![]() ![]() Although I had done the band route before, and had been glad to move on, continuing Windows seemed like a good idea for many reasons. When Ed left Windows, I had retained the band name for myself, so this was a big step. I offered the guys I was currently touring and playing with, as Windows, the opportunity to be a band. Steve Chapman wanted me to focus on the vocal material, and stop the Windows thing all together. Recording two records at once seemed like a bad idea to everyone around me. So a Windows deal was struck with a new label, Blue Orchid/DA Music. I felt I needed a backup in case the project did not work out. So this was a risk of sorts, with no record label to fall back on. There were musicians to pay, the two-inch master tape cost, mixing tape (no computer recording back then) and, of course, our mix and recording engineer, Tom McCauley, also had to be paid. Even though we worked in my own recording studio, the cost involved was substantial. I did not want to have the same experience I had suffered with Cypress/A&M diffusing the direction of the album. Since I was without a record contract, and wanted artistic freedom, I decided to fund the project myself. Neal today is still quite busy as a musician, with his own band and record company.Īfter several months, I had assembled a group of songs that Peter agreed to produce and record with me. Neal helped forge a harmonious smooth background vocal sound that created the vibe Peter and I were looking for in the recordings of the songs. Our manager, Steve Chapman, encouraged us to follow this direction together, and in early 1992 I started writing with Ed, Peter, and Neal Morse. Peter and I were pleasantly surprised at the success of my vocal material that had been released in Europe. ![]()
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