michelej1
09-07-2011, 01:30 PM
[This had quotes we've seen, but also seemed to have new stuff. Notice the "sew"]
By Dustin Schoof, The Express Times September 7, 2011
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2011/09/fleetwood_mac_guitarist_lindse.html
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham discusses new solo album, 'Seeds We Sew'
Published: Wednesday, September 07, 2011, 4:30 AM
Lindsey Buckingham says he had no intention of rushing back into the studio to record another solo album.
But the Fleetwood Mac guitarist says he didn't really have much else going on at the moment, either.
"There was a time a few years back where I had to say to Fleetwood Mac, 'Don't bother me for three years'," Buckingham says, with a laugh.
"The solo albums kept getting folded over into Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac got off the road. I had no particular agenda to make an album. But time opened up and I figured I might as well use it," Buckingham says. "I think it turned out really well."
"Seeds We Sew" is Buckingham's sixth solo record and is his most auspicious to date — blending various musical styles that touch upon rock, pop and folk.
"There's something a little bit more fresh, inherit in what you do when you do small projects. I've had this big machine with Fleetwood Mac and this small machine of solo work and it really is the small-scale projects that allow you to keep growing as an artist," Buckingham explains. "You get to tap into what you feel in your heart and it allows you to take risks. When you take that up on stage, you challenge the audience to go with you."
On Sept. 22, Buckingham performs at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa.
"It is a great balance to have," he says of having a solo career. "Also, the process of piecing together a show for a solo tour is a little more brainy, a little more meticulous, a little bit more of a challenge."
He says tackling a solo project is much different than working with a band, which he compares to making a film in that each member comes into the process with a script.
"But when you work alone, it's kind of like painting," Buckingham says. "You're down there day after day, slapping colors on a canvas. It's a far more subconscious process. The work takes you over and leads you off in directions you wouldn't expect to go."
Buckingham says the one thread that runs through "Seeds" is about the choices we make and the ripple effect they can have on your life.
"Actions have consequences. Sometimes choices we make in the moment are hard to gauge whether they're proper choices," Buckingham says.
One choice Buckingham says he is happy he made is his marriage to wife, Kristen, captured in the album's first single, "In Our Time." He says, after going through "a series of crazy girlfriends," he "was lucky enough to meet to someone at a relatively late point (in life)."
"I think even when you know someone well, the more you know them, the more you realize there are things you don't know about them. ...You've got to sometimes allow for time to open up for those particular areas to be revealed to you," Buckingham says. "Part of a healthy relationship is having faith. Everything swings back and forth. If it's something you don't want it to be, eventually it will swing back on a more broad level. You have to have faith to wait."
Buckingham says "Seeds" is reflective of his attitude of not giving in to pressures of the record industry by creating the kind of music that is in his heart.
"I've seen a lot of people fall prey to forces of business and how they brand you and forget who you are a little bit and why you got into this,' Buckingham says. "A lot of people don't seem to maintain their ideals. One thing I hope to maintain as long as I'm here doing music, is to hold on to my ideals and the reasons why I got into doing music in the first place, and so far, so good."
Influenced at an early age by Elvis Presley, Buckingham says his "light bulb" moment came from listening to "Heartbreak Hotel." He says that feeling of wonderment and musical birthright is what keeps music palpable and engaging, akin to that of a religious awakening.
"I think music has the potential to have such a religious connotation to it. The use of the word religion in the best sense of the word, not overly organized, just whatever religion means to you," Buckingham says. "It's a right of passage when you perform, a right of passage going from beginning to end on a project. All of that taps into something primal, something deeply felt. I feel lucky to connect with that. A lot of people kind of drift though life without really tapping into that feeling."
As for Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham recently told The Associated Press that the band is considering another tour and album, although he says there is no specific timeline as to when it will happen.
"That seems to be the drill anyway," Buckingham says. "We do our (own) things, but Fleetwood Mac always comes back together, so it would be shocking if something (didn't happen)."
GO YOUR OWN WAY
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham brings his solo tour Sept. 22 to Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa.
• Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
• Tickets cost $30-$47.
