Musicians Having Coffee & Talking About Stuff - Episode 6 - Casey McPherson

In Episode 6 of the podcast, Neal has coffee with, Flying Colors bandmate, Casey McPherson and they talk about songwriting, the formation and evolution of Flying Colors and parenting!
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[@daviddryden8088]

Casey has been unquestionably a great addition to the Morse/Portnoy franchise. FC has had some stellar moments and this guy is certainly the reason. Another great interview.

[@erajad]

30:10, and Neal's story of "I Remember You" ... I almost lived that (without the anger, in my case). My father had dementia. Days before he died, I went to visit him in his care home. The residents were just being gathered in a function room, each being given a piece of percussion for a "music" session. I came into the room, my dad saw me and called out: "That's my son!" We went and sat by a window, talked (sort of), prayed (sort of). Eventually, I had to go (back across the Atlantic, actually). Days later he breathed his last. What a precious memory - and just hearing that song title stirred it all again. I remember....

[@Hmbldzy99]

Loving these! I've heard Neal mention a few times about how he was crushed by the mixing on The Light. I used to have a prog band and we hired a dude who has a pretty high profile in the genre to record and mix an album for us. Tracking was awesome, dude was so quick and he dialed me in a fantastic bass tone. Anyway, he invites us over to hear the final mix and he and my bandmates are bulls*itting while the album is playing and I was listening and thinking, "Oh no. This sounds terrible. He ruined our album." I didn't say anything at the time. We all took CDs home and sure enough my bandmates also realized the album sounded like crap. We spent a couple of weeks agonizing about it: "Who's gonna tell him this sucks? What if he gets pissed off?" We ended up going back and telling him about the general sound of the album and that we weren't sure about the mix and he said, "Oh, hold on, let me take something out." Apparently he had doubled a lot of tracks and it just sounded bad. He killed this one track with all his doubling and effects and suddenly the album sounded great, it breathed and had space. Thankfully he was totally cool about it and no ego situation at all. But I will never forget the despondency I felt for those couple of weeks. I thought "we just spent 5 figures on this dude after writing our butts off for six months and now the album is ruined."

[@r.a.fiallos234]

What a GREAT interview....man....so good...This one went deep. I am so glad you are doing this, Neal! Casey is so awesome and Flying Colors is just such a magical band....yes, yes, so is TA and NMB, but FC is very special indeed.....Casey brings in such a great modern twist to it.

[@oogalieboogalieboo]

Agreed brother!!

[@CharlesRBiggs]

Our family is very thankful for you both. We are huge Flying Colors fans in this home. Praying for your continued faithfulness and excellence in music. Thank you so much!!

[@KyleDavisMusic]

Casey is one of my heroes in music since I was a teenager starting with his time in Endochine. Everything he writes and sings is pure gold and reaches my soul deeeeeep. Thanks for a great interview Neal!

[@stevelacker358]

It’s really nice to discover that the meaning you interpreted from a song is ACTUALLY what the writers were thinking. It’s also cool to find out that the guys whose music you enjoy so much actually are the kind of people you hoped they were. I hope you do one of these with Steve so we get some of the dry wit firsthand.

[@geoffbaker4452]

Very revealing I sense Neal is a little fatherly towards Casey. Such an encouraging discussion.

[@t702942]

Love listening to you guys ☺️

[@MrKenward777]

This was so awesome! Thanks Neil and Casey!!

[@seancheek6196]

Seeing you guys in Ventura in 2019 was awesome. 5 hour road trip with my 3 older boys. Thanks for memories.

[@dferris7767]

Love these talks! Your faith and the friendship really shines through!

[@kassandjohnbolles3522]

Thanks for the insight into Steve Morse's humor. Hilarious!

[@lamentiamusic]

What an inspiration this was! thanks guys!

[@TheJeepie]

Love Flying Colors, love you guys !

[@guitarinstruct]

I so enjoyed this great conversation!

[@AJgeartalk]

Casey is such a "real" and likeable guy. Enjoyed the stories.

[@take2visualmedia]

What a fantastic interview. Deep stuff here. Thank you for doing these.

[@ToonsAl]

These guys are the epitome of authenticity and creativity with character. Could sit in on this for hours.

[@daddiocity7163]

The Magnus chord organ! I had one of those!

[@mladent1464]

Wonderful.

[@oogalieboogalieboo]

Guys, thank you for this chat so much. Me and my best friend were at London that night and it was honestly the best concert we've ever been to. Neal, when you said it was a spiritual night, it really was - thank you for coming. I'm so excited to catch you at shows in the future. Take care both of you and god bless.

[@edhage374]

that was a great coffee...do you use my guitar Neal,I see him hanging on the background,never seen it in a clip,to heavy for you?

[@spsmith45]

This has been my favourite chat so far. Thanks.

[@kendellshropshire9153]

So so lucky to have found Spock’s and Neal Morse years ago. Neal, your career continues to be such a positive force for me. Thank you,

[@seancheek6196]

HOME SCHOOL!!!

[@gatherstudio5219]

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

[@martinocogarcia]

Lol what