With Bully, Zach helped me with lyrics and he and I put that one together. The song was essentially built around the piano part that Eric came up with, so he helped me with the lyrics on that. NightMair Creative: All four band members (Zach Myers guitar, Barry Kerch drums, Eric Bass bass, Brent Smith vocals) have input into the ‘music’ part of your songs, do any of you also have input into lyrics or is that solely Brent?īrent Smith: On Amaryllis yes – Eric helped me out a lot on I’ll Follow You. We had a chance to talk to them before their Kelowna, BC show and we can tell you this – they ARE genuine, likable people, and with a lot of hard work, they DO have it all… and don’t take it for granted. My reviews remain unbiased and honest.Īt first glance, Shinedown seem to have it all – their last album, Amaryllis sold 106,000 copies in it’s first week, they’re currently on tour with KISS and are planning another Carnival of Madness tour in the USA soon after this one finishes, have toured Europe, America and Canada more than a few times, to sold out crowds, and seem to be genuine, likable people. disclaimer: I am the creator of this site and as such, the opinions expressed in this site are my own – I am not influenced by Record Labels, Management Companies, PR agents, the band’s themselves or any commercial entity.
I am always looking for content to add to this site – if you would like me to review your cd or live show, please review the ‘Submissions Guidelines’. Creativity, imagination, inspiration, communication – whether it be sharing her new favorite musicial discovery, the adrenaline rush of snapping the lastest live concert, talking to musicians about their craft and passion, or musing about all aspects of the business (including PR and how-to), nightMair Creative is a place to find all those things, and more. About What’s in a name? For nightMair Creative founder Donna Mair, the name says it all.Not surprisingly, Shinedown has released yet another song that promises to have significant staying power. Like many great songs, “I’ll Follow You” stirs your emotions, and makes you turn up the volume every time that it comes on the radio. Even without knowing the exact meaning, “I’ll Follow You” makes you feel uplifted and a bit melancholic at the same time. Of course, Shinedown can take musical leaps that many others can’t because of Brent Smith’s vocals, which are virtually unparalleled in the genre.Īlthough the poetic lyrics give listeners room to interpret what the song is really about, the emotion of the song is intensely conveyed by Smith’s powerful delivery. If anything, it rises above the din of modern-day hard rock music for its unique sound. The verses of “I’ll Follow You” are reminiscent of classic Elton John, and the melodic guitar solo over violins is similar to the approach that Slash and Guns N’ Roses took with “November Rain,” but the song is far from derivative. Images like these would seem to be out of place in a hard rock music video, but Shinedown makes it work perfectly within the confines of the video for their most recent single, “I’ll Follow You,” off of their hit album, Amaryllis. A bird’s eye view of an evolving relationship that culminates in a wedding and a white picket fence. A solitary place to wash the world away and live in the moment for two people who seem to need nothing but each other to enjoy true happiness. A romantic moment captured at the base of a cascading waterfall. A young couple in love picking dandelions in a hazy, dreamlike field in the mountains…walking hand-in-hand to the mountain’s edge, gazing out at the water below.
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