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'Orchestrating My Life' is career-defining re-visitation of a lifetime of hits from Australian-born rocker Rick Springfield. The album, released April 26 features all the hits you know re-recorded with an electrifying mix of rock and orchestral arrangements. Rick's seventeenth studio album features new versions of 'Jessie's Girl', 'Don't Talk To Strangers', 'Love Somebody', 'Human Touch' and eight other classics. Also included is the brand new song 'Irreplaceable', a song dedicated to Rick's mother who he lost recently. The album gets its full orchestral premiere in LA's Saban Theatre on March 30th. “Don’t know what a dress rehearsal is? Well, it’s like the ultimate sound check package lasting over 90 minutes.
Watch Rick perform with his band and the award winning, eighty-member Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra, while they navigate through the line up for the next evening’s world premier of 'Orchestrating My Life'. There’s bound to be a tad of tom-foolery between the band and a wholelotta kick ass music.
You’ll see a different side of Rick as he maneuvers though the evening making last minute adjustments to this amazingly personal show. We are limiting this rehearsal to only 200 guests to ensure EVERY seat is fantastic.
Every guest receives a commemorative lanyard and a limited edition, fine art quality 16”x20” print signed and numbered by the photographer and personally autographed by Rick. Come spend a rare and special night with Rick Springfield at the beautiful Saban Theater in Beverly Hills on Friday, March 29th.”. Rick Springfield is one of those evergreen performers that just seems to keep on going. And he never stands still, bringing his fans new music that challenges and pushes new boundaries.In his 69th year, Rick delivers a first - a blues based album that seems him delve deep into the swampy authentic delta blues that only the bravest attempt. At the same time, the familiar elements that define his music aren't far from the front. A typically self-depreciating Rick Springfield discusses the new album 'The Snake King' and what drives him still after all these years. So Rick, I'll keep this brief as I know you're busier now than ever before.You're taking some musical liberties with this and indeed, the last album.
Are you driven by a sense of needing to feel as if you've covered all bases while you are still able to? (Not wanting to age you here!).I'm 68 and figure I can record music that makes me happy or at least fulfils a need in me. This is just 2018's version of that. Not trying to cover all musical bases because that would mean I would have a disco album in my future and THATS not going to happen!We are all thankful for that! Rocket Science was a great left turn into the country sphere, but carried the same Rick Springfield essence we all know.
The Snake King feels more like a left, then right.it's a lot more focused on the influence of the chosen direction. Was that a conscious decision or just how it naturally evolved?Well it's not as blues based as I'd envisioned but I like the mix of blues and rock that it became. I don't make records anymore to be liked, I make them because I have music to play and something to say. I decided to do a blues based record but wanted to write all the songs so once I started, it took its own path.You commented to me a little while back that you 'had to do' this album.
What drove that?Lyrically there is so much going on in my head about the world and God and whatever form the devil takes, and sex of course, that it just happened pretty organically. If you can call getting drunk and writing a bunch of stuff organic. Musically it is, as always, just whatever comes through.And would you class this as a step away from the RS catalogue, where Rocket Science fitted the mould more easily?I am not a good judge of that. To me it sounds like me. Certainly, if you look at my whole recording career its gone through changes from time to time so I guess this is just the next change.The cynical and lyrically unique RS is still prevalent throughout!
Did Matt again co-write or were you on your own this time?This is only my fault. Don't blame Matt. But I will write with Matt again. Especially if this one bombs as badly as I think it will. Hahaha!Haha, ok! It would probably been easier to do an album of blues standards (but much less enjoyable for us fans).
You chose to put a lot of effort into this as you would any normal RS release, yes?I don't think anyone, including me, wanted a Rick S version of Little Red Rooster. Plus it's about what's happening in my head today so singing about some long dead woman who did me wrong wouldn't be truthful. And all those great old blues songs were done right the first time around, so I wanted to write new 'blues' songs. It's definitely not a particularly happy album so I'd class it as a type of 'blues.'
I certainly did get the overall darker tone and questioning of some common themes from past songs - God, spirituality, suicide, disillusion, relationships etc'Ok so its not so new, theme-wise, but I think it is because it's a more universal approach. I know a lot of people who have similar feelings to me and in the end you have to write what's in your mind because that's the only way its truthful. The days are gone where I'd make up some boy/girl scenario and write that. The overall theme is I guess WTF is going on???How about the guitar work - I know Tim Pierce guested - how much of the playing is just you - because, honestly, there is some truly stellar work within this album.Tim and I played the guitars on this and I played more than I have in a while because my guitar style tends more towards the blues based progressions and I love to play guitar so I said 'it's my record so I'm playing on it'.I did all the acoustic, dobro, steel resonator stuff, most of the electric slide and played electric on a lot of it and some of the soloing. Tim is an unbelievably gifted player and can assume any style of guitar work and his soloing and atmospheric playing is amazing on this record.I have to ask about a couple of the songs - Land Of The Blind sounds like a great starting point - halfway between Rocket Science and this album?Yes we thought Land of the Blind was a good one to lead off with as it's a little more familiar but still in keeping with the vibe of the record. Work our way in slowly.But then it's straight into the delta blues with harmonica, horns and smoking blues guitar.May as well get to it.
