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Fun fact: Has Linkin Park ever played a show on Thanksgiving?

Nope!

The band barely missed it in 2000 on an off day (November 23) between Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri on POD's "King Of Game Tour". Thanksgiving in 2001 (November 22) fell right in the middle of the band's "Countdown To Revolution Tour" with their friends (hed)pe, DJ Z-Trip, and the X-Ecutioners. The show leading up to Turkey day was in southern California, so it is likely they spent the time at home with their families. Of course, in 2002 they were finishing up Meteora, as we all know. In 2003, the band just barely missed Thanksgiving as well. They played the last show of their short, five-show November run in the UK with the Lostprophets on November 25, 2003 in Cardiff, England at....the Arena! You know, the only LP tour that opened with 'Papercut'. Yeah, that one. In 2004, 2005, and 2006 as you know, they weren't actively touring at that point in the year. Lastly, they also had an off day in 2007 on Thanksgiving between their Hong Kong and opening Japanese shows. 2007 is most likely the first year they spent away from home on Thanksgiving since 2000. And of course, in 2008, they're at home writing the new record!

My present for you?
A link to this beautiful MTV Buzzworthy interview with Phoenix and Chester. "This project's gonna be different than anything we've done in the past. Not only musically, but also the medium in which you receive it will be different, and it's very top top secret. Very secretive." says Phoenix. "It's something that people will be able to look at and hopefully say, 'Wow, that's different...nobody's ever done that before...and they'll be right". Is Linkin Park finally pulling the Trent Reznor/Radiohead way of releasing the album!?

Enough info for you? Thought so. Let's hear your thoughts! Have a good one!

http://lplive.net/

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Linkin Park looking forward to Thanksgiving at home
posted by Jas, 11/26/08 | share
Rob talks about Linkin Park celebrating Thanksgiving in Japan last year.

With Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday (November 27th), the members of Linkin Park say they're thankful just to be home for the holiday. Last year at this time, the band was on the road and drummer Rob Bourdon told us he's glad the situation is different this time: "We're excited to be home to see our families and hang out with friends and all that, 'cause last Thanksgiving we were in Japan. Our agent had booked a show and we ended up having Thanksgiving at Roy's in Japan, and the chefs there were kind enough to kind of throw together the best version of Thanksgiving dinner that they could. Some of the stuff they nailed, but some of the stuff was just not quite what you get at home."

http://lptimes.com/

http://www.610cktb.com/news/music/87/834285

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Index of /media/Jones Beach (22.6.01)

http://www.lplive.net/media/Jones Beach (22.6.01)/

This is going to be a real treat for some. The three tracks below are from the Jones Beach, NY show on 6/22/2001. They are taken from the FM radio source and are the only known tracks to have been broadcast. This is the first time that they have been circulated....this is sure to help out those that have been searching for these for years. Be sure and check out the bridge of 'One Step Closer'....where Chester has that classic 2001 scream and just goes all out.

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linkin park: songs from the underground EP"

heres the track listing:
01 - Announcement Service Public 02:23
02 - Qwerty (Studio Version) 03:20
03 - And One 04:28
04 - Sold My Soul To Yo Mama 01:56
05 - Dedicated (Demo 1999) 03:10
06 - Hunger Strike 04:12
(Live From Projekt Revolution 2008)
07 - My December (Live 2008) 04:12
08 - Part Of Me 12:40

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[quote name='Hahninator' date='Nov 29 2008, 04:56 AM' post='9827']
Mike had to of known this would have happened. I mean cmon, he's a smart guy. After the 7.0 CD sucked SO badly, we had such high expectations for this one. You release something like this and the entire community goes mad. I am still disappointed with this because I don't like the tracks at all.

