Thanks so much guys. It's a long story, but it's a collaborative project produced by me & the band. I took my time putting together a band of some of my favorite players from previous bands I've been in. Communication is a key factor & we spend a lot of time hanging & talking about music in general.
There are two other songwriters along with myself that have been working on recording projects for the last two years & that morphed into the band thing. Each of us have at least a song each on these 4 songs as long as much co-writing along the way. I sing lead on everything here, although the other guys sing lead as well. The drummer is also very vocal in arrangements & production, which is nice for me as a guitar player to bounce ideas off of.
We also have a ton of original material to choose from, so when we choose something to work on, we use every trick that we have from previous songs to make it work as best we can.
I think it was good that we took some time off from playing live & spent time working on songs in the studio & listening to what worked & what didn't. I know in my case, when I came back to a live project, I brought that editing process with me this time & it has made a difference in my parts & performance.
Are ages are mid 30's-45. Influences are lots of classic rock, 80's pop, alt-country, electronic, indie... pretty much anything. This project is song-based, so there's a pretty strong editing process. We reference a lot of our favorite influences in many of our parts, so it's fun for us to hide easter eggs for our own entertainment, but some of those parts have become our favorites.
Thanks again. We're working on more stuff so we'll be posting some more things in a month or so.
