Mark saying great things about Elvis, once again:
Q: Talk a little bit about working with Michael and what he brings to the Alter Bridge equation.
M: I've worked with him for nine records now: four solo records, five Alter Bridge records, Myles [Kennedy] has used him on all his side projects too; I think he's on two Slash records and [Myles'] solo record.
He's awesome, he's just a kind of guy that if you put together a demo and you love the song that you've demoed, it's gonna be that much better when he and Jeff as engineer get their hands on it. He is the type of producer who gets in there and writes music for people. He doesn't do that with us, we're not a type of band that's ever gonna write anything that comes from anybody outside the band, he's more of a producer that helps us filter, like, 'Alright, maybe this song's bridge, it's like I'm losing it, so Myles and Mark, find me another bridge.'
If we feel strongly about it, like, 'No, I'll let just live with it for a minute,' but we consider his opinion all the time, he gets the best take out of you, he's got great bedside manner as far as like when you're in there singing, he makes sure you're getting the vocal performances. When you're doing your guitar leads, he's cheerleading in there, rooting you to get the best performance out of you. He's critical when we get our final arrangements done, he's great at transitions.
You know, me and Myles write an album every year and a half, Elvis is in there non-stop writing with all these other bands, so he's got so many fresh ideas all the time, his mixing is top-notch, the tones he gets when he's recording the original takes are incredible.
If you listen to his records backed up to other people's records, you kind of really see how great he is.
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