one word: Amazing!!!! put's me in a good mood!

Thanks, Kavin! Jim really did a fantastic job of running with the song much the way you did so perfectly with "Bandit"... The playlist pic is from Mary's Lake (I think that's the name of it) just outside Rocky Mountain National Park.... Which, by the way, is where the playlist cover for "The Trail" is from as well.

..and MTC Jim!

very nice Keith. Where exactly was that playlist pic taken?

Ahh, love your voice, Keith! And yes, the guitar is super! Brilliant collab!

That's an instant fav. Downloaded for my personal AT collection.

Far out, guys! I love that guitar melody right around a minute into it and the solo - hell I think it's all awesome. Great stuff!

Good mix buddy! Dig it. ;)

Well done.

There is an interesting story to that song. Long winded but interesting. It seemed like all day from morning until evening, every story someone shared was geared tward some horrible thing that they had heard about. I got home and was watching a show about the crazy ______ (<-- instert words here) that kidnap women...just horrible, horrible stuff. Then my wife began telling me about a man who was going to put down a dog, but he had a felony and could not get a gun, so he took a knife and stabbed it to death. It had been a very long and stressful day and these stories just started to really mess with my head. Seriously? What is up with people like that. So I grabbed my guitar and was going to work on our jam a bit. Put the capo on and the first note I hit just sent my mind spinning. Just as you put it, i grabbed my notebook,wrote down everything that came to mind. Picked up my guitar and turned on the mic and it just came out. Sometime's I feel I have to release whatever has been dwelling before I can get back to my usual state of mind. Drinking coffee, jamming good music, and getting focused for what is ahead. In short, I still have my capo on the guitar and should have something killer back to you tonight. Talk at you soon Keith -JG

Well Done.

I am always moved by the tone of your voice. It's a true gift.

Nicely done Keith top job.

Good one Keith!

Sounding good Keith. Lots of good feeling and soul.

sounds FNG to me.

Instant favorite man. It's a wonderful thing.

Very cool

nice love the guitar keep it up!

Well, so far it really is very pretty Keith. Looking forward to the finished track.

Oh wow, this is good right from the start. I had already faved this one a while back. Just a great love song from the amazing perspective of recall. INCREDIBLE guitarwork. What is your music background, Tharek? This is as good as it gets.

Beautiful opening picking, Tharek! What a genuine voice... Talk about honest music. Wow. I have a feeling that your music will soon begin to influence mine in some pretty profound ways.

How do you do your recording? Do you have separate mics for the vocals and guitar? I'd love to know since it sounds so good (I'm always looking for good ideas in an effort to make my music sound better).

Just a fantastic use of "ours is not to reason why." Great guitarwork and chord progression as always... If you don't come away from this song thinking hard, then there must be something wrong with you.

Just fantastic. So many powerful verses and every one is so meaningful and necessary. Whereas I find it hard to fill out "that dreaded third verse," it seems to me that meaningful words just pour out of Tharek effortlessly as he plays. I wish there were a way to "double favorite" a song when it's this good.

Wow. Just terrific guitarwork counterpointed by lower edgy vocals... What a sound! For me, this is a course in guitar 101... Great track.

All right, well I'm starting my OsCKilO music experience listenting to the playlist "Arise (Live and Acoustic)"... Mostly becuase I already love the title track. This is just a magnificent piece of songwriting. The straightforward simple arrangement and up-front vocals are just terrific. I am such a fan of the live recording, and this is one of the best.

Soooooooooo good. Just brilliant lyrics, incredible delivery. So real. I am in awe. Wow.

What a great song... Beautiful delicate arrangement. And yes, I see what you mean about the similarity in the feeling of our songs! Fantastic use of multiple vocals! I could never pull it off as you have! You are one hell of a songwriter... I am in awe when I listen to the freeness of your music and the heart that is poured into them.

Oh my, this is incredible.

Wow. Amazing and powerful. Just magnificently performed and so undeniably real. Beautiful simple arrangement. Well done, Braeden.

Wow... Great song, great feeling. What a voice and powerful delivery. I hope to hear more music from you, Rachel!

As always, Gumbo, just terrific musicianship! Holy friggin' Woody Guthrie reincarnated!

Great stuff... Very haunting sound, I can imagine the artistic movie scenes that this could play magnificently behind.

One of the best songs I've ever heard. Period.

Man, this stuff is so Jud Caswell-esque... just good in every way. Great talent!

Your "studio floor" as you call it must be one nice-sounding place. I hope you come back to this to flush it out further... It would be so easy to sing to this (and I hope you do at some point).

Again, just great from the start... Fave'd at the 12-second mark.

Yup, another great track right from the start.

Wow right from the start on this one... So smooth and delicate and poignant. Instant favorite.