From Neal Schaefer:
Almost 20 years ago I was in a band called Echo of Silence with my brothers Ryan Rolsten, Kevin Brisbin and Jason White. Many of you already know that, but for those that don’t we were a rap/rock band. Jason was our bass player and he was incredible. He wrote music that was dark, heavy, sad, inspiring and unique. Writing with him opened a new way of thinking for me that created potential in myself that I didn’t know was there. We never talked a lot, we weren’t really close that way, but when one of us brought an idea to practice, the other person was so excited to be able to write to it. That’s something I’ll never forget regardless of how close we were, we were close with music, brothers in music. We put one album out called “The Rest is Left Unwritten”. The last song is called “The Last Letter” and was built off a riff that Jason had written. I can still picture him sitting down at practice and playing it for us and thinking how sad and beautiful it sounded. I hardly wanted to write anything over it because the melody felt vulnerable almost, like it was how he felt inside and it needed to be heard by itself. But, that’s why music is the best therapy. You share something personal, maybe even painful with a group of people you trust and create something together that transcends that initial feeling and turns into something you love. So we wrote “The Last Letter” and kept it stripped down, kind of working like an outtro for the album. Ryan’s lyrics were perfect and fit the feeling of the song so well. 
Jason passed away yesterday and I wanted to share this song in his memory. Take a listen if you get a chance. I encourage anyone else out there who played with him to share a song if you can.

The Rest Is Left Unwritten

Window

After Noon

Orange Starr

Can You See

Maybe I...

Catastrophe

Shadowed

Unintentional

Reopen

So Far

Echo Of Silence (OH-USA)