I still think it's less bluesy than I was picturing it but that's what happens in the writing and recording process. It takes on a life of its own.
A friend of mine, Russell Morris, in Australia got me thinking about doing a blues oriented record. He was a contemporary when I was in Zoot and we've been friends ever since and he did some very successful blues CD's, all his own stuff and I thought it was a good idea so I was influenced a bit by Russ.Those two albums for Russell have been huge down here. Little Demon has a classic hard hitting sound and RS vocal - it's a more naturally you sounding track?It's actually one of the later songs I wrote so maybe I was getting tired of the confines of the blues thing and wanted to stretch out a bit. I don't really know how to classify my music or talk intelligently about it. That's why I write in the first place, so I don't have to discuss it!Jesus Was An Atheist is certainly not your average pop lyric - where did that stem from?A glass or two of wine and a late night. Again, I have no real idea where the final songs come from other than me thinking for a while and then picking up a guitar and turning on a recording device.
I have no more real awareness of this or what that means than you do. It's always open to interpretation. Even for me.And Orpheus In The Underworld seems like a pretty simple 'storytellers' type song, but it keeps going.and going! There's a lot of lyrics there! Is that perhaps the longest set of lyrics you've ever written?It sounds like it bored you Hahahaha.No, It didn't. It's just long!Yes, I can see that. I look at it as a lyric stream of consciousness that you have to absorb if you're inclined to.On the subject of songwriting - how do you feel when many fans (me included) thank you for being the soundtrack of their lives and in particular gaining strength through your songs to help through difficult times?I had my own songs as a kid and it's a great compliment to be a tiny part of any other humans life.
I don't take that lightly but I also think it's the individuals way of finding words and music that speaks to them as a way of helping them through tough moments.So this is three-four albums in pretty quick succession compared to some parts of your career. Where next?A nap. I'm thinking about the next record and looking for more good acting work as well as writing prose and other projects that interest me.To those that would like to hear a more traditional RS album - how would you see that sounding based on where you're at and where you've come from?I have no idea at this point. As I said it takes on a life of its own once a project is begun.Is there anything you haven't done that you'd still like to?
I can't think of anything to be honest, which is quite amazing really.I want to be in a great and creative night time TV series so that touring can be a seasonal thing.On a deeper topic, how do you react to the many untimely passings in the last few years - this week David Cassidy, but also your dear mum and great friends like Darryl Cotton?It's hard to see people leaving. And someone like David C and Bowie and Tom Petty, you feel like they're friends anyway. Darryl was a difficult loss for us all who knew him because he was so vibrant and positive and such a wonderful human being that it just didn't seem right that he got sick and died so quickly. Bottesini reverie pdf converter. My beautiful Mum was 96 so it's more understandable but losing your Mum is brutal and she is such a powerful spirit she is still around, we can feel it.She was loved by many.
Any plans for European appearances and c'mon.let's do Australia please!!!Nothing would thrill me more than to do an Aussie tour. We are working on it. It's just that, like Europe I haven't really been touring there so it's an unknown quantity for promoters and us both. Hopefully we will soon. I have a monster touring band and you should see these guys:)Anything you'd like to add?ONWARD!!!!Thanks Rick, very much appreciated once again. In-between those are some truly impressive examples of some genuine delta blues riffing, complete with harmonica, brass and some guitar playing that really impresses - both fast rocking and slower traditional blues rhythms. Most impressive here, besides the trio of more recognisable Rick songs are the title track; the heavier rock of Little Demon – which converts to a slow guitar solo of pure class; the lyrically dark, rollicking double time blues of Suicide Manifesto and the quite commercial Voodoo House.
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Elsewhere in this issue we talk to Magnum main-man Tony Clarkin discussing the band’s return to form with their new album, as well as detailed chats with Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Scott Soto, LA Guns, Fozzy, Rick Springfield, Joe Satriani, Sons of Apollo, Shakre, The Dark Element, Autograph, Von Hertzen Brothers, Elvenking and fantastic newcomers Midnite City. Little Steven tells us about his long and varied career in music and movies, while ex Battle Beast guitarist Anton Kabanen tells us all about his new band, Beast In Black. Add to that further interviews with Pink Cream 69, Dante Fox, Revolution Saints, Vice, Adrian Vandenberg, Delain, 10 Years, Almanac, Leave’s Eyes and many, many more! Ruben Velasco was not only an amazing guitar technician, he was a huge lover of cats. Having three of his own, he would visit the sanctuary as much as he could to spend time with the special needs kitties. Many of these cats have cancer, leukemia, Cerebellar Hypoplasia (cerebral palsy for humans), blind, deaf and other chronic illness that had put them at high risk to be euthanized at the county shelters. Fur & Feather Animals Sanctuary is a No-kill 'forever home, forever life' sanctuary.
