It’s really like finding that happy medium where you’re trying to harness the power of that adrenaline and utilize to where you don’t let it totally take control and derail you.”Īpocalyptic Love had artwork by Casey Howard, both World On Fire and Living The Dream featured album covers created by Ron English. But to some degree, that actually can benefit an artist sometimes, cause the adrenaline can elevate your performance. There would almost be something wrong with them if they didn’t feel that. I’m sure they did probably feel a little bit of, as I like to call it, red light anxiety – meaning the red light of the record button.
But when all four of them are recording together, everybody’s got to be bang on, or else the whole group starts over. Their musical talent is undeniable, but did the guys on the other side of the glass - Slash, Todd, Brent, and Frank feel any more pressure than usual? If you’re just laying down a bass track and you hit a wrong note, it’s no big deal to start over. Dave would be like, ‘I think we got a lot of the vocals on that take.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about? Aren’t we going to recut these vocals?’ But yeah, we used ‘em.” And I remember, we would finish tracking – cause I was behind the glass, I was in the vocal room so the music wouldn’t leak, all the drums and whatnot wouldn’t bleed into the vocal mic. Little did I know Dave was going to use that tape. It’s kind of funny cause I can hear little moments where – oh, I’m a little flat here, that’s probably when I was adjusting this knob. As we were tracking those songs, I was still setting up my volume, still setting up the mix, not knowing that what I was singing was going to actually end up being used for the record. If they set the monitor situation where I can turn the knobs and set up my own mix, I’m notorious for spending quite a bit of time doing that. It’s funny, there’s a song called ‘Actions Speak’, as I was singing that… or maybe it was ‘Call Off The Dogs’ – probably loads of them. I thought, as a vocalist, I assumed they were going to capture the musical part, and then we would go on and do vocals later. “With a few moments, most of what you hear is while we were all in the room playing together. “That is pretty much correct,” affirms Myles. But for the 4 album, all tracks – including guitar solos and vocals – were laid down live. Normally when a band records an album, all the instruments and vocals are recorded separately, then the producer and engineer mix them together. I love Nashville! It’s changed a ton since I was there back then it’s grown massively.” I did a record in Nashville back in 2007, we recorded Black Bird with Alter Bridge. It’s not the first record I’ve made in Nashville. That’s where Dave is located, so that’s how we ended up in Nashville. “Slash had wanted to make a record that was more organic, and I think Dave definitely is known for making those kinds of records. Myles elaborates upon what brought SMKC to Tennessee. With the exception of Airbourne and Rival Sons, producer Dave Cobb’s discography is more aligned with honky tonk than hard rock. But Frank ended up making it out unscathed.”Ĭommonly known as Music City, Nashville is the epicenter of country music. Like I said, we followed all the protocols, we were trying to do everything the best we could, and it crept in somehow. It was kind of a miracle.” Four of the five band members caught Covid while working on 4. But somehow, we managed to land on our feet and get the record done regardless. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned and Covid made its way into the realm, which really complicated things. We met up with Dave Cobb – who’s an awesome producer – and followed all the protocols to try and keep everybody safe. “We thought, let’s take a bus to Nashville and make the record.
“Given the times we were living in, and the uncertainty of everything, we were trying to make this record safely that was paramount to all of us,” recalls Myles. Myles lives in Washington State, Slash lives in California, bassist / backing vocalist Todd Kerns, drummer Brent Fitz and guitarist Frank Sidoris all live in Nevada – the five of them jumped in a tour bus and drove across country to Nashville, Tennessee to record their exciting new album at the historic RCA Studio A. “We always hope to venture into a little bit of new territory without alienating the fans who know us for a certain thing,” begins vocalist Myles Kennedy, speaking about 4 – the energetic new album from Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, which comes out February 11 via Gibson Records / BMG.
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