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admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:56:31 +0000

The Keys of Summer: Baldwin Piano Takes Center Stage with Some of This Season’s Hottest Touring Acts
“In a recording studio, Amy Lee uses her trusted Baldwin Piano to create the sounds she is describing as “synthetic and atmospheric” for Evanescence’s as-yet-untitled, first release since 2006, due out later this year.” (Continue reading…)

Source: EvanescenceVille, EvThreads.com

Amy Lee “doesn’t have an opinion” on We Are The Fallen

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:05:33 +0000

Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee has told US magazine Billboard that she “doesn’t have an opinion” on We Are The Fallen, the new band featuring former Evanescence guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt, drummer Rocky Gray, ex-Disturbed bassist Marty O’Brien and former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson. “It just doesn’t have anything to do with me or Evanescence,” said Lee. “The only thing that bothers me about it, really, is I keep hearing about ‘the original members.’ The only original members of Evanescence [were] me and Ben; John and Rocky came into the band after we’d already recorded [Evanescence's 2003 debut album] Fallen, so there’s a lot of years that didn’t include anybody but Ben and I. Other than that, I don’t have an opinion or anything to say about [them].” When asked about her band’s upcoming, third studio album ,Lee says it’s set to be the best Evanescence album yet. “I know that seems weird to say, but I wouldn’t be here in the studio making another record if I didn’t think it was going to be better than anything I’ve ever done,” she said. “I feel like so much has already happened. I don’t even know where to begin to try to describe it ’cause it’s just so many things at once. I’m really excited! When asked about the musical direction of album, Lee said it will sound like Evanescence, but will also incorporate some more leftfield influnces. “It wouldn’t be an Evanescence album if it didn’t sound somewhat like Evanescence,” she added. “I feel like our band has always had programming and inspirations from Bjork and Depeche Mode and Massive Attack and that kind of thing. It’s not like we’re making one of those records; it’s just, like, that is playing a bigger role in the sound of Evanescence this time. Those little nuances and hints come in in ways that are cool. The sound that we’re going for as a group is to fuse synthetic instruments with organic instruments and create something that sounds like a whole new place. It just sounds larger than life.” Evanescence’s as-yet-untitled third album will be released in the summer through Virgin.
Source: Kerrang.com & EvanescenceVille

Evanescence recording new album, plotting summer tour

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:10:33 +0000

After just over three weeks in the studio in New York, Evanescence’s Amy Lee says she feels “like I’m making the best album of my life.” “I know that seems weird to say, but I wouldn’t be here in the studio making another record if I didn’t think it was going to be better than anything I’ve ever done,” Lee — who came to fame with Evanescence’s seven-times platinum 2003 debut “Fallen” and continued with 2006′s double-platinum “The Open Door” — tells Billboard.com. “I feel like so much has already happened. I don’t even know where to begin to try to describe it…’cause it’s just so many things at once. I’m really excited.” Lee began writing for the as-yet untitled album — which is due for a fall release, with a first single out in the summer and a tour to follow — more than a year ago, then accelerated the process when she began working with percussionist and producer Will “Science” Hunt (not to be confused with Evanescence drummer Will Hunt), who’s been her chief collaborator on the new songs. The result, Lee says, is “a lot of electronic influence — industrial is a better word for it,” but she promises it’s not going to be a wholesale reinvention of the Evanescence sound. “It wouldn’t be an Evanescence album if it didn’t sound somewhat like Evanescence,” explains Lee, who’s incorporating the harp, which she learned to play between albums, in several of the new songs. “I feel like our band has always had programming and inspirations from Bjork and Depeche Mode and Massive Attack and that kind of thing. It’s not like we’re making one of those records; it’s just, like, that is playing a bigger role in the sound of Evanescence this time. Those little nuances and hints come in in ways that are cool. The sound that we’re going for as a group is to fuse synthetic instruments with organic instruments and create something that sounds like a whole new place. It just sounds larger than life.” Lee says the group — which also includes guitarist Terry Balsamo and bassist Tim McCord — and producer Steve Lillywhite are currently recording about 16 songs and is “still working and…finishing writing here and there. Some of them aren’t finished lyric-wise or writing-wise, but I really feel like it’s mostly there.” Some of the songs, Lee acknowledges, are compositions for potential film projects that weren’t used. Lee confesses to being a bit apprehensive after the long gap since “The Open Door,” but she says a pair of one-off shows during November in New York and Brazil gave her confidence that Evanescence’s following is still intact. “I was really nervous ’cause it had been so long,” she says, “but it was amazing to see how many fans there still are that are waiting for us after all this time. It’s really inspiring, and it makes me excited to show them how much we’ve grown.” Lee is, not surprisingly, less excited to talk about We Are The Fallen, the group formed by Evanescence co-founder Ben Lee and other former members — John LeCompt and Rocky Gray — whose debut album comes out in May. “It just doesn’t have anything to do with me or Evanescence,” she notes. “The only thing that bothers me about it, really, is I keep hearing…about ‘the original members.’ The only original members of Evanescence are me and Ben; John and Rocky came into the band after we’d already recorded “Fallen,” so there’s a lot of years there…that didn’t include anybody but Ben and I. Other than that, I don’t have an opinion or anything to say about it.”
Source: Billboard.com & EvanescenceVille

