The split was inevitable. As the band is getting more and more opportunities to travel, and many of these coming at shorter and shorter notice, Chris runs a very busy recording studio, and he can't always alter his schedule to accommodate the band. He did an amazing job and made a lot of sacrifice over the past few years, and put his life on hold many times for us, and i'm personally grateful for it all. We've just reached a point where scheduling was becoming more and more difficult to work around, so the best solution for both parties was to focus on priorities, and when you run a business as your bread and butter, to us, this was obvious.
We have NO hard feelings, in fact, just the opposite. Chris is and will ALWAYS be a part of our family, and we very much want to continue working with him in the studio.