Jarrett, this is such an amazingly good record, it's another one of those RPMs that I have a hard time believing it was written and recorded in four weeks. Your songwriting, singing, playing and recording are all at a pro level. I mean, I would not be surprised to hear any one of these tunes on the radio. Just excellent. In fact, I feel awkward about criticizing this record in any way as you are a much more talented musician than I could ever hope to be, but I do have one critique: the only thing I would change is the overall loudness. With the exception of "Echoes of Waves," I had to turn this record way down because the loud parts were actually painful to listen to. Not in a sheer volume sort of way, but in a makes my ears work way too hard sort of way. I'm assuming this is something that happened in the mastering process. It's just that having to turn my listening volume down so low pretty much kills the excellent dynamics you have written into these tunes. I hope you don't take offense at these comments, because I truly am blown away at the talent on display here -- just my 2 cents on how you could actually improve upon something that is already so impressive. Thanks for sharing these songs with us! - Michael
Well done.