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Got to hear tracks from the upcoming Evanescence album= JAW DROPPING AMAZING MUSIC! Rock Music is back! You rule @AmyLeeEV
I doubt that's the real Oceans, since Amy said that the song will consist of synths and the band and the clip doesn't have those. Even if it's the demo, the synth should still be there. Maybe it's another track from the album or from the lillywhite session or just fake...who knows...
Interview with Krassimir Moskov Amy Lee of Evanescence - 29.07.2011 17:01
KM - Hi Amy, how are you?
AL - Great! How are you?
KM - Do not complain. Enjoy great storm here in Bulgaria.
AL - Storm you?
KM - Yes, it's raining outside.
AL - New York is a great time at the moment.
KM - Let's start with the most important thing now - I've finished work on the new album?
AL - almost entirely. Completed records. We mixed the album. I do not do this, but people who do it every day to inform me where they come, so I'm informed. The recordings were completed, in progress mixing.
KM - So still waiting almost completed high?
AL - Exactly. And my feeling is that. Yes, to me is different - I'm waiting and I was committed to work on the album all the time, but for me the fact that the entire process comes to an end, is a huge relief.
KM - probably very excited. Right?
AL - Yes, it is
KM - It's been almost five years since "The Open Door". What delayed the album as the greatest extent - changes in composition that changed the producer in the process, problems with record company or something else?
AL - actually at work on this album there are no changes in the composition. Our approach to this album was different. I would not say that there were specific reasons that delayed the album. I just took a long time to finish it. And I say this I mean that despite our desire to work, sometimes we needed a break, we had other things to do. It is not easy ... Group, and in particular I wanted not just to make this album and make it perfect. I wanted something big, and this takes time. Although there were several moments when I thought we were almost ready, eventually convinced that what has to be improved.
After our tour of "The Open Door", which ended in late 2007-a year, I married and I needed some time for not doing anything. I wanted to stay home to be with her husband to lead a normal life - to care for your home and your cat. I wanted to not sleep in the tour bus for a while.
Evanescence is something that consumes all my time, my whole life. So from the outset - from the high school years. By the end of that 2007 a year each as it seemed that I was right. Everything was connected with the group. When we are involved, we are fully committed to it. Whether writing songs, doing tours, promote albums, record or whatever it is takes us all the time.
That's why I decided it was time to rest. And do not even know if I will ever do all these things. I needed to rediscover herself outside the group. And it was really very nice to me.
When I started again to write music - perhaps a year later - I did not know what I do. I do not know if Evanescence songs or just write some music. Little by little over a year and a half, I began increasingly to collect the rest of the band and started writing together. Actually, in this period for the first time in the history of the group we worked so cohesive and compose for the first time all together. So far the process of creating always included me and one other person. For example our first album was me and Ben Moody, the second mainly me and Terry Balsamo. In making this album for the first time together all that is really great. Gives a whole new feel. The songs are created in the best possible way - drummer on drums, guitarist with his guitar, I'm the piano. The songs emerge as live, which gives them a special groove and mood.
I told you really long story ... To synthesize this: It took us a long time because we went through different stages. I think you'll feel it in your album. He is very dynamic and takes you on a journey with us.
KM - So the album is the work of the team?
AL - Yes, absolutely.
KM - This is probably the reason for its title - "Evanescence".
AL - Yes, this is one reason. Another reason is that I was away for awhile and then I remembered why I love Evanescence and why devote so much of his life to this group. I got a chance to fall in love with her again. We are very excited about the album and us. The most passionate things I do in this album are related to Evanescence and rediscovery of this part of myself. That is why the album is another reason to say so is that it is actually devoted to this relationship - the relationship between me and Evanescence.
KM - I heard snippets of some songs on the Internet. In particular, the first single - "What You Want". I'd describe it as "heavy."
AL - Cool!
KM - What songs came in the final version of the album?
AL - The album is twelve. Total recorded sixteen songs. The remaining four will be used for B-sides of singles, special editions, etc.
KM - Could you describe some of the songs?
AL - OK. Let's see ... You're listening to "What You Want" ... Let me think. I have not spoken about this before, honestly. There is a song named "The Change", which I like very much. I wrote it relatively recently - in the last six months. I like her for several reasons. One is that many distinct work of bassist Tim McCord of the group in it. Tim seriously involved in writing music for this song. For the first time we wrote with him so active and it was great. It is great as a composer. You'll feel it mostly in the chorus. Like many verses of this song because ...
KM - Let's go further. How do you expect core fans to accept the album?
AL - I can not say because I have specific expectations. But I really think this will be a great album for fans. I think they will love it. There are many elements that you love Evanescence, has its nostalgic moments. The prescribed new album is, so surely there are things that our fans have not heard of us so far and this is very exciting. At the same time, this is definitely the same band that they love. And if they still like me, you'll love the album. I love it! This is the best way to express myself - to write music that I love. I love this album, so I imagine fans will also love Him.
KM - Have you ever thought about this: how can a group with two highly successful albums to continue to develop and grow musically, not disappoint old fans?
AL - I think it is impossible to please everyone. Always I have to accept that someone will be disappointed. Because ... Just because!
There is a special feeling whenever you hear a band for the first time. This feeling can never be repeated thereafter.
At the same time I interact with our fans on the Internet every day. They are wonderful! I'm pretty happy that we have such fans.