You either need to put out a quality CD like 2.0/4.0 (actual remixes, b-sides, demos, GOOD live songs), or stop teasing the fans. Don't tell us you recorded 17 MTM songs. Don't put unreleased song clips on the DVD. Don't tell us there's more songs that are fully mixed and mastered and ready to go. If you do that, what do you expect us to want on the LPU CD that has had that same kind of shit in the past? I mean cmon, it's very obvious. If this was like the 3.0 CD then I'm sure a lot more would like it, but for the timing now, it's like we got 2 absolute bullshit releases in a row for the LPU, and a lot of people like me are absolutely fed up with it. I do not like this CD and it was a very stupid decision to release it right now. Will we ever get any fucking MTM b-sides? If they are so self-conscious about their music, then why the hell put something out like this? Come on LP. In fact, nevermind. This isn't even LP. This is 1/3 of LP. And it blows. I am disappointed. So what? I have a right to my opinion just like you do. I like Linkin Park for a reason, and that's the genre/sound of their music. Not something like this. I hate this CD.quote]

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http://events.sacbee.com/sacramento-ca/ … inkin-park

Linkin Park
Tuesday, Mar 10 (2009) 7:00p
at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA

Category: Alternative
Creator:  TicketNetwork   
Location & Nearby Info
Arco Arena
One Sports Pkwy.
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 928-6900

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 
Get The Limited Edition Road To Revolution/Minutes To Midnight Set!

Starting today and for a limited time only, fans can get the Limited Edition Road to Revolution/Minutes to Midnight Set for $59.99. This package can only be purchased online at http://linkinpark.warnerreprise.com and includes the following:

- Road To Revolution CD/DVD

- Minutes To Midnight CD/DVD with 68-page coffee table-style art book. DVD includes the making of "Minutes To Midnight," "What I've Done" music video, making of "What I've Done" music video, portable audio files for all tracks, make your own ringtone for "What I've Done," tool kit with lyrics, screensaver, and more!

- One month FREE trial to the LP Underground: Linkin Park's official fan club

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BID ON A GUITAR SIGNED BY LINKIN PARK - PROCEEDS BENEFIT HURRICANE VICTIMS
December 5, 2008
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Today through December 12th visit wwwebay.com/musicforrelief to support the Music for Relief Charity Auction to raise funds for hurricane victims on the Gulf Coast and in Haiti. Some auction items include a Linkin Park autographed guitar, Alex Rodriguez signed NY Yankees jersey and baseball, VIP Clippers vs. Pistons basketball tickets and more. 100% of proceeds benefit Music for Relief and our aid to hurricane victims.

Click HERE and scroll down to view auction items and bid.
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl … cforrelief

Linkin Park Signed Fender Squier Stratocaster Guitar

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Top 10 Bands of 2008:
    1. Jonas Brothers
    2. The Beatles
    3. Metallica
    4. Slipknot
    5. Linkin Park
    6. Pink Floyd
    7. 'N Sync
    8. Backstreet Boys
    9. Rolling Stones
    10. Pussycat Dolls

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Lycos-Announces-Most-Popular-Internet/story.aspx?guid={23755310-4A85-4230-AB36-6C4E4972FBF4}

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No more LP music video at YouTube?

LPU and LPLive members have been reporting receiving Google Alerts today about Warner videos/music being pulled from YouTube because they haven't been able to reach an agreement... (YouTube & Warner). Source is here.

Quote from article:
"In theory, the new development means that YouTube users cannot view music videos by Warner artists, including Led Zeppelin, Aretha Franklin and Linkin Park. It also means that any video -- even one that is homemade -- that features music by a Warner artist, or written by a songwriter published by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, won't be available, either."

Hopefully they won't go after live material...? Some users have received some messages from WMG (Warner Music Group) already though, like "Pinkwater3", who says, "I personally received a copyright notice from WMG for a video (a tv interview ) in which we can see a small part of the What I've Done video. They didn't remove my vid, but whatever." I also received a message for my "What I've Done [Live @ TV Total 2007] video I've got up, but it also wasn't removed.

Songs removed from the LP official YouTube account include What I've Done, In The End, Bleed It Out, Given Up, Leave Out All The Rest, Numb, Faint, and Somewhere I Belong. For example, if you click the What I've Done video link here, you will see this message: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party."

EDIT: YouTube has issued a statement itself, here.

Thoughts? Comments? Discussion!

http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=737

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Warner Music videos removed from YouTube

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld … 5835.story

Negotiations over licensing fees stall.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski
December 21, 2008
Warner Music Group's videos began disappearing from YouTube this weekend, the casualty of a contract impasse between the music company and the Internet's dominant video site.