The sanctuary specializes in special needs cats giving them second chances to live up to their full potential, no matter how short or long they have to live. Ruben spent numerous occasions visiting, playing, and helping, giving these handicap cats lots of love and attention.
With Rubens passing, Rick Springfield and the Sanctuary are creating a legacy for Ruben so his love for cats and music can live on! 'We are honored to have had Ruben as our supporter all these years, as well as contributing to his legacy with Rick Springfield,' states Sarah Richards, Vice Chairman of Fur & Feather Animal Sanctuary.
'With the help of Rick's generosity, Rubens Aunt, Uncle, cousins and a few best friends we are going to unveil a wonderful tribute to this man's life before the end of the year. We are also working with the family and friends to create a forever program in his name. Ruben Velasco is one of a kind and we will miss him dearly.' In this exclusive experience, join Rick's crew during sound check and stay for the rest of the show. Outfitted in an official backstage pass and a 'Rock for Ruben' baseball cap, you're welcome to assist in setting up Rick's guitars, if you'd like. You can even hand him his guitar between songs to the cheers of the audience. For helping to remember Ruben, Rick will show his gratitude by presenting you with a personally autographed guitar.
He'll also take photos with you and sign autographs. This unique experience will be available at 28 stops on Rick's cross-country tour this summer. DATES STILL AVAILABLE:July 08 Phoenix, AZ Comerica TheatreJuly 12 Saratoga, CA Montalvo Arts CenterJuly 17 Valley Center, CA Harrah's ResortJuly 24 Cleveland Heights, OH Cain Park ' Evans AmphitheatreJuly 27 Interlochen, MI Interlochen Center for the ArtsJuly 28 Ottumwa, IA Bridge View CenterAug 05 Binghamton, NY Spiedie Fest & Balloon RallyPURCHASE THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME PACKAGE HERE:Get your package now! This will SELL OUT! For more information on Rick Springfield and Fur & Feather Animal Sanctuary click to,. ' Tad Kubler is an Indie artist and he has a band called The Hold Steady, which is very popular with the kids.
He lives in Brooklyn and has guitars, recording equipment, and a desire to write with me, so off I go to Brooklyn, harboring unrealistic dreams of maybe becoming a respected and legitimate Indie artist. Writing with someone new is always a scary and potentially embarrassing proposition. (Case in point: the Todd Rundgren story I tell in my Stripped Down Solo Show. BUT I LOVE Todd. So it’s all good!).
'Mayhem' was going to be the original title of this album/CD/free-download. (But if you download it for free you won’t be able to read all these stunning literary gems. Wait, but if you did download it for free you wouldn’t know you were missing them so that kind of negates the whole ‘Ha ha, you suck for stealing my music’ thing. Okay, never mind.) Anyway, I thought the title 'Mayhem' made the album sound like it might be by some thrash metal band instead of a one-dimensional pop star/soap opera geek. And I do so prize my one-dimensional pop star/soap opera geek status.
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'I was just wanting to change my attitude,' Springfield tells Billboard. 'Pissing and moaning about something and dooms-daying is not gonna help anything.
I've always been a big one to do that, pissing and moaning. So I wanted to have some solutions for once rather than just moaning. I've been having a better mindset lately and focused on different things. I'm always fighting the depression - that's taught for me - but the way I deal with that mainly is just to write, and feeling that I'm doing something creative really helps my mood.' That said, 'Let Me In' - the first song Springfield wrote for Rocket Science, which comes out Feb. 19 - was drawn from darker circumstances in his life. 'I was having issues with my primary relationship, and it came out of that,' explains Springfield, who's been married to wife Barbara since 1984. 'The best songs come from a moment of truth for me, and that was an issue I was having a really tough time with, so it came from that.
I'm very guilty of creating conflict to get the emotions stirred up and be able to write. There's deeper stuff in conflict; That's the only time you stop and think is when things aren't going well.
When things are going well you're kind of full steam ahead, and I don't really write much when I'm happy.' With 25 million records sold, Rick Springfield has withstood the test of time far better than most critics would ever have imagined, performing nearly 100 concerts around the world every year. He has written and performed some of the best-crafted power pop anthems of the past 40 years, including 17 U.S.
Top 40 hits; among them, 'Don't Talk to Strangers', 'An Affair of the Heart', 'I've Done Everything for You', 'Love Somebody', and 'Human Touch', as well as the 1981 Grammy' Best Male Rock Vocal winning No. 1 single, 'Jessie's Girl'. Springfield has even more to say on his latest release, Rocket Science.