I feel that we do not disappoint these people. I feel that they are happy with that return. They want to be much closer to us and hear our music. We are lucky that our fans are. This could very easily not be so - there was not much time, and if our fans were different, just now I would not have them. But they are here. And this is not something you can not pay attention. It's like a gift. Do not take it as an absolute surprise, because these people have always been close to us, but it is surprising and good. It's sort of personal choice. I think most of our fans are fans to death. They really care about the group. They are not fans because of one song, but because of our music as a whole. I think this is great! We are really lucky!
KM - Could you list the main inspirations - you, as a composer, and the group as a whole? At least with regard to your new album.
AL - Hard to say. I listen to any music. For the past few years among what impressed me most, I included a third album of Portishead. I love this album and listened to it a long time. The new album Deftones - "Diamond Eyes". Is amazing! Also the new album, Alice In Chains - it was very inspiring for the whole group. What else ...
M.I.A. This is something that is already 2-3 years inspires me in a special, very strong way. At another, a different level. I love M.I.A.! Depeche Mode, The Orb ... many other things but these are the first people who come to mind.
KM - A wide variety.
AL - Yes, it is
KM - According to how you should sound a modern rock band now?
AL - is very relative. Each group is different. I could not tell. There should be no rule for it. It would not be appropriate for all groups to sound the same way. I've always liked bands and artists who constantly try different new things. Always nice to see someone experiment artistically and to learn about a country unknown to you from his soul.
Perhaps each group should sound as he wants to sound. It must be sincere. As I hear a song I can imagine what a man wrote it.
KM - If someday utter solo album, how it sounds?
AL - I have no idea, ha-ha-ha ... I have no idea! Certainly look at it as something I would do in the future, but no concrete plans at the moment I do, because work on the album of Evanescence devoured all my time and attention lately. At the moment my heart and my brain is busy with Evanescence.
But I do not know how it sounded such an album. Will certainly be different from what I do with the group. If you do something solo, then there will be nothing
do with the music of Evanescence.
KM - What are the plans to tour in support of the album? Have you confirmed dates somewhere in Eastern Europe at the moment?
AL - Yes, we do it. At the moment I have before me a list of already confirmed concerts, but the tour officially begins in October in the U.S.. We have several festivals in South America - as in Puerto Rico. We begin in America in early October and three weeks later elsewhere in Europe. Still do not know our exact schedule, but we'll play somewhere near you. Britain and Germany are our safest destinations for the moment.
KM - What would you say the Bulgarian fans of Evanescence?
AL - I hope to play in your country soon. Really! Thank you that you're still here. I am happy that we still have some great wishes from our fans around the world. It's all very exciting.
People hope to see you live soon!
KM - One more thing to the end of our conversation: another great singer named Amy - Amy Winehouse - left this world a few days ago. What was the first thing you feel when you know?
AL - My heart was broken. I think she had an amazing voice, amazing talent. This is a terrible tragedy. It is difficult to explain all this sorrow that I felt when I realized that Amy is gone.
1. Those songs recorded with Steve Lillywhite will be release one day?
Terry: I’m sure when the time is right, Amy is gonna want to share those songs with you, along with the other songs we have recorded with Nick that won’t fit on the album.
2. Are there still ‘electro stuff’ on the new record?
Terry: Yes, there is still going to be a good bit of electronics on the album. Our producer Nick’s thing was “Hey” if were gonna have that then let’s get the baddest dude there is, like a guy that invented the **** like Chris Vrenna from (NIN & others) which made me very happy because since back in the Cold days when I had the pleasure of working with him,we talked sometimes and always hoped timing & things would work out For him to do some Ev stuff one day, so Yes it’s there and better than ever!.
3. What’s your thematic for this new “era” of Evanescence, which is your objetive as a band and the objetive with the fans?
Terry: Our objective this era, well like Amy has mentioned already, making this a band record was a goal, which for me was something I was really excited to see hapen with Ev because from my past experience with other bands, it just makes it much stronger of a record if you write music with everyone feeding off of each other in a room together with our drummer there instead of sitting in front of a computer writing, which Amy,Tim & myself still did but later we still would bring the songs to the rehearsal room and put it together with Will which is always going to give you a much heavier result with the finished product and then when Nick would come in for pre-production and we would then work on the songs again with everyone, then by the time we were ready to record we were so tight and locked in that it really shows when you hear this record which is something no EV record has had yet. We really pushed ourselves hard through all of this because we knew we had a lot to give back to the fans for being so patient.
And we really wanted to give it a shot at filling this empty space in rock, because other than Deftones and Machine head it’s pretty hard to listen to what’s going on for me, everyone is lost.
4. After the release of new album. Would you like to return to South America, based on the experience lived through Chile, Argentina and Brazil?
Terry: Hell yes, we wanna return to S America all of the south America fans keep tweeting us to come play now but were just doing Rock in Rio for now but we love everywhere there so much that I can’t see us not coming back after we get settled in with everything goin on in this quick run through October. We were going everywhere, so give us some time because I keep hearing were going everywhere, so see ya soon.
5. Is true the rumors about “Understanding” will be redo and include it in the new album?
Terry: As for the song 'Understanding' being on the record, yes that is a rumor.
6. What were your influences and how those influences have been made on the disc?
Terry: Our influences are always all over the place and different for each person which I think really works because when you put us together to write you get something that is very different. For me personally on this record I hear a lot of Zeppelin influence in me on some of the riffs that are there but we all listen to so much it’s really hard to say one thing
7. When can we see video for “What You Want”?
Terry: Don’t know the exact date, but you're gonna be seeing WYW video very soon.