“They were sweet, totally awesome,” Hope said, and he and Keown could hear the students singing the song in the hallway after class was over. Keown invited Hope to come meet with the students and play them the demo of “Coming Home.” Hope admitted he was nervous, assuming the kids would be thinking, “Who is this weird old guy and why does he want us to sing on his band’s record.” “It’s my guilty pleasure, one of those things I had to keep secret as a music student … Dave put this out, and I already had this choir together for the ‘Carmen’ project.” “I grew up in the ’80s and used to listen to ’80s hair metal bands,” Keown said. Hope reached out to Liberty Local Schools Director of Bands Michael Summers, who Hope knew from working in the district last year, and he suggested posting something to social media and tagging Summers in it so his music education colleagues might see it. The rest of the band includes Mike Nagy, bass and vocals, and Eric Blinzley, guitar. I heard samples and they all sounded like the Chipmunks to me. “Rob (Kane, lead singer) brought up we could do it with special effects. I told the guys in the band, and they all thought I was goofy. I’ve been calling it the icing on the cake. Others, like Pretty Reckless, have done the same thing. The more I listened to it, I thought this song needs that eerie children’s choir Pink Floyd thing. “I sent the lyrics to Sean (Magee, lead guitar player and vocals), and I was blown away with how good it came out. “I wrote ‘Coming Home’ a couple years ago,” Hope said.
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