Absolutely. I appreciate the help & like to return the favour if I can.
..and I agree with ya:
I spent a coupla hours last night typing out my thoughts on this whole subject. (weird but it helps to put stuff down on paper even if you toss it afterwards)
The basics of it is that concept stuff is the way I gotta go if I'm gonna enjoy what I'm doing. The albums I've liked the best were always the ones that were well thought out, with multiple levels of meaning, hidden and thought provoking concepts.
If I do put shreddy type stuff in a song, I'd like there to at least be a reason why it's there.