After having recorded vocals for these past 8 project songs alone from my basement, it was an eye (and ear) opener to have Brian Charles coach me on vocal arrangements, performance characteristics, and of course, it was a luxury to have him as such a fluid engineer to handle all of the mechanics of recording, so that I could focus solely on singing. This process took me back in my mind to 15+ years ago (at his now tragically lost recording studio) Zippah, with Brian in the talkback from the control room. Simply closing my eyes took me back there during the recording of this vocal session... His work process, interaction cadence, and the resulting sound familiarity through the headphones was transcendent.

Oh - the missing bridge... There was great pressure with having to discretely come up with bridge lyrics while we were recording vocals during this active recording session. I was avoiding this until the last possible moment, assuming that a bridge lyric was going to be tough to materialize while being in the same room with the subject.
But when the time came, the feeling of being back at Zippah eased out the following line, without hesitation,
"Impossible means don't have to lead to impossible ends..."
And hope was more than just a song theme here -- it felt like the convergence of chapter and life events making a hopeful prediction.

This also gave me an appreciation and desire to work more-closely with my brother, like we used to do. I'm certain that reuniting with Brian musically would yield the most impactful memories and songs in my lifetime -- and I hope that we can find a way to make music together in a future chapter.