Stevie's everywhere except in the studio.

[secondhandchain]

Originally Posted by David

Fleetwood Mac is looking at this whole thing too narrowly. They should consider skipping the whole studio scene entirely—they don't seem to be all on board with studio work—and instead write and perform their new songs on the road. The performances can be recorded and released to iTunes or Google Play. If they do that, they combine the best of both worlds: They continue to rake it in doing the classic hits and they create some new music (so they don't all go nuts playing "Rhiannon" three hundred times a year).

Think "Fireflies," "Farmer's Daughter," "Bleed to Love Her," "My Little Demon," "Sweet Girl"—recorded live, polished, released!

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If you think those songs were "live" you got another thing coming. I heard many a prerecorded or overdubbed part on those songs. There is NO way in hell Lindsey got that guitar sound on Bleed to love her live. Also if you listen to the Dance you can hear multiple track of Stevie singing on certain songs. Those songs were way sweetened in the studio.

[David]

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

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If you think those songs were "live" you got another thing coming. I heard many a prerecorded or overdubbed part on those songs. There is NO way in hell Lindsey got that guitar sound on Bleed to love her live. Also if you listen to the Dance you can hear multiple track of Stevie singing on certain songs. Those songs were way sweetened in the studio.

Of course I know. The point is, those songs were all done onstage as the base of the song. The band didn't write or record those basic tracks in a studio. I'm thinking that these five guys just don't want to go into a studio together, but they don't seem to mind going on tour. Go on the road, write new on the road, play it live, add whatever you want to it afterward, and release it as new while you're still on the road.

As far as polishing a live track, you do not by any means need a big studio. You can do all the additional recording and mixing on the road.