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Premier Guitar interview w/ Mike: '59 Les Paul going on tour
Guitar nerd drool at that part but the interview also has stuff about Mad Season, working with Duff, new Pearl Jam, his gear, and other odds and ends. Can't wait to see the '59 Les Paul in Chicago :corn:
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Mar/Interview_Mike_McCready_on_Mad_Season_Reissue_and_New_Pearl_Jam.aspx
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Mar/Interview_Mike_McCready_on_Mad_Season_Reissue_and_New_Pearl_Jam.aspx
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Well, we’re gearing up to finish the second part of the record that we started about two years ago. We all decided to pull back a little bit after we had done about seven songs, which I think are going to be on the next record. I’m not really sure. It all depends upon how this next session goes. I have a feeling that we’ll have something out this year. We are all very prolific in bringing in ideas and we’re all in conversation and are starting to rehearse in about a month. I feel like we’ll have something by this year. I don’t know that everyone in the band feels that way, but I’m going to do my damndest to move it along if I can have any kind of say in it. I would really like to get it out this year because we would really like to do some touring and things like that.
I’m curious to know, when you guys are recording and are all bringing in new material, do you personally write fully fleshed out songs in your off time, or do you bring in ideas and all kind of all collaborate together?
It’s all of those things. Specifically for myself, I will demo ideas in my studio and try to make them as good as possible and if Matt [Cameron] isn’t around I will use a local drummer friend of mine to help me get an idea down. So I’ll bring fully realized demos to the equation and then it all kind of changes from there because everybody kind of goes, ‘Well why don’t you take out this part or put this in here or move this over here or do half of that?’ Stone [Gossard] and Jeff [Ament] are great editors so once you have your demo you bring it in and people scrutinize it and they either like it or they don’t. If they do then I just go, ‘Dude, if you have any ideas, just go for it.’ I also want to be able to add to people’s songs in the way that I do and I think I’m kind of the coloring on top of a lot of ideas and melodies at times. I feel like if Ed [Vedder] brings in a song, I want to be able to do a solo that’s cool for it. He may not have any ideas for what that is yet until I do it right there on the spot. Sometimes Jeff will bring in a couple of riffs and we’ll just jam on that. Matt will bring in parts of stuff. That being said, everyone brings in fully realized demos, too. It’s like everything; we have a lot of stuff. We don’t have any outside songwriters. [Laughs.]
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
My favorite member of Pearl Jam now!
What took u so long?!?
2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
2010: 5/17
2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
2012: 9/2
2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
2014: 10/19
2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
I wish he would play more like that with Pearl Jam.
+1, no offense ckravitz
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“I think you won, but I enjoyed the fight” - EV
Thanks!
This won't be in the store shelf mag will it?
I don't see it posted over @ http://digital.premierguitar.com/premie ... /?fm=2#pg2
Just a web exclusive.
It takes me awhile, but eventually I get there!
Missoula 6/20/98
Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
Alpine Valley 10/8/00
Champaign 4/23/03
Alpine Valley 6/21/03
Missoula 8/29/05
Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10
Alpine Valley x2 2011
Wrigley 2013
Milwaukee 14
Telluride 16
Agreed, I'll speculate that EV is tired of PJ, the fans, and maybe even tired of the equal revenue split amongst the 5 band members. He can tour significantly leaner doing his solo show, and profit maybe 2X what a PJ tour arena tour would net for him personally. The only "PJ Shows" that are very profitable for Ed anymore are festivals. So unless there are a handful of festival dates to tour around, he might as well grab his uke and play some theaters. Not saying I blame him or anything, I'm just wildly speculating... exploring the business side of this band has intrigued me over the last few years.
That's a little more cynical than what I was thinking. I've just been wondering that it may be some writers block on Ed's part. It seems to make the most sense with how long it's been taking and the references to how they've been bringing things to the table and recording. Ed seems to be the finisher of songs.
Yeah that would suck.
Alpine Valley Resort is etched in my brain!!!
There is not an equal revenue split. Eddie has a larger share, or atleast did in the 90's.
If every member in PJ really cared about their band and the new album they would have finished the record at once, burning through like NY does when he's inspired (no matter the quality of NY work as of late). I don't buy the "taking time with it"-defense. Someone doesn't want to put down the time or effort, bet it's not Mike, Jeff or even Matt. Stone is rather doing his Brad-stuff or Eddie is rather going solo.
If Mike was in charge, we would have a new solid album every 2 years
My first feeling was Stone. Mike said Ed had a bunch of songs written for PJ. Mike keeps saying 2013 for the new album but Stone said 2014. You are right Jeff and Mike are definitely pumped for PJ. Maybe its Matt? He is probably going to be burned out from Soundgarden, especially the way he beats the shit out of the drums for them. The only person more anxious then us is probably Boom.
Have you seen any of the Rig Rundown videos on youtube?
Some are better than others, it really depends on the personality of the tech or the actual player breaking down the gear. They tweeted out yesterday that they will be doing Mike's at some point, hopefully at Wrigley is what they said
That would be awesome! I liked the Soundgarden one.