Drummer Rob Bourdon stopped by the official Linkin Park website today to give us an update on the process behind the creation of the new album. "We have been writing new songs for the next album for the last three months or so. We have been working in pairs out of our home studios and trading ideas with each other every few weeks. Now that we have a bunch of material, we are going to head into a pre-production studio where we will all be working together. We have three separate rooms to work out of at the studio, which is really cool because we can still work individually if we need to. I personally like taking song ideas and working on the drums for a while on my own before letting the other guys hear what I have come up with. Songs can be passed around from room to room so each of us can add in our part. Since we are all there together we can help each other to develop each of our parts and create the best songs possible. It is the ultimate creative environment for how we write music, since we write by recording into a computer, not by jamming together. We currently have around 50 rough ideas for songs, which will be narrowed down to about 15 when we enter the recording studio. We are very excited about the work we have done so far, and working hard to get it done so you guys can hear it. Look for more info on our new album in the coming months on LinkinPark.com." Source: LinkinPark.com Thanks to Andrea!
Maybe LPU6, but definitely not LPU5. Anyway. I think it's stupid they don't record material all at once. Most bands do that. It's called...a "band" for a reason.
I think this might be a good idea for me to join LPU to get the pre sale tickets for the album tour following the release of the new album
good point - i might have to renew this year... i've said this before but iam starting to get excited
can't wait hopefully it'll come out soon and i hope they're going to tour in Europe too this can't be a watered-down version of Meteora or they're gonna get a lot of comments on the album
I doubt the album will be watered-down at all. The music should and will be different so I expect them to break out of their classic song formula.
I really want alot of experimentation on this album, but I also want to be able to hear it and right away distinguish it Linkin Park. I don't want it to be so different that I'm not sure I like it. If it's going to be like that, I'd rather they just stick with the same old formula, since that doesn't bother me at all either.
Hold on to them, like all the rest. Or maybe if we get lucky they'll actually put them on a LPU disc or something instead of puting some live songs on it.