was very thin. The lead guitar was nicely played.

The music sounds great.

But the lyrics are the typical misconception of what evolution is all about. Those that understand evolution will never say that man descended from the ape. Man just had the same ancestors as the apes had, but evolved along a different path. In other words, we are related to apes, not their offspring nor their descendents.

Ron

Duane - I think overall it's one of your better mixes, and I'm happy with the way you mixed my guitar track into the song.

Y'all, I appreciate all the positive comments on the guitar bit. I'm working hard at expression.

Ron - I'm not going to take sides here, but, come on, dude. You need to write a song in rebuttal!

Mark

Finally found it ...

I love this ... alot!

Talking --> Singing and the middle 8 lead-guitar (which might be widened?)

Lyrically, your song seems to emphatically follow Hebrews 11:1-4 ... essentially a non-evolutionistic God is parsimonious science and the first criteria of faith. In Alabama, you're singing to the choir. Most everyone is ashamed to talk "evo-trash" (except at funded Alabama universities); ToE-geologists and biologists have about lost all credibility. The ToE seems to thrive better in more socialistic communities, *Christian* or otherwise.

The strong hook for me in Think Again is the short lyrical simplicity that this mega-universe is 'impossible to have evolved by chance' ... everything and every person in it ... the invisible God does it all. Such hooks are extremely difficult, methinks; but well worth the work you put into them. You didn't sing abstract Creo arguments (e.g., "ID", "No new genetic info", "Entropy", "Ex-nihilo", etc.) to win hearts. My 5 y/o can easily sing with Think Again !

Phillip: Glad you liked this one and thanks for the great comments. It seems that it's the simple lyrical hooks that really stick with people, especially when put with a good groove; I'm still working on that! I kind of went out on a limb on this one since it can be such a sore subject................thanks for your support.

Bob: Your comments mean more than you realize, since I'm really trying hard to break out of my mold. Thanks so much and Merry Christmas back at ya'.

Hey Joseph, thanks for the listen and the great comment. Wishing you and yours a very merry christmas!

Cool song & arr

Only one small nitty...the drums..misses "something" do not know exactly what.

Listening on headphones, like the sound of the vocals....interesting lyrics, captured my intrest right away. Some tasty lead guitar, adds a nice dynamic to the song.Think maybe the bass guitar could come up a bit during the solo to add a nice counterpoint . Cool song, enjoyed it!

This is great, Duane! Very good job on the vocals and nice tune too. Good mix and arrangment. Nice job, Mark!

Janet: Thank you very much ma'am, you are too kind!!

Robby: Thanks man. I do the bass myself and I'm extremely limited on my talent, so I'm not to the point of adding fills yet. I just follow the kick and add a slide here and there. I really need to concentrate a little more on it though I guess. I do luuuuv playing the bass, even just plucking to the kick!!

Duane...very daring lyrics...applauds for such a huge undertaking. That acoustic guitar in the center has the sweetest fat sound to it. love it....as all the lead work is quite good. Very nice.

Duane

I'm glad this one popped up again as I kept getting close to it over the Holidays but getting dragged away again before I got to comment, still one thing I did get to listen to it a few times as a result.

I'm gonna stay well out of the theology here as my beliefs are prolly more private than anything else.

But I always love to hear your stuff from both the musical and technical aspects and this is as crystalline a production from you as I've come to expect but it's great to hear you creatively shaking it around some now. To be honest I've always managed to come away with some good ideas from hearing your mixes.

Great vocal clarity here, and Marks contrib is kinda cute, what rocks me with this one though is the fantastic transitions from verse to chorus.

Very catchy, I've caught myself humming it a few times already.

Mark

Maybe it's a translation thing but I dunno if you ever had a delightful looking lady dancing in front of you at a gig and you think to yourself that wiggly move thing she's doing there is 'kinda cute'.

That's the sort of thing the guitar is doing for me on this track if that makes sense I could have said that guitar has got an attractive wiggle goin' on but I thought (maybe wrongly) kinda cute sounded better. I did like it though and wasn't double talkin' ya. You should be grateful for that lady of yours though I don't get that was 'kinda cute' from mine....I normally just get TURN THAT ROW DOWN!!!...