Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Herb!
This is a well written and produced song. A good touch to put the cello snippet of Amazing Grace in the outro. Other standouts for me were the ‘oomph’ you gave the toms and I love the step /slide down in the solo you used several times in that passage. Of course, the sizzle of the cymbals in the chorus as well.

I was reflecting on the genre of the song, and to my Australian ears, I’d call it country crossover, but simply that because of the southern(?) accent of the singer. Put any different vocal to it and it would be called classic pop rock - I think. I’m always interested in elements of music that define a genre.

Great song and put together well!

Andrew

I appreciate your comments.

That cello outro started as piano but didn't sound right. Cello worked so much better.
Those huge drums. Compression, EQ, verb.

This is what is referred to as CCM. Contemporary Christian music. It's a wide ranging genre. This one falls on the heavy rock side of the genre. In the genre, guitar solos tend to be understated. More of a filler than a display of 6 string skills.

Hopefully, that clarifies it a bit.

Thanks for listening and inquiring.

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