Negotiations broke down last week over licensing fees for Warner's music and videos, say people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly.

On its blog, YouTube alerted its audience to the collapse in talks, noting that professionally produced music videos and those that fans create using Warner songs would begin to disappear.

It remains unclear whether YouTube or Warner decided to pull the plug.

"Sometimes," wrote YouTube in its online message to users, "if we can't reach acceptable business terms, we must part ways with successful partners."

Warner Music -- home to such acts as Madonna, rapper T.I., Red Hot Chili Peppers and Linkin Park -- issued a brief statement Saturday, saying it was working to find a resolution with YouTube that would return its artists' content to the site.

"Until then, we simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide," Warner said in the statement.

The stalled discussions suggest that Warner is dissatisfied with the revenue stream it gets from YouTube.

Warner was the first of the major labels to strike a licensing deal with YouTube, in 2006. Its executives think its cooperation lent legitimacy to the video website, setting the stage for the $1.65-billion acquisition of YouTube Inc. by search giant Google Inc.

In the original discussions, Warner, Vivendi's Universal Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment all received small stakes in YouTube as part of music-video licensing deals.

Under terms of YouTube's contracts, the labels stand to collect either a minimum fee of less than a penny each time a music video is watched or a split of advertising revenue, whichever sum is greater.

dawn.chmielewski @latimes.com

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The Ups and Downs of Music Licensing for YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Gg-mX2mof8c

Every day we work with the music community to license your favorite music for you to use on YouTube. But music licensing is very complicated. The right to use a single song often requires permission from multiple owners, particularly when it comes to original fan-made videos that incorporate commercial music.

We work with the music industry worldwide -- with major and independent labels and publishers, rights collecting societies, and with artists and songwriters directly -- to build user-friendly licensing arrangements. With these partners and our cutting-edge Content ID technology, we've created a win-win situation the likes of which never existed before YouTube: a system that gives artists a brand new revenue source and a great way to connect with their fans.

That said, despite our constant efforts, it isn't always possible to maintain these innovative agreements. Sometimes, if we can't reach acceptable business terms, we must part ways with successful partners. For example, you may notice videos that contain music owned by Warner Music Group being blocked from the site. Don't worry - if you receive a takedown notification, you will have a couple of options to choose from in order to keep your original video creations up. Check out Audioswap, a one-of-a-kind library of pre-cleared music ready for you to drop into your videos any time.

We understand this might be frustrating for some of you, and we're sorry about that. Our ultimate goal is to treat everyone fairly: to respect the rights of musicians, songwriters, and their biggest fans, so that everyone can continue enjoying original content on YouTube.

The YouTube Team

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Все мы прекрасно знаем, как "повезло" Linkin Park попасть под крыло рекордингового лейбла Warner Bros., являющегося дочерней структурой корпорации Warner Music Group. В то время, как другие группы со своими лейблами частенько выпускают концертные DVD/Blu-Ray диски, Warner нас радует такими сюрпризами с перерывом в лет 5. Другие примеры "офигенности" Warner могу приводить еще много, но остановлюсь на одном из них подробнее, который появился буквально вчера.

Мы все знаем и любим ведущий и самый популярный сайт в интернете с видео-контентом — YouTube.com. У Linkin Park на нем даже заведена собственная страничка с их клипами, live-видео и другим видео-материалом, о которой мы не раз упоминали в наших новостях. Также, YouTube — это первоочередный источник большинства live-видео группы, которые снимают фаны на концертах.

В субботу утром на этом сайте начали пропадать видео групп, которые подшефны Warner Music Group, в том числе и видео Linkin Park. А случилось это потому, что на прошлой неделе стороны не сошлись в размере гонорара WMG от рекламы на страницах ведущего интернет-видеопортала, на которых присутствует музыка, видео, тексты песен и прочее, права на которые принадлежат WMG.

