Dave,

Thanks so much for your very kind words! Oh...I'm glad you like it!
I do appreciate you taking the time to listen.

Kent,

Again, thanks very much! Yes, I did do all the vocals. I'm pretty cheap labor, so I do all my own vocals. I use eq to "thin out" the background vocals, so as not to conflict with the lead. I pan the background vocals to space them out in the mix, along with a few other little things too wordy to explain here. Mainly, I listen when I mix to get the best "blend" I can get. Just takes some time and patience.

I write from every angle possible, I think. Sometimes the lyrics come first. Sometimes the melody. Sometimes just a rhythm pattern leads to a song, etc. In this song, the rhythm pattern came first, and I built the lyrics around it.

This Lonely Man is fictitious. I was just thinking about some of the lonely people I have known. Decided to write this, to remind myself that people are hurting all around me.

I live in Texas. We are in a drought. Every town is dusty right now!

Thanks again,

Steve

Steve Young
Music
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." - Robert Schumann