Hey man, thank you so much for listening and for your thoughtful feedback. I really appreciate it. I'd like some clarification on a couple of things, though.
The growls don't seem to be such a big hit so far, so no mystery there. When you say that I should find a guitarist to play them for me, do you mean that I should move away from guitar, or what? 'Cause I don't think I could do that, after having played for like 12 years now. =P But if you mean that I should find a guitarist to play with me, then I'm in complete agreement. It'd also be nice to get songwriting input and ideas from somebody else, so I also agree with that statement. Although I think I can get pretty set in how I want something to sound.... =]
As far as the high notes like Hansi does, no, I definitely could never pull those off, so I don't even try. The Blind Guardian influence was much more apparent several years ago; it mostly remains in my vocal harmonies. I don't mean to suggest that they approach BG-level, but that was something that always struck me as awesome about their music, so I came away thinking, 'Vocal harmonies = awesome.' So I try to incorporate them a lot, although not as much as in the past.
Anyway...
Thanks again for listening and critiquing. Peace. m/
Edit: I just realized that the 'Hansi high notes' that you were talking about must be those falsetto notes in 'Long-Forgotten Summers'. Yeah, those didn't come out as well as I'd hoped, although I really like that melody that requires them (for me, anyway - my range sucks). That song's going to get redone, though; it was hastily recorded the first time.
