{"id":27138,"date":"2024-05-17T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27138"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:11:11","slug":"after-forty-years-and-counting-for-tesla-its-still-time-to-rock-part-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/after-forty-years-and-counting-for-tesla-its-still-time-to-rock-part-3-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"After Forty Years and Counting, for Tesla it\u2019s Still \u2018Time to Rock!\u2019 (Part 3 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part Two<\/a>…<\/i><\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s most recent studio album was Shock<\/em>, released some five years ago. Not counting the live album, since then you\u2019ve released two singles, in 2021 and 2022. Is the band working on another full-length studio release? <\/b><\/p>\n

We did an interview a while back, and Brian nailed it right on the button for me. He says that right now, with downloading songs, it\u2019s like going back to the old days when you put out singles. We\u2019ve done \u201cCold Blue Steel\u201d and \u201cTime to Rock.\u201d And we\u2019re getting ready to go in the studio to record a new song; that\u2019s probably going to come out this spring. It takes about a year and a half to write and record a full-on record [album]. So one of these days, we\u2019re going to get the time to pencil in the time to write a full-blown record. But right now, we just go with singles.<\/p>\n

We just need the time to put the effort in, because when you do a record, you\u2019ve got to write the songs, then you go into pre-production, and then you record it, and then you layer it and layer it, and then you get the record. But by the time you record it and mix it and print up artwork and all that, it takes time.
\nAt this point, we\u2019re still selling tickets, we still got the fan base that adores us and we adore them, and we\u2019re having fun doing it, and we\u2019re just doing the singles at this point. But there will come a time, I guarantee you, before the wheels fall off, we\u2019re going to get another record out. That\u2019s what I believe. Sooner or later, we\u2019re going to have enough ideas for a full record. But when that day is, I can\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n

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How has the band\u2019s musical approach changed from the earliest days?<\/b><\/p>\n

It really hasn\u2019t. Now with new technology, with a computer and ProTools, you can really paint yourself into a corner with that technology if you\u2019re not careful. Because you can do a thousand tracks and go, \u201cIt sounds incredible.\u201d But can you recreate it live? That\u2019s the thing that we keep in mind when we record to this day. We do a basic live track and then we build on that, so it always has a live feel. Because ultimately, when you write a song or write a record, your intentions are to go out there and play it night after night.<\/p>\n

And we use the term no machines. Because we never have and never will roll [pre-recorded audio] tracks in the background. When you see us on any given night, we\u2019re either having a good night \u2013 which mostly we do \u2013 or there are nights that are a little rough. But the fact of the matter is, it\u2019s all live. We know the way we like to do it. It\u2019s the real deal. Take it or leave it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite part of being in Tesla? <\/b><\/p>\n

Being the lyricist and the frontman and the singer, I get to go out there and open up my heart and share. And to have people relate to the lyrics is like, wow<\/i>. And I enjoy the music; how could you not enjoy what the guys are playing? It\u2019s beautiful music. The greatest thing is playing the songs live. I love making records, but it\u2019s a whole different process than going out to play it live.<\/p>\n

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When you started back in the \u201880s, did you ever think you\u2019d be doing it this long?<\/b><\/p>\n

I grew up in a small town of population 900 in northern California, lived in Oklahoma for six years. Graduated high school in \u201876, came back to northern California in the foothills. And then my first concert was Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum. That was in \u201878, and I was 19 years old. Van Halen opened the show with \u201cRunning With the Devil.\u201d And then it was AC\/DC, and we were like, \u201cWho the heck is this?\u201d And then it was Pat Travers, and then Foreigner, and then Aerosmith was headlining. That was my first show ever in my whole life, when I was 19.<\/p>\n

When I joined [pre-Tesla band] City Kidd in \u201883, I was 24. By the time we put out our first record I had just turned 28. Most people start out at twelve years old looking at magazines and listening to phonograph records and saying, \u201cI want to grow up and be a rock star.\u201d I never did that. I\u2019ve still got that small town attitude. I\u2019m just a blue collar, hardworking guy. And that\u2019s what Tesla is: a blue collar, hardworking band. We\u2019re very humbled by it. We\u2019re not this big band that sells out football stadiums. We just have our own little following, and we love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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