CT on New Album, just in Options

[OutToDry]

Chad Taylor - 11 seconds ago via mobileThe new LIVE tracks just keep getting better and better. Shinn is CRUSHING his vocal performances. As a producer he is an utter pleasure to record. We wrapped this session late last night so I'll spend the day making rough mixes for the boys and management. We are not rushing this process and it really shows in the quality. LIVE fans have waited 13 years for a real LIVE album and we're not about to let you down - CT

The process is taking time for the right reasons!!! Awesome!!

[alexou]

funky nailed it, In his last comment, CT really opens up indirectly and directly about the last 10 years. He really isn't happy with these years, for the band AND for himself as well. Hew wished it could have been different but it wasn't. He still feels bad about it. He regrets it. He laid it down.

I don't understand why CCP stayed in this band relationship for all this time. After all they were 3 against Ed for the musical direction, but it is the past, and we (and they)moved on. It took long, but finally we're there. This week has been so good for a true Live fan. We won't be disappointed and SFBM will turn itself in its grave when it will hear the record. Because even worms aren't interested to SFBM.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

I don't understand why CCP stayed in this band relationship for all this time. After all they were 3 against Ed for the musical direction, but it is the past, and we (and they)moved on. It took long, but finally we're there. This week has been so good for a true Live fan. We won't be disappointed and SFBM will turn itself in its grave when it will hear the record. Because even worms aren't interested to SFBM.

It is hard to explain, but I think it was a combination of these things:

-Creativity - Creatively, it is sometimes hard to see if what you are doing is good or not. I think SFBM was so obviously poor that it finally woke the guys up, but V and BOP still had bright spots where all four contributed. Sometimes you have to take a break to be honest about your work.

-Security - Like it or not, a lot of bands continue putting out music because it's their source of income and they aren't sure they can do anything else, or aren't ready to give up the perks and the lifestyle that they and their family have grown accustomed to. Not necessarily admirable, but sometimes you stick it out in a crappy job just to keep the checks coming.

-Contracts - Don't ever discount the influence of recording and other contracts on these situations. The guys have never had complete control of their music until now.

-Fear - I think on some level the guys didn't feel like they could do it without Ed who had been the voice of the band, no matter how controlling and musically poor that voice became. Those kinds of band bonds are hard to break out of, and as we all know replacing Ed has been a sore spot for some of the fans of the band. I think TGF proved to the guys that they could make awesome music with other musicians.

-Friendship - It's obvious that the guys lost their friendship with Ed along the way, but the constant compromise was definitely a way to try and preserve those relationships.

There are other things, but this should be a pretty good guide to how these things happen.

[OutToDry]

It is hard to explain, but I think it was a combination of these things:

-Creativity - Creatively, it is sometimes hard to see if what you are doing is good or not. I think SFBM was so obviously poor that it finally woke the guys up, but V and BOP still had bright spots where all four contributed. Sometimes you have to take a break to be honest about your work.

-Security - Like it or not, a lot of bands continue putting out music because it's their source of income and they aren't sure they can do anything else, or aren't ready to give up the perks and the lifestyle that they and their family have grown accustomed to. Not necessarily admirable, but sometimes you stick it out in a crappy job just to keep the checks coming.

-Contracts - Don't ever discount the influence of recording and other contracts on these situations. The guys have never had complete control of their music until now.

-Fear - I think on some level the guys didn't feel like they could do it without Ed who had been the voice of the band, no matter how controlling and musically poor that voice became. Those kinds of band bonds are hard to break out of, and as we all know replacing Ed has been a sore spot for some of the fans of the band. I think TGF proved to the guys that they could make awesome music with other musicians.

-Friendship - It's obvious that the guys lost their friendship with Ed along the way, but the constant compromise was definitely a way to try and preserve those relationships.

There are other things, but this should be a pretty good guide to how these things happen.