hahninator Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 A new studio update from Mike on the latest album by Linkin Park: "Hey everyone, We’re hard at work making some new music for you. The six of us have been more than enthusiastic about how this album is shaping up, and I’m happy to share this update!As usual during an early stage, we don’t know a ton about where the songs will end up. They change shapes over and over during the writing process, and we usually write dozens of songs, which push each other in and out of contention for a spot on the final album. One thing that’s making this album unique (so far) is the process. When we started out as a band, we often started our songs focusing almost entirely on the musical “track," with no vocals until the end of the process. The vocals were usually forced into the existing chords and structure of the song, which often times meant that some ideas we loved never "made it," because good words or good melodies never showed up, even though we liked the music. Over time, we’ve started incorporating vocals earlier and earlier in the process, usually in the form of skat “la la la” vocals and gibberish words. Many of those demos have been shared as a part of our LPU albums.But this time, we decided to go even further, and write more “traditionally." We’re starting with the most fundamental parts of the songs—the words and vocal melodies—and completely fleshing out those ideas before we begin working out the music. That means right now, we’re only focusing on the foundations upon which the songs are built. Some songs are just one piano, keyboard, or guitar, and a vocal. The concept and words of the song are front and center. We’ve even invited some new friends into the studio to bounce ideas off (more to come on that later). So far, the new approach is paying off. The new stuff is really powerful, and the stories and emotional content is really shining through. We’re going to continue on this path until we feel like we’ve got more than enough material to begin the “sound” phase. I’ve been posting some live video streams of studio days up on the Facebook page, so keep an eye out for those updates. And we’ll try to write some more updates as things go. This album is going to be insane, and we’re looking forward to taking you on the journey as we make it. Best,MikeLP" Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAME-XIII Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 WTH Chester is doin' with guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLPL Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 WTH Chester is doin' with guitar? that's a very intriguing question. I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's pretty obvious Chester is playing It's Going Down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyleronlplive Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I don't see Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPodwithnomusic Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I don't see Joe Mike did say "The six of us have been more than enthusiastic about how this album is shaping up, and I’m happy to share this update!" So Joe must still be doing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAME-XIII Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 maybe this picture was made by Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSoul Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 WTH Chester is doin' with guitar? I would assume he's playing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeysToTheLinkinPark Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnk-4Xi4ag/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAME-XIII Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I would assume he's playing it or still trying to learn how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelbeats Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 i just hope we're going to get a making' of dvd this time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astat Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 You guys do realize that Chester's been using guitar as his primary songwriting instrument since before he joined Linkin Park, right? He wrote Morning After on acoustic guitar back in the Grey Daze era...considering the songs are very melody and lyric-centric at this point and the primary writers of melodies and lyrics are Mike and Chester, I'd be shocked to NOT see Chester with a guitar at this stage of the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felipeintheend Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Joe was fired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapapwomatic Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Well, that doesn't sound bad. I just hope we get something more imaginative than "Cause you don't know what you've got, ooo you don't know what you've got, no you don't know what you've got, it's your battle to be lost, no you don't know what you've got, until it's gone" Actually I hope their music will be more a mixture of a few electronic sounds with rock again. I don't expect a new HT or Meteora, but the thing that lacked in Hunting Party were the electronical sounds or scratching (I hope some scratching will come back) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Chester has even played guitar live in quite some songs. Plus he's the composer of War(and other songs as well), which came to life through his guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Well that explains War then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyleronlplive Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 How does this update compare to the studio update that came out around this time two years ago before THP? At that point Mike said he couldn't wait for us to hear it that summer, so there was a more solid timeframe then. Is it safe to say that they aren't as far along in the process as they were for THP during that update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlassCastles Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 How does this update compare to the studio update that came out around this time two years ago before THP? At that point Mike said he couldn't wait for us to hear it that summer, so there was a more solid timeframe then. Is it safe to say that they aren't as far along in the process as they were for THP during that update? Yes. I'd be shocked to see this come out before September or October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irresistiblecookie Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Is it safe to say that they aren't as far along in the process as they were for THP during that update? That would be weird, considering the original idea for the sixth album was pretty much completely scrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 They should bring back the original style of the LPTV's from Meteora those were REAL STUDIO UPDATES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyleronlplive Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 That would be weird, considering the original idea for the sixth album was pretty much completely scrapped. Well it isn't like they had completed pop songs, Mike had just made some demos that sounded too poppy before he scrapped them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygolfer Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I have a feeling that the lead single will be dropping sooner than a lot of people expect, similar to how they dropped GATS well ahead of the album's release. I'm gonna take a guess at it and say around June for single release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeroerka Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Do they have a new album of the final album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLPL Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Do they have a new album of the final album? new album. I don't think LP will be quitting any time soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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