Bruce and Slash, but I haven't been able to find quotes from Slash saying what a great album Bruce's new album is going to be...
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
Well i dont expect an amazing solo from slash apart of his now classical "tiroririroiriroriro".Bruce and Slash, but I haven't been able to find quotes from Slash saying what a great album Bruce's new album is going to be...
MrK
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BRUCE DICKINSON On His Next Solo Album: 'We Did 16 Tracks In 21 Days, All 100 Percent Live'
IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson has revealed that he recorded 16 songs for his new solo album over a three-week period earlier this year. Bruce's next LP, which won't arrive before 2027, will be the follow-up to "The Mandrake Project", which came out in March 2024 via BMG. Dickinson's...
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Well...I'm...hmm...please define "live" Bruce. I am entirely skeptical of a completely live album (vocals and all) of new material.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
16 or 18 songs, Bruce? Maybe Steve convinced Maiden to do one again... he will put 9 or 10 songs, not more.BRUCE DICKINSON On His Next Solo Album: 'We Did 16 Tracks In 21 Days, All 100 Percent Live'
IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson has revealed that he recorded 16 songs for his new solo album over a three-week period earlier this year. Bruce's next LP, which won't arrive before 2027, will be the follow-up to "The Mandrake Project", which came out in March 2024 via BMG. Dickinson's...
Well...I'm...hmm...please define "live" Bruce. I am entirely skeptical of a completely live album (vocals and all) of new material.
TMP wasn't recorded live in the studio, right? Even if so, the production isn't strong, the drums sound is important. Bruce's vocals will also depend on the takes, but recordings in less than a month probably didn't suggest a lot of takes. Overdubs? I kind of doubt it. The rest of the instruments should sound good, I hope so for the rhythm guitar for the heavy parts, it's really needed for his solo music. BNW (or AMOLAD) is how a ''live in the studio record'' should sound. Something like the MBTP remix (at least for Gods Of War) would be better than TMP mix, I doubt it will sound like Maiden's recent mixes.
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MrK
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I’m pretty sure BNW was individually tracked with plenty of overdubs. Hence why it sounds better than every album since.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
No, there's nothing that indicates that most of the recording wasn't done live and compiled, especially as they have said as much. The skeleton certainly should be live. Though, the instruments are quite clearly very isolated from eachother so it doesn't have much of the live-in-a-room sound- we don't certainly hear any room tracks either. The vocals would be done in a booth with plenty of overdubs, - we're obviously not getting one-take vocals here, and the drum sound has a rather fair share of sample reinforcement/replacement.
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The Garlon
Educated Fool
I think it sounds pretty big but unnatural. Too much sample and not enough real drums in the mix. A Matter of Life and Death is the best sounding post reunion album to my ears but Brave New World is the most polished.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Well, they are samples of his kit blended with live hits, but yeah, the hits sound too big, too consistent and the drum components are too isolated with about zero bleed. I agree with you about AMOLAD, gauging from a perspective of "real sounding drums" over sample replaced (though it sounds like there are drum samples in there too).
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Recording an album live can sound great if the necessary care has been taken. Listen to Kreator's Hordes of Chaos. Drums, bass and both guitars were tracked live, solos and vocals overdubbed. It took ages for them to get everything tight, but it was worth it. For the next album Phantom Antichrist they played live and recorded bass and drums, but the guitars and vocals were overdubbed. They used this compromise because the way HoC was done, was too much work.
Unfortunately I don't think Bruce and his band are nearly as tight and their approach to live recording will be closer to what we've heard on the last couple of Maiden tracks. So we'll probably get a few mistakes here and there, instruments out of time and so on. Yay.
Unfortunately I don't think Bruce and his band are nearly as tight and their approach to live recording will be closer to what we've heard on the last couple of Maiden tracks. So we'll probably get a few mistakes here and there, instruments out of time and so on. Yay.