But I also don’t think that I’ve done my best work yet, either. And also, everybody around me, from everybody in the band to the amount of shows we’ve played over the years, the fanbase that we’ve met-we’re in the middle of mixing Shinedown seven right now, and I take it very seriously that we have 27 singles in our career that have been released. A lot of the stuff I write is because of a situation I’ve been in, a scenario I’ve been a part of life experiences in general. And I’ve always been able to put it into a song format. I’ve just never had a problem conveying my thoughts or how I feel. It’s something that I’ve been able to do since I was 10 years old. I’ve often said this and it’s very true: I write songs because it’s cheaper than therapy. What does your songwriting or creative process look like? How do you find an idea and nurture that into a completed song? I find that if I go back and try to redo what I did in the demo, it just doesn’t have the same feeling. Sometimes it’s hard to be what is considered the ‘demo,’ because it was a moment in time. I’m trying to get that inflection, that passion I’m trying to emote. Now, what we do is we’ll write the song, we have a good understanding of what the song is, but when I walk into the studio to sing it, it is me singing it for the first time. When we’re writing a song, a lot of the times, we don’t really have a demo process anymore. Make sure that you’re singing through it. Don’t necessarily cut and paste everything. With technology and the way the advancements are with recording, everybody in Shinedown, we still come at every record with an analog mentality. And what I mean by that is don’t walk in there with this idea of ‘I’ve got to hit every single note perfect,’ because then, all of a sudden, you sound like a robot. But when it’s in a studio, you don’t want to out-sing a performance. Smith: Yeah, and there’s a bit of study involved in it. I’m not the type of person that has to hear the sound of their own voice in a conversation-I’m listening a lot of the time because I’m studying what’s going on. Not vocal teachers, but I’ve been able to be in a lot of studios with world-class producers, different songwriters-so I’ve been very lucky to be in the presence of a lot of people in the industry, male and female, that I have just, constantly over the years, really listened to. Granted, I’ve got to say this, too, I’ve had a lot of extraordinary teachers.
You know, because it’s an interesting element. That’s one of the best ways I can say it. Smith: I sing it like it could potentially be my last day on earth. You have one of the most iconic rock voices of the early 2000s, built with tons of texture and range-when you go to lay down vocals for a track, what kind of thought or purpose exists behind the way you choose to sing a song? I always had a vision and I always knew what I wanted to do. What I do today, I work every single day to be the best I can at it. I feel very, very lucky that I’ve been able to be on this path. I started writing early, around 10 years old. I didn’t come from this school of learning other people’s material. A friend of mine, a couple of years ago, made a very simple statement, but it held a lot of weight, which is ‘you don’t necessarily pick the music, the music picks you.’ And I’ve always been very humble and very respectful and I try to show an immense amount of gratitude for the fact that, ever since I was a child, I always knew what I wanted to do. My mother has always said that I came out screaming and singing all at the same time. What initially drew you to songwriting and music and performing?īrent Smith: As early as I can remember, I was compelled by melody, different types of sounds, ever since I can remember. Read on for our interview with Shinedown frontman Brent Smith, where we talk about musical beginnings, songwriting, Smith & Myers and Shinedown 7. Shinedown’s film accompaniment to their latest record, Attention Attention, is set to be released on September 3.
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In 2020, frontman Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers followed up their 2014 acoustic project, Smith & Myers, with two full volumes of acoustic covers and original acoustic music. Recently, Billboard ranked Shinedown number 1 on their Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists chart. Every single the group has ever released has charted in the top 5 on that same chart. The group has the most number-one singles on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart out of any other band, with 16 number one tracks. The hard rock band Shinedown was formed in Florida in 2001 and has gone on to release six studio albums and find a high level of mainstream success.
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