New Fleetwood Mac album?

[reebokandlace]

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

He is a musician and an amazing drummer, so he's just doing what he loves!

It is nice to hear that he is still interested in making new music!

[DownOnRodeo]

Not a chance in Hades that this is a FM project. Fleetwood Mac has long been good at promising imminent new material that ends up taking half a decade or more or never eventuates at all. If it really was supposed to be an FM project, let alone one at such an advanced stage, those involved on the label/management end would be flooding the ether with a deafening buzz of on-the-nose 'hints'.

[reebokandlace]

I’m pretty sure Mic took the 1st opportunity to spill the beans. He mentions Fleetwood Mac and tradition. So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album. Stevie was waxing eloquent (People Mag last week quoted the podcast) and hinted about a reconciliation. Even if she opts to not sit in a studio for months, I hope Stevie gives them three songs that she wrote, I don’t care if she produced it herself using Apple Garage Band (that’s how she recorded the foundation of Lighthouse). Even better pull something raw out of her vault that Lindsey tweaked back in the day that didn’t make the cut on Rumours or Tusk or Mirage era. That would be awesome. Raw, unaltered. Young Stevie voice. Beautiful.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

I’m pretty sure Mic took the 1st opportunity to spill the beans. He mentions Fleetwood Mac and tradition. So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album. Stevie was waxing eloquent (People Mag last week quoted the podcast) and hinted about a reconciliation. Even if she opts to not sit in a studio for months, I hope Stevie gives them three songs that she wrote, I don’t care if she produced it herself using Apple Garage Band (that’s how she recorded the foundation of Lighthouse). Even better pull something raw out of her vault that Lindsey tweaked back in the day that didn’t make the cut on Rumours or Tusk or Mirage era. That would be awesome. Raw, unaltered. Young Stevie voice. Beautiful.

"That would be awesome. Raw, unadulterated. Young Stevie Voice. Beautiful"

[David]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album.

Mick gets involved with other musicians and records out-of-the-way albums. The idea that this is a Lindsey and Stevie recording in the making really feels unlikely to me, but who knows.

Except:

Lindsey has been down on Stevie for so long because of her refusal to get into a studio again. With her tentative plan earlier this year to record her Ghost album filled with songs about her loves, maybe that excited him enough to ask her to be involved to pull those songs together. The songs would have already been written — she’s on tour, after all — and Lindsey and Mick might be doing some record-making with Stevie on the road.

[bombaysaffires]

Not.Gonna.Happen.

https://www.tiktok.com/@stevienicksn...88341102497050

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by BrownEyedGirl26

He is a musician and an amazing drummer, so he's just doing what he loves!

Yes and he likes to play live or collaborate recording with other musicians. Shimabukuro, Gimour, Lindsey, etc. I think a Mac album would be the least likely possibility (hopefully).

I just read he is expected to appear as a guest at Saturday's R&R HOF induction. That could be a main reason for this travel, too.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

It's a solo album. He just posted "In the studio recording my solo album … all is going great!! xx, Mick" and a couple of pictures. No details yet.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdbYokXSN/

[reebokandlace]

Originally Posted by Villavic

It's a solo album. He just posted "In the studio recording my solo album … all is going great!! xx, Mick" and a couple of pictures. No details yet.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdbYokXSN/

Ok…. So it’s an album of just drumming?

[sands of time]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Ok…. So it’s an album of just drumming?

No. Try again.

[reebokandlace]

Originally Posted by sands of time

No. Try again.

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

My common sense agree with you. But The Visitor (1981) was known as his debut solo album. The Something Big (2004) was known as a The Mick Fleetwood Band album, with John and Jeremy as guests. In both cases no song was written by Mick. So I think in this case there will be something similar.

Anyway talking about Mick I can't help going back to sarcasm. Maybe he has bought the whole collection.

[Street_Dreamer]

If Lindsey releases a solo album, it's not just him playing guitar and singing. If Stevie releases a solo album, it's not just her warbling into a microphone on her own. A "solo" album simply means someone who's famous (or infamous) for working in a band is releasing music under their name. The Zoo was a Mick-led project just as his The Visitor album was because he was the band's leader. The only difference is for The Visitor, he released it using his name only while I'm Not Me and Shakin' The Cage were with his name headlining the band.

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by reebokandlace

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…

No, it means he is in CHARGE of the album/project and gets to decide who else plays on it and what they play etc. A solo album says "here's what I like and the kind of songs and music I like and the musicians I personally wanted to play music with" as opposed to a band which reflects the talents and tastes of all the various pesky members with the compromises that entails.

Solo albums are just someone saying "I get to be the big boss with the final say on what gets done and how"