The Best Said Is Nothing

I felt a ton of pressure this month because I like my other November songs. I have set a precedent of a ballad with a religious subtext. "Om" and "Fingerprints" set the bar. I decided to bring in Bluesman Jay to help me with this one. I figured who better to help with my quasi-religious tune then my only reverend friend. Also Jay just finished up an entire album of gospel and spiritual songs so he was already in the zone.
I had done a demo of a riff a few weeks prior that I thought might be the basis of a November tune. Jay and I got together and reworked the riff and created the arrangement. After stealing a pizza we called it a night.
This song gave me a real hard time lyrically and melodically. Their was no obvious melody which posed a problem for the vocals and the scrapped guitar solos alike. The twelve string gave a really lush sound and Jay filled that out with the string arrangement. He achieved the strings by using both his keyboard and a midi-guitar that he rigged up for the cello lines. When we couldn't get the guitar solos right we figured that sometimes the best said is nothing. Pretty funny taking away the bluesman's guitar and making him do orchestral arrangements though.
We just had the kids baptized @ the end of last month so the time for this song was right. November was mad for thankfulness. It's really not hard to remember.

The Best Said Is Nothing

Craig: Guitar, Vox
Bluesman Jay: Strings(Keyboard, MIDI-Guitar)