У себя в блоге, руководство YouTube пояснило ситуацию. Объясняя текущую ситуацию, они говорят, что уже на протяжении многих лет сотрудничают с разными субъектами мировой музыкальной индустрии (звукозаписывающими лейблами, издателями, обладателями прав на музыку, музыкальными деятелями, поэтами и композиторами), но "иногда, когда мы не можем сойтись на приемлемых деловых условиях, мы должны расстаться с некогда успешными деловыми партнерами".

Как сообщает "The Wall Street Journal", не смотря на многочисленную аудиторию посетителей YouTube, для портала все равно не легко привлекать желаемое количество рекламы, прибыль от которой позволила бы удовлетворить аппетиты всех партнеров. В этом году корпорация Google, которой принадлежит YouTube, поставила перед собой одним из главных приоритетов получение бОльшей прибыли от этого медиапортала.

Представитель Warner Music Group же заявил: "Мы ведем активную работу по нахождению взаимосогласия с YouTube, которое позволило бы вернуть наших музыкантов на страницы портала. До тех пор, мы просто не можем принять такие условия, которые не компенсируют работу музыкантов, авторов песен, лейблов и издателей в том объеме, в котором должны бы".

Вот такая вот ситуация. Если стороны не договорятся, то вскоре, благодаря ненажорливой Warner, мы не увидим на YouTube ни роликов с музыкой LP, ни их официальных клипов, которые, кстати, уже заблокированы на официальной странице Linkin Park. Ждем конечного результата этих разборок.

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http://www.winnipegsun.com/entertainmen … 6-sun.html


Friday, December 26, 2008

Entertainment Music
Linkin intercontinental

Success of massive European show pushes band to new heights

By JANE STEVENSON, SUN MEDIA

Linkin Park's new double-disc live CD/DVD, Road to Revolution, finds the rap-metal group documenting its mega-show this past June at the prestigious outdoor venue, Milton Keynes National Bowl, about an hour north of London, England.

The occasion marked the first time the L.A. band had taken its so-called Projekt Revolution tour to Europe and it was also the biggest date thus far (with an estimated audience of 50,000) and featured Grammy-winning collaborator Jay-Z of Numb/Encore fame also on the bill.

"It seemed like a really great show, one of the more unique ones on the tour," said Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park's rapper-keyboardist-backing vocalist-rhythm guitarist down the line from Los Angeles recently.

"So we figured we would kind of capture a snapshot of where we were at the end of this touring cycle. It was the biggest Projekt Revolution show so it was just a good feeling to get Project Rev outside the states and have such a massive reaction."

Linkin Park -- which has sold 50 million albums beginning with the 2000 breakthrough disc, Hybrid Theory -- currently is working on its next studio record but Shinoda wouldn't say much about the sound so far.

"At this point I'm producing it, but there's a possibility we'll bring somebody else on board, and I don't know," said Shinoda. "I put up a new picture on mikeshinoda.com of us working and stuff, thought it would be fun for the fans to see we're actually working on some new stuff.

"And it kind of went crazy. I think my viewer traffic went up 150% or something."

The new disc will be the followup to 2007's more guitar-based Minutes To Midnight, produced by Rick Rubin, which spawned an amazing five singles, but Shinoda didn't know if Rubin would be back.

"It's been such a ride, when we put out that album, we had been gone for a few years and we didn't know what the fans would think of the new direction, and now looking at this whole thing, it has spawned more singles than any other album, and it's just great to look back at it and say, 'Okay, we took a huge risk, and luckily the fans are still with us.' "

The new work-in-progress Park disc has been described by lead singer Chester Bennington as a "concept" album.

And Shinoda said the band is "still excited about experimenting, trying to push the boundaries of what people know Linkin Park to be. It's hard to say where we're going from here but I definitely feel like Minutes To Midnight opened up lots of doors for us, sonically and creatively, because Hybrid Theory and 2003's Meteora were so similar that I think we all felt like if we did another record like that we'd start to get really bored."

In addition to Linkin Park, Shinoda -- who has also produced tracks for the likes of Lupe Fiasco -- formed his own side band, the more hip-hop oriented Fort Minor, which offered up a 2005 debut, The Rising Tied. But he doesn't think he'll be pursuing Fort Minor projects for the time being.

