LEE AARON Talks Making Of "Fire And Gasoline" Video - "It Was Filmed Without The Intention Of Being An Official Video, But What The Heck..."
May 9, 2016, 8 years ago
Canadian metal queen and rock icon Lee Aaron has checked in with the following update:
"Hey All, I've recieved quite a few messages asking me about the Fire And Gasoline video, so here are a few answers:
* Yes, it was filmed in our home in the multimedia room with the crazy vinyl/CD/movie collection. We rehearse there too :-)
* The image on the big screen is Sister Rosetta Tharpe: gospel singer, badass guitarist, Godmother of Rock 'n Roll.
* Yes, it's my actual band John Cody, Sean Kelly and Dave Reimer.
* It was filmed on an iPad just before rehearsal one day without the intention of being an official video, but what the heck, it's fun.
* Dave Reimer and I did the amateur camera work. Dave's thumb appears in the upper left corner at 47sec... nice one Dave!
* Dave could not stop dancing while filming and that's why some of the camera work is shakey...lol...
Here it is again...enjoy, laugh, share!"
The clip below features behind-the-scenes footage of Lee Aaron and her band during pre-production and laying down tracks in the studio for the new album, Fire And Gasoline. The clip includes interviews with Sean Kelly, Dave Reimer and John Cody, as well as Lee's take on the writing and recording process and more.
BraveWords scribe Carl Begai recently spoke with Lee, who released Fire And Gasoline on March 25th. Following is an excerpt from the interview that does not appear in the feature story.
"Sometimes I think it's a miracle I haven't lost my voice after all these years in rock n' roll and having bad monitors," says Lee. "I finally caved about a month ago and bought myself a set of in-ear monitors. I used them for the first time on a weekend away in Saskatoon and Regina, and it was like 'Where have you been all my life?' (laughs). It's so nice because with music that has powerful guitars, a lot of the time I wasn't hearing the nuances in my vocalizations. No with the in-ears it's like 'Man, this is amazing...' The funny thing is I always stay after the show to sign autographs or take pictures with the fans - meeting the fans is one of my favourite parts of performing - and at those two shows I received extra comments on how good the vocals sounded. I'm so glad I took the plunge."
"There's no guessing. When you're in a rock band the guitar player starts turning up a little bit two thirds into the set, the drummer plays louder, the bassist turns up, the whole sound system gets turned up, and before you know it your ears are shutting down. There have been some nights where I've been guessing and really hoping I'm actually hitting the notes, so the in-ears are a nice thing to have."
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About the album she says: "Fire And Gasoline is a rock n' roll record, and I think it would have been a huge mistake to make an album that sounds like something I did before."
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