South for the WInter, off Descendents and All guitarist Stephen Egertons first solo album, The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton (Paper + Plastick). Like all of the songs on the album, it features a guest singer; this time its Rise Againsts Tim McIlrath! Egerton fills us in on the song.



REVOLVER Whats this song about?
STEPHEN EGERTON Its about searching for a better place in a world thats changing for the worse, looking for safe haven. At least this is my interpretation of it.

Why did you want to work with Tim McIlrath? What did he contribute to the song?
Tims voice and lyrics are awesome! Ive known Rise Against for a couple of years, and could really imagine Tims voice with this song. He brings intensity and intellect. Hes just fantastic!

Which part of it did you come up with first?
I came up with the music first, then recorded it and sent it to Tim. He came up with the lyrics and melody. When I write music, I usually start with a guitar or bass riff, or a vocal melody and go from there. On this record I had written vocal melodies for most of the songs, but let the singers do their own or change them if they wanted to. Tim wanted to do his own melody on this song, which was fine with me. I love what he came up with.

Was this an easy song to write?
It was an easy song to write and record, but we had to make some key changes so the song would work in Tims range. I had to do that on several of the songs on the record, which is a little work, but not too much. I loved playing it. At one point the drums simply disappeared from the hard drive! I had them backed up fortunately. That was a bit of a scare, but it was easy and fun other than that.

What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
Very few people have heard it before now. Those who have have been really stoked on how it came out. I look forward to hearing more!

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