Hey Clint, thanks for listening. Glad you like this one. It kind of does have a little bit of a live quality to it, as you say. The Styx reference is funny because the first time I heard Sean sing on our very first group song, I made the reference that he had a Dennis DeYoung quality to his voice. The song, had a Triumph feel to it the first time I actually heard the song. You mentioned that you agreed with most of the comments above. We did an update on this one, so if you are still hearing some issues, please let us know that we still need to work on something.
A little history on how we ended up recording this song. As a band, between songs and waiting for more to be written, Sean suggested that we each submit an old song of our own solo work, to be re-worked as a group song. He had actually chosen another. I was browsing his songs at his personal Sound Cloud site and fell in love with this song, immediately. I talked him into changing his song to this one and Reece agreed. It has been one of my favorites penned from Sean since the moment I heard it.
Jimmy, thank you also for your comments. The group keeps getting tighter musically and personally as we work together. If something is still off with the instrumentation, it probably means that one of the instruments needs to be nudged a little one way or the other. I don't think it is the Bass on this song, because I checked its timing using Audio Snap when I tracked. If it was off a little in a spot or two, I fixed it right there at the time. I had fun playing Bass on this song by the way. I love the little riff Sean had in the song at the beginning and repeated on the 2nd Verse. It is one of those hooks that draws me in.
I love Sean's voice as well. From the moment I first heard it, I did a happy dance and said to my self...."All right, a real singer!" We really haven't discussed this much as a group, but I think we may all feel the same way. My favorite bands have always been those that have multiple Lead Vocalists. I believe that we will continue with this direction. I like the variety, I know that Sean has encouraged Reece (Ringo) and I (Pretty) to keep singing our own tunes. If it becomes obvious that I am not a good fit for the song, I will gladly turn it over to Sean....after all.....I too love the timbre of his voice. I know this, having both Reece and Sean's talents available to use on my songs, has made me a better singer and musician.
There are many more in the works and we are enjoying the process of working as a group.