Fair Emily

Ross wrote this song about all the emotions that come with being a
father.  (His daughter's name is Emily.)  I became a father myself
while working on the album, so the song ended up meaning more to me
before it was all done.  As a father, you have so many doubts and
fears, so much awe and wonder, and so little time.

I didn't know how I was going to arrange this song but it just came to
me a piece at a time.  It turned out exceptionally beautiful but I
lost faith in my ability to do it justice at times.  I had to get back
a lot of feel for the violin before the violin parts worked.  Once we
finished it, it actually drew a few tears, which let us know we did it
right.

Didja notice that I use my bass to imitate the sound of wedding bells
(in a bass-ish kinda way!) right after Ross sings about wedding bells
ringing?

In the rough draft of the lyric sheet for the album, I got the words
to this song wrong.  Good thing Emily herself was proof reading.