• For more information, call 215-572-1894 or visit keswicktheatre.com.
By Dustin Schoof, The Express Times September 7, 2011
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2011/09/fleetwood_mac_guitarist_lindse.html
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham discusses new solo album, 'Seeds We Sew'
Published: Wednesday, September 07, 2011, 4:30 AM
Lindsey Buckingham says he had no intention of rushing back into the studio to record another solo album.
But the Fleetwood Mac guitarist says he didn't really have much else going on at the moment, either.
"There was a time a few years back where I had to say to Fleetwood Mac, 'Don't bother me for three years'," Buckingham says, with a laugh.
"The solo albums kept getting folded over into Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac got off the road. I had no particular agenda to make an album. But time opened up and I figured I might as well use it," Buckingham says. "I think it turned out really well."
"Seeds We Sew" is Buckingham's sixth solo record and is his most auspicious to date — blending various musical styles that touch upon rock, pop and folk.
"There's something a little bit more fresh, inherit in what you do when you do small projects. I've had this big machine with Fleetwood Mac and this small machine of solo work and it really is the small-scale projects that allow you to keep growing as an artist," Buckingham explains. "You get to tap into what you feel in your heart and it allows you to take risks. When you take that up on stage, you challenge the audience to go with you."
On Sept. 22, Buckingham performs at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa.
"It is a great balance to have," he says of having a solo career. "Also, the process of piecing together a show for a solo tour is a little more brainy, a little more meticulous, a little bit more of a challenge."
He says tackling a solo project is much different than working with a band, which he compares to making a film in that each member comes into the process with a script.
"But when you work alone, it's kind of like painting," Buckingham says. "You're down there day after day, slapping colors on a canvas. It's a far more subconscious process. The work takes you over and leads you off in directions you wouldn't expect to go."
Buckingham says the one thread that runs through "Seeds" is about the choices we make and the ripple effect they can have on your life.
"Actions have consequences. Sometimes choices we make in the moment are hard to gauge whether they're proper choices," Buckingham says.
One choice Buckingham says he is happy he made is his marriage to wife, Kristen, captured in the album's first single, "In Our Time." He says, after going through "a series of crazy girlfriends," he "was lucky enough to meet to someone at a relatively late point (in life)."
"I think even when you know someone well, the more you know them, the more you realize there are things you don't know about them. ...You've got to sometimes allow for time to open up for those particular areas to be revealed to you," Buckingham says. "Part of a healthy relationship is having faith. Everything swings back and forth. If it's something you don't want it to be, eventually it will swing back on a more broad level. You have to have faith to wait."
Buckingham says "Seeds" is reflective of his attitude of not giving in to pressures of the record industry by creating the kind of music that is in his heart.
"I've seen a lot of people fall prey to forces of business and how they brand you and forget who you are a little bit and why you got into this,' Buckingham says. "A lot of people don't seem to maintain their ideals. One thing I hope to maintain as long as I'm here doing music, is to hold on to my ideals and the reasons why I got into doing music in the first place, and so far, so good."
Influenced at an early age by Elvis Presley, Buckingham says his "light bulb" moment came from listening to "Heartbreak Hotel." He says that feeling of wonderment and musical birthright is what keeps music palpable and engaging, akin to that of a religious awakening.
"I think music has the potential to have such a religious connotation to it. The use of the word religion in the best sense of the word, not overly organized, just whatever religion means to you," Buckingham says. "It's a right of passage when you perform, a right of passage going from beginning to end on a project. All of that taps into something primal, something deeply felt. I feel lucky to connect with that. A lot of people kind of drift though life without really tapping into that feeling."
As for Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham recently told The Associated Press that the band is considering another tour and album, although he says there is no specific timeline as to when it will happen.
"That seems to be the drill anyway," Buckingham says. "We do our (own) things, but Fleetwood Mac always comes back together, so it would be shocking if something (didn't happen)."
GO YOUR OWN WAY
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham brings his solo tour Sept. 22 to Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa.
• Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
• Tickets cost $30-$47.
• For more information, call 215-572-1894 or visit keswicktheatre.com.