Evanescence Are Heading In A Synth-Pop Direction

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:49:51 +0000

The group is working on their third album – a follow up to their 2006 album The Open Door – and singer and pianist Amy Lee said the sound of the album will more away from their established rock and classically influenced sound. Amy told Spin.com: “It’s going in an electro-pop direction — there are no organic instruments. It’s a Portishead or Massive Attack direction, and lyrically it’s about moving on, but in a very non-confrontational, non-angry way.” Amy, 28, has also assembled a new line up for the group- consisting of guitarist Terry Balsamo, bass player Tim McCord, drummer Will Hunt and a programmer who is also called Will Hunt – after all the original members left between 2003 and 2006 and formed rival band We Are The Fallen. Amy said there will be elements of the turmoil she went through with the former members of the Bring Me To Life rockers on the new record. She added: “There’s a lot of bull***t related to that band name for me, but I’m ready to move past it. I’ve realised that Evanescence is who I am. “There are moments of, ‘Hey, I’m over it and I’m good’ and others of fun sarcasm like, ‘Hey, everything’s not the most dramatic thing in the world’ on the new record. “But it gets really, really, really deep in places, too. That’s probably why it’s been really hard to pick an album title. Lyrically, it’s a more real version of myself. I’m saying things that I would’ve been afraid to say before.” Evanescence’s third album is set for release in Autumn this year. Source: MusicRooms.net & EvanescenceVille

Amy Lee on the New Evanescence Album

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:53:45 +0000

Evanescence singer Amy Lee is over the drama. “There’s a lot of bullshit related to that band name for me,” Lee tells SPIN.com, “but I’m ready to move past it. I’ve realized that Evanescence is who I am.” She’s not kidding about the bullshit. Since their 2003 Grammy-winning, multi-platinum debut Fallen rocketed the Little Rock, AR, natives to world stardom, the group have been plagued by in-fighting and lineup changes, beginning with the departure of co-founder Ben Moody. In a very public 2006 spat, the last remaining original members — guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray — left or were fired, and soon joined Moody to form We Are the Fallen with ex-American Idol finalist Carly Smithson on vocals. Evanescence is also moving on. The goth-rock outfit will release their first album since 2006 this September, with a new lineup — and a new sound. Lee, guitarist Terry Balsamo, bassist Tim McCord, drummer Will Hunt, and the band’s newest member, producer, songwriter, and studio whiz Will “Science” Hunt (that’s right — the band has two guys named “Will Hunt”), are recording the album in a New York studio with producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones). And they’re taking Evanescence’s characteristically heavy, goth-rock sound in an electro-pop direction inspired by Lee’s favorite bands: Massive Attack, Bjork, and Portishead. “The album has sounds that are distorted, changed, reversed,” says Lee. “There’s a lot of that fun stuff going on.” Continue reading…