Philip: Thank you so much for the chance to work on this with you as well as your trust in me to "let myself go" a bit. This was one of the best experiences I've ever had and I'm really happy with the outcome.
Just a quick note about this song for everyone. Philip had another song already written that was pretty good as it was. I believe he posted it on the forum here and got a little mixed feedback. So he passed the song onto me to see if we could improve upon it and suggested possibly turning it into a love power ballad. I wasn't sure it was possible, but then grabbed my acoustic guitar, learned the changes and instant inspiration for this version came about. So I threw a test project together in my spare time, we made changes until we got it where we both were happy and then I went for the real recording and this was what we settled on. :)
LP Mike: Thanks! I appreciate ther kind words.
Shad: Wow, I never expected this...you're usually a very hard sell...glad we won you over this time. Thanks a lot! :)
Rus: Thanks so much brother! Yeah, I did mean that. Totally hard on myself with everything I do...especially vocals because they seem to be the hardest for me to grasp and be consistent with. I struggle with it on a daily basis but just do my best and keep on trying.
Bob: Glad you liked it, thanks! Always a fan of your stuff man. Meant to comment on your last piece which I enjoyed as usual...been trying to be on and comment a bit more. Some days I can, some days I can't...but I try to listen whenever I can to everyone. Thanks again!
Frank: Thanks so much! I really did go all out on this, thank you for noticing. Most times in collab situations, I do my best to play for the song and the person I'm collaborating with. In this one, Philip gave me full reign to be myself and just do what I felt was best with the words/song he had given me. Some of his approaches within that other song, I used...other things, I totally re-wrote from the ground up and wanted to really make it shine. Thanks again brother.
Herb: Thanks so much, appreciate the listen!
markno: Glad you liked it, thanks so much!
Lynn: Another hard sell you are Sir....really glad to get your nod of approval here. Thanks for listening and commenting.
Coffee House Collab: Thank you! Yeah I'm very hard on myself vocally. It's unfortunately, the weakest link in my chain. I've been forced to sing my entire life whilst not always enjoying it because well, it's harder to enjoy when you're forced. I wasn't forced for this of course, but in all the stuff I sing for myself on my original stuff, if I ever found a singer that would do my material justice, I'd bow out in a second. So I'm sort of stuck with me. LOL! Thank you again!
Jamesg: Thanks my friend!
Psalmist35: Thanks so much! You know, I struggled with that piano sound myself and messed around with several before deciding on this one which was Alicia's Keys. The others I tried were either too plinky sounding or too big for the arrangement. The ones that were plinky...when you removed the plinky-ness, they sounded weird. Like the whole thing that made them sound good was the plinky attack which to me, didn't quite fit this song. The one's that were a bit too big, sounded weird when I tried to scale them down and control them. This one seemed to fit with the arrangement without being too dominant or plinky and had sort of a darker tone to it. I felt that seemed to represent the piece due to it being about loving so much, it sometimes hurts to where it can bring on a little darkness in spite of the light of love. :) Glad you enjoyed it though, thanks!
digi: Thanks Mike! Glad you enjoyed it brother!
Scotty: Hahaha thank you bro. What an awesome compliment! :) I just think about how it might have sounded if I had you in there playing those orchestra parts! I honestly almost pm'd you on this as I was experimenting. But I figured, I'd probably not be able to afford you and well, I really wanted to try and tackle it and think like an orchestrator for a change. Thanks so much again.
dcumpian: Thanks for the kind words and the listen. Much appreciated.
Thank you all once again. I'm sure Philip will stop around when he gets a minute. You guys rule...thanks!!! :)
-Danny