I don't say this lightly, but this is the best vocal performance I've heard on this forum. Great guitar solo with a great build up at the end of it. Just a great piece of work here by both of you guys.

Randy

A candidate for the Songs Forum Hall of Fame, fer sure. This would fit right in to the playlist on any Christian Rock radio station. (Yeh, I admit it; one of my guilty pleasures is Christian Rock, which, when it's this good, you don't have to be a Christian to enjoy.)

great work.. good song and sounds

Ed & Frank: When Philip made a mention to me that he posted this song, when I came to check in on it, I thought the same thing when I saw the title. LOL! Nah, I don't think it was a ploy. I didn't even know he was going to post this to be honest and you know Philip, he's not one that ever does the "ploy" thing. :)

Aww, I was just kiddin'... Ireally just wanted to use "me thinks" in a sentence... (grin;-)
 I'm glad you're not leaving us...
And thanks for the nice words on "It's All Good"

bapu


Is it just me or did the title of this thread look like Danny Danzi was leaving the forums, SONAR and music all together?

I was worried about the same thing...Great work Danny and Phillip!!

Thoroughly enjoyed this throughout.

The song itself is very strong in melody and that is one of the best vocal takes Ive ever heard from you (albeit I though you might have been straining a little too much now and again for the very high notes). There is one chord change in particular that just releases a little bit of oxytocin into my brain when I hear it! lol
(1:41 & 1:46), those harmony layers are to die for man!

Attention to detail & overall production is Danzi standard, which we come to expect.

Radio Ready and radio friendly and like bitflipper said, I wouldnt of known this was christian song at all, which makes it universally appealing.

Well done men,

Cian

Right on, Danny. I was actually thinking your skills would work well for some of my more eclectic rock/alt/weirdo stuff. Lots of weird patterns I'm having a hard time nailing with the pK. Gonna take a long time before I'm ready to put that down though. I'm just sticking to basics for now until I learn more and get my chops up to speed again. 

BTW... I was only just getting started with that theory stuff so lemme know if you want more. It was pleasure and you are more than deserving. Cheers, dude.

WELL.....this is great, i mean it's amazingly well-played and recorded, the solo is awesome, it sounds like a Bon Jovi or Journey epic...but... it sounds nothing like a Philip song. There is nothing original or unique about it, which is the true hallmark of your stuff. No quirky instrumentation or weird juxtaposition of dance and cabaret. no young voices. if i had didn't know, i would have said you weren't involved at all. which is sad.

Randy: Wow, totally speechless after that! Thank you so much bro! I know you never say anything lightly or sugar coat. You made my night...just wow! Can't thank you enough! I appreciate the most kind words and to have you stop around for this. Really means a lot to me!

Bit: Oh man, between you and Randy....I'm ready to explode with happiness over here. Such an awesome compliment, thank you so much! It's really great to see you taking part in the song forum a bit more. Thanks again Dave...I'm smiling from ear to ear over here. :)

Makke: Thanks for the listen and the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it.

Frank: Hahaha, yeah I know you were kiddin'. :) But I honestly didn't know he was going to post this because well, though he wrote the original song and the words, I did all of the performance parts so I didn't think he's post it. I'm glad he did though. Thanks again.

Tom: thanks bro! Nah no worries, I think you'll be stuck with me for a few more decades. :) Oh man, that Dream Theater cover you did...really well done. I posted comments to it 2 times and for some reason, the forum kept on taking a dump on me every time I hit submit. I mean to go back and post again and have been so swamped with work. I really enjoyed that though. I've done a few of their pieces as well just to challenge myself. Never a dull moment with DT...it keeps you on your toes at all times, that's for sure. I don't know what's worse...nailing Petrucci's guitar lines or Portnoy's drums....they both beat me to death when I do that stuff. The most complete one I did was Pull Me Under. It took me about 6 months to do...never again. LOL!

Cian: Thanks a lot man! Yeah, I sometimes don't have much left in my vocal pipes after singing all day. Between my own stuff and client stuff, hours and hours of this stuff beats me up. And the over-dubs...man, sometimes I sing something 40 times before I like it. By the time you hit take 40, you're getting a little hoarse...a little raspy. But I'm totally against any kind of tuning on my lead vocals, so I always keep at them until I nail them. But sometimes...yeah, a bit of straining going on for sure. When I'm fresh though, I usually don't get that. It also depends on how many (uggh, I know...you'll beat me up for this) cigs I smoke. I try not to abuse it and stay at about half a pack...but I know it definitely takes a toll on me as the night goes on. Thanks so much, I appreciate the comments and the listen.

Beeps: Don't go too nuts on me with weird timings! LOL!! I'm not THAT good bro. Hahaha! That last song you posted....I could probably never play drums good enough for you if you asked me to play on that song. LOL!!!! You'll have to go easy on me. :)

mgh: Thanks for the kind words and the listen. Yeah, Philip wanted a re-write of another song he did which really doesn't sound anything like this one other than the words and a few of the melodies. When I presented the rough draft of it to him, he liked it just the way it was. We tried to add a bit of his stuff to it, but because of my style being a bit more of the focal point in this version, (since I had to complete it to show him my vision for the song) it was a mutual agreement that we would leave the song as is.

He wanted me to go all out and be myself on it so it was planned that way THIS particular time. We really did try to add some of the quirkiness and hallmark stuff that makes him who he is. It just didn't totally fit for this. We struggled with that for a few weeks and tried numerous approaches. Once I gave Philip the final version of this, I specifically made a mention that he could add in whatever he wanted since it was his song. I try not to get married to anything we do so it doesn't stifle his creativity. But for this one....he, first and foremost, thought it was best to go with what I came up with. Thanks again.

-Danny

Thanks all for your most generous words and kind suggestions.

Randy and Bit, I'm ecstatic by your reception ... 'very glad to see you in these parts.

Cian, I'll listen later to your noted sections.  I'm always glad to hear from you.

Bapu: I hope one day we will work together :):):):):):)  I know you validated this! :):):)

... Ben and Mark (MGH) ... you are absolutely correct: both in your ponderings and excellent wordings.  While I wrote the song and lyrics ... that was in a BiaB country mode ... a quirky country emulation of our late Jimmyman and Merle Haggard ... a doleful exercise in euphonics which you all didn't love.  (Alabama folk may seem to prefer the doleful childlike simplicity of the original version.)

So I sought revenge for stifling the original version.  We tried Philip and the kids here ... with Danny ... but we cramped his urgent vibe ... this song seemed best sung by the inspired soloist.

Danny kept my chord progressions, kept the Key of C and circle of 5ths going (the white keys) ... and sung my lyrics faithfully ... without deviating a word.  But he re-arranged the melodics, the counter points, etc. and used his groove, and repeated a couple of ('spiritual') verses toward the end.
I prayed Danny would 'breath' the lover's cry into this on a higher level ... a level that I may never reach in this lifetime.

About the only thing I nagged him for was to ultra-clarify and increase the essing of the lyrics in the 2nd half (which some of you noticed!!!), as many rock stars of this genre are a bit incoherent (IMHO).



You are all a great encouragement in these trying days you and I must bear!

Utmost blessings all!