"I think the reason I did Fort Minor in the first place is because I was stealing those songs that couldn't belong on a Linkin Park record and now I feel like maybe they could," Shinoda said. "We really kind of changed with regards to our creative dynamic, like our in-studio dynamic, things are different now so I feel like if I have any energy that would be Fort Minor energy it kind of be directed onto a Linkin Park album. I think all the guys are really happy with how things are going and we feel like we can do many different things that we couldn't do a few years ago."

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[Retrospectiva 2008]

• postado em 31.12.08 | 4:21 por Carol

Janeiro

A banda comeзou o ano com uma turnк pela Europa, tocando em alguns paнses do continente. Nesta turnк foi a primeira vez que a banda tocou as mъsicas "In Between", "Valentine's Day" pela primeira vez ao vivo, e tambйm retornou com "A Place For My Head" para seu setlist, jб que tal mъsica foi tocada pela ъltima vez em Sгo Paulo no show de 2004. A banda tambйm aproveitou um dos shows que ocorreu na Inglaterra para tirar cenas para o quarto clipe do Minutes To Midnight, "Given Up"

Fevereiro

A banda tirou alguns dias de folga, e depois caiu na estrada por uma turnк pelos Estados Unidos. Dentre os shows a banda tocou em Nova York duas vezes. A primeira foi para a gravaзгo de um EP ao vivo na Apple Store, que posteriormente foi vendido via iTunes e no mesmo dia a banda foi para o Madison Square Garden fazer uma apresentaзгo que teve suas entradas esgotadas, foi feita em um palco de 360º graus e tambйm teve a participaзгo do rapper (e amigo da banda) Jay-Z. A banda tambйm aproveitou e passou em Nova Orleans para ajudar na reconstruзгo de algumas casas destruнdas pelo furacгo Katrina.

Marзo

O mкs comeзou meio desfalcado em termos de shows, jб que Chester ficou doente e a banda foi forзada a cancelar dois shows. Depois ele melhorou, e a banda voltou com sua turnк que durou atй dia 10 de marзo. No fim daquele mкs Brad se tornou pai, jб que seu primeiro filho nasceu.

Abril

A banda estava em um pequeno recesso, porйm se juntaram ao rapper Busta Rhymes e lanзaram a mъsica e o clipe de "We Made It". Essa mъsica foi gravada na turnк asiбtica que a banda fez em 2007 e sairia no jб descartado бlbum de Busta "Blessed".

Maio

A banda tocou em um show secreto em Burbank, California no qual foi feito para pouquнssimos fгs cadastrados no LPU, ao todo sу 14 fгs. Neste show foram alguns artistas que estariam na Projekt Revolution, como Chris Cornell, Busta Rhymes e tambйm Atreyu. Esse show tambйm serviu de ensaio para a banda e "Wake" e "Lying From You" tiveram novas intros apresentadas.
O clipe de ‘Leave Out All The Rest’ foi lanзado naquele mкs.

Junho

A banda se apresentou em alguns dos principais festivais do verгo europeu, sendo que dois (o Rock In Rio e o Festimad Sur) foram transmitidos ao vivo, sendo que o primeiro em vнdeo e o segundo somente em бudio. Mas dois shows que aconteceriam na Suйcia e na Suнзa respectivamente foram cancelados devido a problemas de saъde do Brad.
No dia 29 a banda fez um show histуrico em Milton Keynes que posteriormente veio a ser o DVD "Road To Revolution" que seria lanзado alguns meses depois. O show teve o Jay-Z se juntando a banda mais uma vez.

Julho

Mкs da Projekt Revolution, mas antes o Mike decidiu expor sua outra face, a de pintor e fez uma exposiзгo em Los Angeles. Glorious Excess contava a historia de um esqueleto que tinha tudo, menos talento e fazia de tudo para aparecer. A exposiзгo ficou aberta atй meados de agosto. Apуs isso a banda caiu na estrada fazendo dois shows no Canadб e logo apуs a turnк que tambйm foi ate meados de agosto. Assim como todos os shows do inicio do ano, esses foram disponibilizados para download no site oficial para quem comprasse um cуdigo que era vendido nos prуprios concertos ou na hora de comprar o ingresso

Agosto
A Projekt Revolution acontecia, atй ai sem muitas novidades em relaзгo a julho.

