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Continuing the issue of auditions to replace Bruce....
By the way, checking in my old emails, one of the vocalists I contacted, told me that there was a kind of pact between the band and the candidates. The absolute silence of not saying that they had auditioned if they were not elected in the end, the silence so as not to reveal that other candidates appeared for the auditions and the obvious sepulchral silence of the band of not revealing anything at all.
Another interesting fact is that, when they had a Top 5 of the final candidates, the band proposed a final challenge, so to speak.
Here I will discover two things...
The first is that, that challenge meant having to compose with the band (improvising about something already written) in a couple of songs that they already had structurally composed, to see what each one could contribute in terms of melodies, thematic in the lyrics and even arrangements for the song itself.
Interestingly, who had the best contributions was Blaze. Both in lyrics, arrangements and melodies since, it seems that it gave them some vision... let's call it a certain X Factor (something they could not describe) and that differentiated it from the rest of the candidates.
Here I understand that the band gave priority to the talent of composing with good chemistry that the voice itself, among those who presented themselves then, was vocally surpassed by some.
The second, to say that, these songs with which they played to test them, were songs that were already written, unfinished, sketches or left over from Fear Of The Dark era. Judgement of Heaven - Justice Of The Peace - Man on the Edge - Judgement Day.
The funny thing about Man on the Edge is that, despite the similarity in its structure with Be Quick Or Be Dead, Man On The Edge was previously written by Janick but ended up being stored in a drawer and instead appeared Be Quick. So earlier was the song that (already commented here) its beginnings date back to its time in White Spirit, specifically the song The Way You Want To See. Song that was not officially released and that belongs to the demo sessions for his second album and that was unreleased. You can find on the album Demo 1981 and... on this, you can find certain melodies that then later appear on other albums of the band... in Dance Of Death, The Final Frontier...
Anyway, these songs were arranged and ended up changing with respect to how they appeared on the album and in the singles and sometimes using or removing fragments.
The source of information, which is too detailed, I suppose you will know who could tell me... but, two other candidates also gave me details.
Another detail, Steve Harris, initially, his idea was to mix the parts he had of Judgement of Heaven with those that Janick had of Judgement Day.
I hope you liked to know a little more about this era of the band.
By the way, checking in my old emails, one of the vocalists I contacted, told me that there was a kind of pact between the band and the candidates. The absolute silence of not saying that they had auditioned if they were not elected in the end, the silence so as not to reveal that other candidates appeared for the auditions and the obvious sepulchral silence of the band of not revealing anything at all.
Another interesting fact is that, when they had a Top 5 of the final candidates, the band proposed a final challenge, so to speak.
Here I will discover two things...
The first is that, that challenge meant having to compose with the band (improvising about something already written) in a couple of songs that they already had structurally composed, to see what each one could contribute in terms of melodies, thematic in the lyrics and even arrangements for the song itself.
Interestingly, who had the best contributions was Blaze. Both in lyrics, arrangements and melodies since, it seems that it gave them some vision... let's call it a certain X Factor (something they could not describe) and that differentiated it from the rest of the candidates.
Here I understand that the band gave priority to the talent of composing with good chemistry that the voice itself, among those who presented themselves then, was vocally surpassed by some.
The second, to say that, these songs with which they played to test them, were songs that were already written, unfinished, sketches or left over from Fear Of The Dark era. Judgement of Heaven - Justice Of The Peace - Man on the Edge - Judgement Day.
The funny thing about Man on the Edge is that, despite the similarity in its structure with Be Quick Or Be Dead, Man On The Edge was previously written by Janick but ended up being stored in a drawer and instead appeared Be Quick. So earlier was the song that (already commented here) its beginnings date back to its time in White Spirit, specifically the song The Way You Want To See. Song that was not officially released and that belongs to the demo sessions for his second album and that was unreleased. You can find on the album Demo 1981 and... on this, you can find certain melodies that then later appear on other albums of the band... in Dance Of Death, The Final Frontier...
Anyway, these songs were arranged and ended up changing with respect to how they appeared on the album and in the singles and sometimes using or removing fragments.
The source of information, which is too detailed, I suppose you will know who could tell me... but, two other candidates also gave me details.
Another detail, Steve Harris, initially, his idea was to mix the parts he had of Judgement of Heaven with those that Janick had of Judgement Day.
I hope you liked to know a little more about this era of the band.
