This goes from good to great at about 2 minutes. Earmuffs, little ones.
mike
mike
Big Brutha Thunda
March 31, 2009Freshnerd Interview
March 30, 2009A new interview here…this one was fun.
http://freshnerd.com/2009/03/fresh-art21-questions-mike-shinoda-of-linkin-park/
mike
mike
GLORIOUS EXCESS DIES COMING IN 2009
March 28, 2009
MIKE SHINODA GLORIOUS EXCESS ART SHOW TO DEBUT AT JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN 2009
Chances are starting to look good that the second (and final) part of my GLORIOUS EXCESS art show will open to the Los Angeles public in the later part of this year.
Although dates have not been officially confirmed, the art is coming together nicely. This show follows the story of our anti-hero as he overdoses on celebrity, overdoses on himself, and carves a path to superstar martyrdom. The official announcement and info will be posted here on mikeshinoda.com, of course. As usual, proceeds will go to charity (Music For Relief, Michael K. Shinoda endowed scholarship, JANM).
Stay tuned!
mike
mike
In Studio: Drums
March 28, 2009
We’ve been working on a new song in the past couple of weeks that has been a lot of fun. The backdrop for the song is built on layered, heavy synths and a sharp performance by Mr. Bourdon. We’re keeping the drums a little looser on this track, not doing too much studio trickery…it creates a nice interplay between the organic feel of the rhythm track and the more robotic feel of the keyboards. Bass and guitar are next, meanwhile Chester and I are emailing lyric notes back and forth…
mike
mike
Corey Sandelius show in L.A.
March 25, 2009
Corey Sandelius has a great new show coming to Billy Shire Fine Arts in L.A…A darker, scarier collection than he has shown before. Sounds exciting. With Torii B. Cooper and Ken Tanaka. It opens Saturday, April 11th, and runs until May 2nd.
Billy Shire
5790 Washington Blvd.
Culver City CA 90232
323-297-0600
http://www.billyshirefinearts.com
mike
mike
In Studio: March 2009
March 24, 2009
So remember when I did that exclusive song for Digidesign? They let me borrow the new Protools 8, I made them a song, did and interview for their site, and spoke at their booth at NAMM. Funny story: the other day, Joe Hahn was talking about a song he was working on at home, and mentioned ProTools 8. I said, “You have Protools 8 at home?” He said, “You don’t? Didn’t you do a bunch of stuff for them?” Ha. Thanks to Mr. Demarti at management and Anthony at Digi, I now have ProTools 8 at home. Now I just have to get all my plug-ins to work…
Anyway, we’re still working hard on the new record, at home and in the studio. We’ve been meeting with producers and trying to make a schedule. Yesterday, we had a great talk about the details…we’d like to have Chester’s Dead By Sunrise record out around the fall, and the new Linkin Park record in the earlier part of next year. We’re working hard on lots of new music for you, and I can’t wait ’til you get to hear it.
mike
mike
Futura, Stash, and Phil Frost in Dubai
March 23, 2009
Futura, Stash, and Phil Frost have a groundbreaking show in Dubai at Cuadro Art Gallery (http://cuadroart.com/). The show will be open to the public until June 17, 2009. Three great artists in a very unusual setting. Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
mike
mike
Lyrics In Print: Def Leppard
March 21, 2009DEF LEPPARD “ROCK OF AGES”
“Rock Of Ages”
Gunter glieben glauchen globen
All right
I got something to say
Yeah, it’s better to burn out
Yeah, than fade away
All right
Ow Gonna start a fire
C’mon!
Rise up! gather round
Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up let’s go for broke
Watch the night go up in smoke
Rock on! Rock on!
Drive me crazier, no serenade
No fire brigade, just Pyromania
What do you want? What do you want?
I want rock’n'roll, yes I do
Long live rock’n'roll
Oh let’s go, let’s strike a light
We’re gonna blow like dynamite
I don’t care if it takes all night
Gonna set this town alight
What do you want? What do you want?
I want rock’n'roll, Allright!
Long live rock’n'roll
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin’, keep a-rollin’
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin’, rock’n'rollin’
We got the power, got the glory
Just say you need it and if you need it
Say yeah!
Heh heh heh heh
Now listen to me
I’m Burnin’, Burnin’, I got the fever
I know for sure, there ain’t no cure
So feel it, don’t fight it, go with the flow
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme one more for the road
What do you want? What do you want?
I want rock’n'roll, You betcha
Long live rock’n'roll
MS: Sometimes I wish I was making music back in the 80′s because writing lyrics was way easier. You could say nearly anything, and it could be a hit. I suppose there are versions of this happening today, but I don’t think “just dance / gonna be OK / da da doo doo mmm” is nearly as goofy as what was going on back when this Def Leppard song was a hit.
mike
mike
Asher Roth Lark On My Go Cart
March 20, 2009Ok, with one more Asher Roth video, I think we’ve covered him enough. But we had to put this one up.
mike
mike
GLXS Tee Re-Stocked
March 20, 2009
We just re-stocked the popular Glorious Excess Tee. Available in the MFR store, proceeds benefit MFR! Click below to get one.
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mike