Setembro
A banda estava em recesso, mas mesmo assim Chester e Joe foram ao Video Music Awards 2008, no qual a banda concorria em uma ъnica categoria "Melhor Clipe de Rock", com "Shadow Of The Day" e os caras acabaram vencendo desbancando gente como Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy e Slipknot.

Outubro
A banda iria fazer alguns shows na China para o Music For Relief, mas todos foram cancelados por problemas de saъde do Chester. Ele deslocou um disco da coluna no qual ele nгo deveria fazer esforзos para poder melhorar. Alйm dos shows naquele paнs a banda tambйm cancelou um que faria em Las Vegas para alguns universitбrios. No meio de tudo isso a banda anunciou que lanзaria um DVD do show feito no Reino Unido no final de junho.

Novembro
Mesmo que o LP tivesse feito os shows na China em outubro, novembro seria um mкs livre para eles, mas nem tanto, jб que em algumas entrevistas e atй posts do blog de Mike, indicam que eles jб estгo a pleno vapor trabalhando em um novo CD. Alйm disso lanзaram o DVD "Road To Revolution" que vendeu mais de 28 mil cуpias na sua semana de lanзamento ficando bem a frente de outros DVDs ao vivo como Foo Fighters e Paramore e atй agora acumula mais de 234 mil cуpias atй agora, um nъmero bastante alto para um disco ao vivo.

Dezembro
Mкs de um novo LPU. Mas no oitavo ano do fг clube os fгs tomaram um "tapa na cara" ao se deparar com um CD todo colorido e com ilustraзхes misturadas a um Mike flutuante e a uma cabeзa de Chester tambйm flutuante no meio de desenhos. As mъsicas bobinhas que falam de бgua-viva e manteiga de amendoim, sobre as letras do alfabeto e atй mesmo sobre nгo querer lavar roupa surpreenderam os fгs que esperavam alguns remixes de velhas musicas ou atй mesmo algumas demos ou musicas inйditas. Tal lanзamento dividiu os fгs e chegou a quebrar o coraзгo de Mike que apуs o vazamento fez um post no fуrum do LPU pedindo desculpas aos fгs. Em compensaзгo eles acabaram liberando um instrumental chamado Lockjaw, feito para um vнdeo no qual o vocalista demonstrava o software pro-tools 8.
Jб Chester juntou-se a vбrios roqueiros como Slash e Dave Navarro e cantou com o grupo Camp Freddy vбrios sucesso do rock como "Paradise City" e tambйm "Whole Lotta Love"
Uma bela maneira dele encerrar seu ano musical.

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биография Брэда

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Date: Jan 6, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: I'm cool in Ukraine ?
Body: I was recently interviewed by Maria Taranova for a feature in b-52 Magazine. (I have no idea what the article says, but it appears they liked the photographs :)

Peace, g

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Exclusive Интервью ГРЭГ ВОТЕРМАН

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"Что вы, я — знаменитость? Меня без фотокамеры никто и не узнает", — скромничает Вотерманн. Без фотокамеры, может, и не узнает, зато снимки мастера узнают везде. Его портфолио охватывает последние 20 лет рок-истории — от рейтинговых продуктов, таких как, например, Maroon 5 и My Chemical Romance до групп, не имеющих широкого круга слушателей: Interpol и System of a down. Обложки альбомов, фотокниги и даже клипы — Грэг в своей деятельности не ограничивает себя рамками какого-то одного жанра. Хотя есть все же профиль, где виртуозность мастера неоспорима — съемка живых концертов. Если вам приходилось бывать на фестивалях масштаба V Fest или Glastonbury, то вы можете себе представить, какого это — оставаться незамеченным на сцене, перед которой стоят 150 тысяч зрителей.
Также имя Грэга Вотерманна связано с рядом исполнителей, с которыми он работал в качестве личного фотографа. Самый продолжительный контракт он заключил пять лет назад с группой Linkin Park. Он выступает в роли летописца истории развития ребят: ездит с ними в турне, участвует в записях, неделями живет на их базе. Интересно, что Грэг также порой пишет рецензии на треки Linkin Park, не всегда одобрительные. "Когда проходят репетиции, мне волей-неволей приходится участвовать в творческом процессе,
не буду же я уши закрывать. И, черт побери, если у ребят случаются не очень хорошие дни, когда их игру выдержать невозможно, почему бы мне им об этом не сказать?"
Сегодня Грэгу 46, он живет в частном особняке на окраине Голливуда и больше не снимает ради денег, но благодарен судьбе, которая свела его со сценой.

