Hi Brad,

I try to catch up with the songs I've missed due to illness.
That's why I'm late in my reaction on your song.
I just told my wife I was going to listen to your song and that you had lost your son in the Iraq war. 'His uniform hanging in the closet', that sentence is very poignant...

It is very brave to make a song about this. The tears must have been in your eyes a lot during the recording sessions.
But to me you have made a very good song, with 'heavy' lyrics and a voice filled with emotion. Impressing.
On the technical part I can only say I would have used a tiny bit of reverb and delay in the vocals to give the song a bit of space.
But whatever you do, it's worth listening to, even long after Christmas...

Hans


Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130