We definitely played this song live, it was one of my favorites. During the breakdown section we would have a trombone solo -run through some effects, that sounded really cool. I always liked Brians complimentary vocals on this song too, he's got a great voice. Dan is a professional musician though so he expects to get paid for shows, which is understandable as it's how he earns his living. Ben the key/trombonist is also a professional musician so when we played shows I essentially just split the door between the two of them. The shows were really fun, I miss it a lot.I never use a metronome.
-I also prefer not to use one but when I started playing with drummers in the studio it definitely caused some problems not using a metronome.Do you have one or some you would like (time Of snippet on Soundcloud)?
This is hard to answer because they're not labeled at all. I like the first snippet a lot and then the first one with vocals "turn around and..." plus a number of others.
Wanted to tell you too, I really like "new kind of me", did you right all of that?
-Thanks, I definitely did not do all of it. I wrote it and even wrote and came up with a lot of the arrangements but I didn't play the instruments and there are definitely things that Brian and Ben (keys trombone) came up with. Also, Dan was a big part of helping to shape the song. It was definitely a collaborative process.Does Dan still do drums for you and is that. Dan on the track?
-Yes that is Dan. As I live in NC, I don't really have a "band" anymore but I'm pretty sure that Dan and the rest of the gang would be down with playing if I were in MI. We had fun together.