Now that I had all these elements working together so well, I needed something to really glue them together and give the track a little bit of dramatic dynamics let’s say. I inserted a few synth effects here and there but it didn’t really do the trick. The mix was still asking for another element. Maybe 30 seconds after that though I gave myself the answer, it was obvious – what’s the one thing that always sounds amazing next to a banjo no matter what? Yes, the harmonica. And I happened to have the perfect harmonicas for the job, one in the key of G and another one in D natural minor. I recorded about half an hour’s worth of harmonica licks, spent another two hours sorting through the recordings and picking, and once I threw them into the mix I felt that I finally had my song.