ThePretender Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 With the recent release of the fan club-only rarities compilation LPU9: Demos and a Grammy nomination for best Hard Rock Performance for "What I've Done," from their live album, Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, the decade is drawing to a close nicely for Linkin Park. Which is to say the '00s are ending as positively as they began for the California sextet, whose 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, ranked as the seventh-best selling album of the decade. "It's been an absolutely unbelievable ten years," says Mike Shinoda, the band's resident rapper and sonic mastermind. "But I'm even more excited to find out what the future has to offer." The near-future will see the release of an as-yet-untitled new Linkin Park album and, hopefully, some other guerilla-style goodies. Speaking on the phone from his home in L.A., Shinoda filled us in on the band's recent projects, what to expect from the new album, and his own holiday plans. Did going back and listening to your demos for the LPU9 album reveal anything to you about the way the band works? So we've got all this stuff on hard drives that we occasionally reference for ideas, but as time went on we realized that we like making new sounds more than listening to our old ones. So we decided that if we weren't going to mine this older material, we should put it out. Excellent. Now what about my original question? Anything to that? [Laughs] Yeah! Sorry I went off on a bit of a tangent there. You definitely pick stuff up when you go back and listen to older material. There were situations, for example, when I listened to the demos and realized that I loved playing with my MPC sampler -- it had a sound that I liked a lot that the samplers I was using on the new record didn't have. So I ended up using that again. Tell us about the new album. Well, Rick Rubin is producing it. I'd say we're about halfway done. I'm really happy with what we have so far. We're having a ton of fun in the studio. We really want to do something special and unique for the next record -- we want to redefine the band. I feel like on Hybrid Theory we wanted to introduce ourselves to the world with a certain sound. Then on [2003's] Meteora we were trying to show that we weren't a fluke and we could do the sound that made us successful a second time. By the time we got to [2007's] Minutes to Midnight, we wanted to break down that sound and go outside its confines. Now that we've done that, we feel like we can do anything. Can you describe any of the songs? That would be really hard for me to do. I have a tough time doing that. But I can say that it sounds brand new. The thing is, there are so many different ways to make music these days with virtual instruments, software applications, physical instruments, and computer programs. Then when you get in the position of being able to use almost any of it -- that's what we did on Minutes to Midnight . We wanted to play with as many instruments and sounds as we could. But on the new record, now that we have a sense of everything that's available to us, we can reel it in a bit and focus on just the things that we like, which so far is turning out to mean music that is more beat-driven and has a keyboard and drum machine kind of feel. Have you picked a name for it yet? Way too early for that. Did Chester's going off and working with [solo project] Dead By Sunrise have any residual affect on how he's now contributing to Linkin Park? That's a good question. I related to where Chester was at when he was making the Dead By Sunrise record. I went through the same thing with [shinoda's side-project] Fort Minor. He had songs that he had to get out of his system; songs that the rest of the guys in Linkin Park couldn't necessarily get behind. Not because they wouldn't like them, but because they aren't right for a Linkin Park record. I think for both of us, working outside the band made us feel like we could focus better when we eventually came back. Aside from the album, what do you guys have planned for the future? We really wanted to start a phase in our career where we could release music more often rather than have to wait to put out a new album every four years. The demo album is sort of representative of that. But we also wrote "New Divide" for the Transformers movie. Chester put out his Dead By Sunrise record. We're working on the new album, so things are already moving along nicely. We're really trying hard to give fans the opportunity to hear new material from us more often. It's just a matter of finding the right outlets. Hopefully, those outlets aren't always in the form of albums. What's going on with you for the holidays? Any big plans? Usually I spend my holidays with my family. My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old. It's super traditional. I write out a Christmas list beforehand, we eat turkey and drink hot cider. It's pretty funny. What'd you put on your Christmas list? That part's pretty tough! I can't ask my parents to buy me a mixing board or a Neve console. So I end up asking for a nice sweater. That's more their speed. Source Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Pretty good. Same old same old, but good nonetheless. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerkid Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 great find very nice interview Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Pretty good. Same old same old, but good nonetheless. Na, Rubin is finally confirmed AGAIN. lol. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabanini Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 well, he avoided Chester question... Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero21 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 well, he avoided Chester question... I noticed that too. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 good interview cannot wait for the album Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurhiat Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) ...nice interview but nothing really new!... ...and seriously, what's the deal with Rick Rubin? he is a great producer, but I always think Mike is way better (for alternative "new" bands like LP). The band was able to give any chance to another producer like...errm...Timbaland (just saying one)!!! ...mah...whatever... Merry X-mas to everyone! XoXo Edited December 23, 2009 by jurhiat Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spraypaintninkpens Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Being half way done would indicate that the album will not be out by June. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luki9875 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 sweet "half way done" - no comments.. haha our typical lp Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecanoLP Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 That was a pretty nice interview although we didn't get any new information. I'm looking forward to the next album Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwerty18 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Halfway done? What a mess...LP is working on this new record since 2008 (I still remember when Mike said there would be a new LP album in 2009 lol), and it's only halfway done. So, probably no LP record in 2010... Now, I'm just wondering for wich album we will be waiting the most: MTM (4 years) or ??? (3 years? 4? 5? 10?20?). Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VavourasLP Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 well, he avoided Chester question... No he didnt actually...he said that going out of the band makes him come back more focused. Therefore,he means that his side project didnt have negative effects on Linkin Park Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphyLP Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I really hope that Mike start to put only his name when he compose a song. (composed by Mike Shinoda) Because if Chester didn´t help in anything he shouldn´t get a credit for it. When you start to carry others on your back they get lazy... and for me this is Chester´s situation right now. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav0k Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Didn't really have hopes for Rubin again...but if he accomplished what they wanted then all power to them. He's a great producer but I don't think he was right for Linkin Park. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladygaga Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 i rather rick producing than howard benson, he did a horrible job in dbs album Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996_LP Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Awesome. more beat-driven and has a keyboard and drum machine kind of feel. seems to be a reoccuring thing in his interviews. sounds intreguing. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 O_O @ "halfway done". 2011, anyone? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VavourasLP Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) O_O @ "halfway done". 2011, anyone? bah,the other half will be faster... Edited December 23, 2009 by VavourasLP Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidOhri Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 bah,the other half will be faster... LOL i'm praying for them to read that!! another year of waiting??? naaaah, that's really not cool... even though we won't have any influence on that... unfortunately... Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sizedude Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 O_O @ "halfway done". 2011, anyone? They've not got much planned for 2010 apart from make the record, so I'm feeling late 2010, if anything pops-up, even the smallest of things, like a similer New Divide release, then its definitely 2011. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZero Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Being half way done would indicate that the album will not be out by June. I'm starting to think they Chester just ment the writing for the album would be done by june... Then they would go into the mixing stage. I have high hopes they can have this album out the first half of the year but with DBS suddenly pulling new tour dates out of there ass and the album being half done. I say this album will be out by August or September. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Can't wait for this album...it sounds really different than the previous albums and I'm willing to bet it will have some of the most amazing work from LP yet. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaiNt Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Chester is being selfish Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelbeats Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 i say they'll prolly release the album somewhere September/October Though i wanna see Brad speaking on how the album since he's also involved with the mixing process Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/3239-mike-talks-new-album/#findComment-50786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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