https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/the-strip
 
this is an old one, posted in the spirit of recent happenings

This is fantastic!  I don't remember this, so it's completely new to me.  Wow

I always like your acoustic/electric blends Rob, this is fine example.

VERY cool Bats - great playing as usual

Lynn
This is fantastic!  I don't remember this, so it's completely new to me.  Wow

hi lynn!
thanks for checking this one out......
it kinda chronicles my first trip to 'the strip'
 
or maybe i dreamt the whole thing up.....................

Love the acoustic blend in the beginning.  I might turn them down just a bit.  The guitar is pretty loud as well but I think you wanted that so that's cool.  Great progressive metal.  Great playing as well!
Tom.

jamesg1213
I always like your acoustic/electric blends Rob, this is fine example.

hey james!
the acoustic/electric things are probably the zep influences,
even tho i'm bringing a bit more prog into it

daryl1968
VERY cool Bats - great playing as usual

hi daryl,
thanks for listening

tcolton5
Love the acoustic blend in the beginning.  I might turn them down just a bit.  The guitar is pretty loud as well but I think you wanted that so that's cool.  Great progressive metal.  Great playing as well!
Tom.

hey tcolton, appreciate the comments.....
yea, i wanted the guitar loud at the beginning, 
i wanted it to match the intensity of the electrics,
vs a typical mix where the acoustics are doing a 'mellower' thing,
followed by bombast.....
 
i think i could have done the whole thing with just acoustics.....and it would have conveyed the same idea...
but i like electric!!
LOL
 
i would never characterize what i do as 'metal'.....
 

Nice... I don't remember this one either, but it was really good.   The mix of acoustic and full-on rockin', along with the chord progression in the second half of the verses, reminded me a bit of Extreme.