NEWS: Maiden have started writing NEW material!

Some members on the official forum are pretty negative about this rumoured delay, others turn it into something positive, and speculate themselves (in a positive way), e.g.:

- The more time they work on it, the better it could become.
- New songs in Drop D tuning (takes a while to alter the sound)?
- A double album?

I know that speculating doesn't make much sense, but it's a kind of comforting thought that "something" interesting might occur from a possible delay.
 
1. I agree.
2. No Connection between the two
3. Maybe. The idea sounds exciting, but it may also mean alot of repetition.
I mean, I trust Maiden to come up with something awesome after the last three albums, but you can never know.
 
I just want a great new album, with or without drop D tuning on some songs, double or not, with more progness or not. And I want it as it is scheduled since October 2009 - an autumn release (September, preferably on my birthday, 13th, monday this year).
 
Mega said:
Will-I-Am, why do you insist on the assumption that Maiden don't like what they do?
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I never said that, I only said that music is their job. I love my job, I'm sure they love it as well.
Sometimes you get tired sometimes you are boring -but that's your life.

Mega said:
Yes, TECHNICALLY being a musician is a job. But music is art, would you say that great painters only painted for the money in it?
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Good point but I only spoke for Music Industry, I choose my words carefully.
No, I can not compare a painter with a heavy metal group,
but I guess when painting is made for living it becomes a job as well -meaning there is a routine behind,
and some negotiations as well.
That's why everybody loves Van Gogh -he stayed away from this thing,
so his art remained pure and powerful like a punch in your face.
Though not my favorite painter, I can not compare it with no one -he is a holy man of art, he was belonging to no industry.

I don't see why some people think of job like it's something bad by the way....

Mega said:
Think about it this way: A musician as big as Maiden, or any other band that made a lot of money, can quit at any time if he does'nt like what he's doing. And besides, how can you make it in this business if you don't have a passion for it?
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I explained already, it's very difficult to quite after a lifetime, and as you said, they love what they're doing.
 
Ok I guess, but if I liked my job as much as I think Maiden love theirs, I wouldent wanna stop for that long.
 
Forostar said:
Some members on the official forum are pretty negative about this rumoured delay, others turn it into something positive, and speculate themselves (in a positive way), e.g.:

- The more time they work on it, the better it could become.
- New songs in Drop D tuning (takes a while to alter the sound)?
- A double album?

I know that speculating doesn't make much sense, but it's a kind of comforting thought that "something" interesting might occur from a possible delay.
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I don't like the double album notion, that leaves waaaay too much room for filler songs. Leave that kind of stuff to Dream Theater. :D

As plenty of people said, there's even no need to have a 70+ minute album that contains three filler songs.
 
If it's the final album, I'd like to have two instead of one, so I wouldn't mind if they would do a double album.  

The longer they take for it, the smaller the chance of filler. :D
 
^Or maybe they'll have 8 great songs and a lack of inspiration for the other disc. You can't know.
 
gulranek said:
As plenty of people said, there's even no need to have a 70+ minute album that contains three filler songs.
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Good point. In the golden years, their albums had 8-9 songs and lasted from 45 to 55 minutes. There's no need to use the full space of a CD every time (and if the songs took 55 minutes, why not put some other content on the rest - like videos?)
 
An example of an unnecessary double album: Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Contains some brilliant stuff, but also contains filler emo songs with no melody that don't go anywhere. Had they eliminated half of the tracks, it would be as strong as Californication or even Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

And as Nicko said, they have 8 finished songs and they'll "probably have to write two more in the studio". The phrase "two more in the studio" is short for filler. :D
 
With 6 and a half minutes average song length, 8 songs are alot too. I really hope this album won't disappoint.
 
The thing is, Maiden can't write strong shorter songs anymore. Since the band has so many songwriters we're going to end up with a long album again.
 
Mega said:
Ok I guess, but if I liked my job as much as I think Maiden love theirs, I wouldn't wanna stop for that long.
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Ok, I'm obliged to use this example which I had to use since the start (and tried hard to avoid) young man.
I do like sex, I love sex, but very simply I can not perform the same way when I was 19
Then I could do it 8 times in a night, now I would be happy with 2.
It's not that I don't like, it's not that I don't want,
I just can't, it's physical.

Do you realise that Maiden are 60 years old guys ?? They can not continue with the same rhythm as when they were 20
(yet they do more than good)
It's not that they don't like, it's not that they don't want, it's simply physical.

PS : I hope I didn't annoy anybody with my example, really, I just want to make this young man undersatnd.
I could tell the same thing about writing songs:  
When I was 19 I could write even 3 songs a day. Now let's say one in four years. It's also physical. Mental performance.

Do you realise Mega, that you don't have the same power /abilities as the time pass by, do you ??
Now you are on top of your existence, you don't give a toss about anything, but talk to me in 15 years...
 
I think that example is way over the target.

When it comes to having sex, playing football or hunting bears with just a big knife, age will obviously play against you. You earn experience, but your physical condition will limit your.

However, I can simply not see how being 60 years old should have such an effect on a purely mental process like writing songs. Come on, they don't have Alzheimer's, do they? A 60 year old has the same mental capacity as he had when he was 20, unless he has actively worked to improve it (or the other way around, if he has let it decay by not challenging his mind at all). Writing a song doesn't have to be physically exhausting, does it?
 
^This pretty much sums up what I was going to say.
Besides, they are around 53, Nicko is the oldest at 55, and Bruce is only two years older then my dad, so they are not quite dead yet, you know?
Sure, it's harder for them to tour and need more rest after that, but to say that they physically need 5 years to get back to themselves is a bit of a stretch.

Also I like that you call me young man ;)
 
Eddies Wingman said:
I think that example is way over the target.

When it comes to having sex, playing football or hunting bears with just a big knife, age will obviously play against you. You earn experience, but your physical condition will limit your.

However, I can simply not see how being 60 years old should have such an effect on a purely mental process like writing songs. Come on, they don't have Alzheimer's, do they? A 60 year old has the same mental capacity as he had when he was 20, unless he has actively worked to improve it (or the other way around, if he has let it decay by not challenging his mind at all). Writing a song doesn't have to be physically exhausting, does it?
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We can pretty much say the say the same thing for mental activities like writing songs...
For instance, take IM survivor, and check the age of the composer(s) for the top10  ;)

Also check big Mathematics /Physics discoveries and you'll discover that most of them have taken place
before their introducers arrive their 30th birthday -check it  B)

Mega said:
Also I like that you call me young man ;)
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No prob, take advantage of it Mega, seize the day  ;)
 
Heh, from reading the posts, I got the sense that Will-I-Am was in his late 50's or something... but you're only 34, right? Dude, you're not past your prime yet.

I sometimes wonder where the mindset comes from that it's downhill from 30 onward.
 
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