RUSH Producer / Engineer Richard Chycki Shoots Down Rumours Of Working With PRINCE
June 13, 2011, 13 years ago
RUSH producer / engineer Richard Chycki, who recently recorded James LaBrie's vocals for DREAM THEATER's forthcoming album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events, has addressed the rumours floating around that he is working with pop icon PRINCE:
"I’ve been getting quite a run of messages via my website and twitter about 'my work' on the new album from Prince. So, upon doing a search about my affiliation with The Purple One, some really interesting information surfaced. Luckily, everything you read on the net is true! Whew … LOL."One post fuelling the rumours reads as follows (from Kara at The Seattle weekly blog):
"For those interested, I overheard Richard Chycki (a badass engineer) talking the other night after the HOB show and he said that the new Prince album is complete. Chycki engineered it and it is being billed as a guitar record. It will be released possibly on the Roadrunner label and the title is supposedly Black Muse. Just sayin'…"Chycki comments: "'Badass engineer' — ha ha. I love that! It has a nice ring to it. Kara must have been in my studio in Toronto, Canada after the Prince HOB show to hear me talking 'cause that's where I was. I haven’t been to the HOB in a few years. It was probably a pretty smokin’ show anyway. In short, I’m a fan of Prince’s works but I’ve not had the opportunity of working with the man. You’ve all been duped www’ers, 100%. I can’t really think of a motive for the stories and the depth of these fantasies is a bit weird, but hey, I appreciate the positivity of the rumors anyway."
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As previously reported, Chycki posted the following update on the James LaBrie recording sessions on May 15th:
"Over the past weeks, I’ve been in the studio with long-time friend James LaBrie of Dream Theater, recording vocals for the band’s new album that is quickly nearing completion. I gotta tell ya, new DT drummer Mike Mangini is a monster player on the album. I worked with him on LaBrie’s solo album Elements Of Persuasion in 2005 and he was frightening (in a good way!) in the studio back then."
