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SOS: What were your main influences for writing this song?
DC: I wanted to write a male/female duet. I like the idea of each of them having the same kind of thought but telling the listener, not each other. It increases the distance between them.
SOS: Has this idea been in your head for a while or did you think it up especially for SOS?
DC: This song started a few months ago in a very different form. It was a folky acoustic ballad. It was only when I revisited it to put it up for SOS Studio that I started playing around with styles and settled on this shuffle feel. I was lucky enough to be able to write the lyrics with my good friend and long time writing partner Bobby Minelli. When I brought him the song in its incomplete form he knew exactly what I was going for and found the words to bring my thoughts to life.
SOS: Given that this is a collaboration, were there any surprises with the final production from how you envisioned it?
DC: There are always surprises but they are always good! This time it was Shannon’s vocal. She took my melody to the next level. I knew for a long time that I wanted her to sing with me and was very happy when she agreed. I am also that my friend Pete Moran helped out with a Hammond track. That sound really makes the song along with Colin channeling Bernard Purdie on the drums!
SOS: Describe your experience of making music with people who are not even in the same room as you?
DC: it is always different. I enjoy the anticipation of waiting for the tracks to appear and the excitement of hearing the final product. Ben has done a really great job of capturing the sound that I wanted.
SOS: Do you have a website where our audience may go to hear more of your music?
DC: You can check out my Sound Cloud page at www.soundcloud.com/dan-cooper or check out my blog at www.StuffWhatIveSeen.com