Stevie Recording A New Album With Dave Stewart Producing In Nashville...

[Gold Dust Woman]

A new Stevie album eh? As much as I like Ms Nicks I thought IYD was pure crap so I'm not looking forward to this. Would rather she got her arse in the studio with FM but whatever.

[Dex]

Originally Posted by Gold Dust Woman

A new Stevie album eh? As much as I like Ms Nicks I thought IYD was pure crap so I'm not looking forward to this. Would rather she got her arse in the studio with FM but whatever.

"Pure" crap? Hm. Well the creative process looks to be quite different from what IYD was, if that gives you any hope. But I'm not sure there's any guarantee that a new FM studio album wouldn't be similarly awful. We just have to wait and hope for the best.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

She seems to have a combination of both real & fake fur in her clothing & home decor. That definitely looks like real fur. If the hat was a gift, you can't blame her for it, though.

However, she wore a fake fur coat & hat to Sundance last year:

I hope she doesn't wear real fur. She should know better.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^joan of arc is an awesome song! Don't know if I want her to do it now tho. It was a perfect fit for tango and now I feel it should just live in demo land for us die hards.

And about SYW, stevie and Lindsey both contributed great songs. My #1 is from Lindsey then the rest of the top 5 are Stevie's songs for me then Lindsey takes the rest of the higher middle songs and Stevie gives probably the 3 worst. So I feel she gives the highs and the lows of the album. Lindsey gives the highest high and the good but no bad. And like Stevie what I just said probably only makes sense to me.

Agreed! I love Joan of Arc. I'd forgotten all about that song. Very haunting...at least the demo was.

As for The Ledge, I'm happy to be a member here. I do appreciate the vast array of opinions. Though I am a Stevie fan first and foremost, I don't take any criticism of her personally, like I once did. I'm probably the most critical person of her anyway! This board, for me, has been a great source of information and insight over the years!

[Dex]

The array of opinions on this forum is what keeps me coming back, and what makes a lot of other fan forums wear a bit thin for me. I've been a member of a Kate Bush forum where basically every post just sort of devolved into "Isn't Kate Bush awesome? She is AWESOME!" and that makes for a rather tedious discussion after a short while. Having people who live for Stevie Nicks adjacent to a bunch of people who couldn't really care less about her is a dynamic that works really nicely.

[Christopher]

Oh yeah, the diversity of opinions & observations (not complaining) is always interesting.

[BlueDenimLamp]

at the mixing desk with my great pal and producing partner Waddy Wachtel for Stevie Nicks new album http://t.co/Z64r4qflee

— Dave Stewart (@DaveStewart) May 3, 2014

Notice the "Rhiannon" picture on the console...



"Rhiannon was started at the onset of Robin's Leukemia~ last August~
she died last Tuesday~

She was originally finished for Patrick at the City of Hope~ he died while she was still in her grey stage~

I finished her in brilliance upon Robins death~ because Robin was brilliant~

May she be a patron of driving this disease away~ it cannot live this cancer~ amongst Rhiannon's bright colors~ she was a bright light girl~ and we will fight on white light"
~S. Nicks, 1982

I wonder if she has brought "Rhiannon" back as a way to send positive things John's way...

[jkmaletic]

!!!!

Best. NEWS. EVER!!

If I'm correct, "mixing" means they are finishing it up.
this thing will be out in no time!

[sorcerer999]

I'm on cloud nine!

We were all excited four years ago when we heard about a new Stevie record, but opinions as of late on this new solo album are sketchy at best because of the supposed "Fleetwood Mac album hold up" but Dave and Waddy seem to be working quickly. This hasn't been the case with her work since the "Wild Heart" days so maybe this "back to basics" approach to recording an album will be a good thing...as opposed to spending years (and thousands of dollars) on overdubs, re-recording, and over production...I'm looking at you, "Rock A Little".

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

If I'm correct, "mixing" means they are finishing it up.

No. Mixing just means they're getting the right volume levels, resonance, reverb, etc for each individual track recorded.

MASTERING would mean that they're close to finishing up.

The difference between mixing and mastering used to confuse the hell out of me when I was a kid.

[mitzo]

For this to be a real return to form I hope the songs have lots of random interjected "well's", lots of shifts from "you" to "she" and "he," and that the album contain several long rambling musings about eg. Castles, and at least one incoherent weepy ballad. Seriously, that is what I would love!

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

No. Mixing just means they're getting the right volume levels, resonance, reverb, etc for each individual track recorded.

MASTERING would mean that they're close to finishing up.

The difference between mixing and mastering used to confuse the hell out of me when I was a kid.

Ok.
Mastering usually is the next step though, right?

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Ok.
Mastering usually is the next step though, right?

Not necessarily the next step. They could still spend a lot of time tweaking, doing overdubs, harmonies, adding instrumentation, etc (which could possibly take place in L.A. and not Nashville).

However, mastering IS the FINAL step. It's the icing on the cake. It's basically a process of making the each song on an album sound consistent with one another as far as volume, crispness, and audibility.

Hope that helps.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

No. Mixing just means they're getting the right volume levels, resonance, reverb, etc for each individual track recorded.

MASTERING would mean that they're close to finishing up.

The difference between mixing and mastering used to confuse the hell out of me when I was a kid.

But it is safe to assume that the tracks and vocals have all been recorded, right? they wouldn't start mixing if they was still recording to be done?

[pryderi]

This is an exciting time! Who would have thought they'd be in the studio simultaneously!