New Album - Stone Gossard Illinois Entertainer

good read. TY

"With all these songs floating around, not only does Gossard have to keep them prioritized, but he also needs to know which songs go where, meaning, to which band do the songs belong? “Well, I think with these songs, if I have a vocal and a perspective that feels strongly ‘me,’” he expands, “I think that’s one I’m going to keep for myself. I think with Brad and Pearl Jam, I’m better off bringing in something that’s less developed. I think it brings out the best in both of those bands by not having it too fleshed out. You always want to get the best of [Pearl Jam vocalist] Eddie Vedder and you want to get the best out of [Brad vocalist] Shawn Smith. I’ve discovered you do that by bringing them something simple, but meaty. Then they dig their teeth into it and find their thing in it, as opposed to, ‘This is how the song goes, and I want you to sing it like this.’ Plus, there are other writers in those bands, so I’m not necessarily writing a ton of material for either of those bands. So it makes sense for me to have another outlet."

he.who.forgets wrote:

LiteTheMatch wrote:

Anyone see the latest edition of Illinois Entertainer with Stone on the cover?

"It's almost done, we're in the final stages of putting it together."

http://illinoisentertainer.com/2013/07/ ... e-gossard/

Thanks for sharing!

october22 wrote:

helplessdancer wrote:

good read. TY

"With all these songs floating around, not only does Gossard have to keep them prioritized, but he also needs to know which songs go where, meaning, to which band do the songs belong? “Well, I think with these songs, if I have a vocal and a perspective that feels strongly ‘me,’” he expands, “I think that’s one I’m going to keep for myself. I think with Brad and Pearl Jam, I’m better off bringing in something that’s less developed. I think it brings out the best in both of those bands by not having it too fleshed out. You always want to get the best of [Pearl Jam vocalist] Eddie Vedder and you want to get the best out of [Brad vocalist] Shawn Smith. I’ve discovered you do that by bringing them something simple, but meaty. Then they dig their teeth into it and find their thing in it, as opposed to, ‘This is how the song goes, and I want you to sing it like this.’ Plus, there are other writers in those bands, so I’m not necessarily writing a ton of material for either of those bands. So it makes sense for me to have another outlet."

I totally get this but at the same time I would love to shake him and say "DUDE! You're in fucking PEARL JAM!!! Fuck solo shit and fuck Brad! JUST WRITE FOR FUCKING PEARL JAM!!!!!"

exactly. or "if i write something great i bring it to eddie, if i write something awful i bring it to shawn smith"