— Как возникла идея "связаться" с рок-фотографией?
— Двадцать лет назад я слонялся по нью-йоркским фэшн-студиям. Был рад снимать красивых девушек и о большем, чем заговорить с какой-нибудь топ-моделью, не мечтал. А потом как-то раз мне предложили подработать, сделать пару кадров с концерта малоизвестной группы для заметки в журнале Rolling Stone. С тех пор я навек застрял в рок-н-ролле — моду и так найдется кому снимать.

— По подиуму не скучаете?
— Скучаю, только не по подиуму, а по длинноногим красавицам, которых нет среди угрюмых музыкантов-металлистов.

— В основном вы работаете с американскими группами. А среди европейских звезд кого бы вы согласились снять?
— Да кого угодно — не имеет значения, откуда исполнитель. И напрасно вы говорите, что я только американцев снимаю, я с Ozzy, H.I.M. и Lacuna Coil тоже работал.

— Группы приходят к вам с собственными идеями или вы к ним? Кто создает им образы?
— По-разному бывает. Часто звонят и буквально требуют что-то придумать, причем сами не знают что. А другой раз придут ребята из еще совсем "зеленой" группы и с порога заявляют: "Нам менеджер сказал стать вот так, подбородок приподнять так и ни на шаг мы не сдвинемся". Так месяц — другой эти герои постоят, поймут, что фото никудышные получаются, и либо ко мне за советом обращаются, либо больше носа ко мне в студию не показывают.

— Самый тяжелый случай?
— Nirvana. Даже не спрашивайте почему.

— Хорошо, тогда давайте о Linkin Park поговорим. Как персональный фотограф группы вы видите и профессиональную, и личную жизнь ее участников. Есть вещи, которые вы никогда бы не стали снимать?
— Быть личным фотографом — коварное дело. Само собой, когда есть полный доступ к жизни настолько популярных людей, я просто вынужден быть осторожным. Я считаю это частью профессионализма. И одна из причин того, что LP пригласили меня на эту должность, заключается в том, что я никогда не допускаю посторонних к интимным снимкам группы.

— Съемка на живых концертах требует особой физической подготовки?
— Еще какой! Во время шоу я трачу энергии не меньше, чем сами музыканты. Я буквально летаю с тяжеленным объективом по сцене, для каждого последующего снимка то сползаю с помоста, то снова карабкаюсь на него. При этом стараюсь оставаться незаметным. Вот почему я обзавелся очень полезной привычкой ежедневно бегать по 6 миль.

— Стать персональным фотографом одной группы — большой успех. В вашем случае можно сказать, что вы фотограф львиной доли современной рок-сцены. Как так получилось?
— Тяжелый труд, верность и любовь к делу, которому я посвящаю жизнь. Я начинал с низов и никого не знал. Просто с каждым разом продолжал делать все более хорошие снимки, и люди сами вознесли меня наверх.

— Сегодня каждый, кто купил более-менее приличную фотокамеру, считает себя профессионалом. Как надо снимать, чтобы выделиться из толпы псевдоталантов?
— Фотографируйте так, как никто другой. Показывайте людям то, чего они ранее не видели. Например, я — первый за всю историю группы фотограф, которому разрешили снимать Coldplay прямо на сцене — и это дает мне возможность делать уникальные снимки.

— Как бы вы описали свой стиль?
— Мне нравится снимать людей такими, какими они есть. Я даже вспышку не использую — в мире достаточно прекрасных источников света. А еще я только недавно освоил Photoshop. И не потому что мне это надо для работы. Просто меня часто спрашивают, умею ли использовать фоторедактор. Теперь буду говорить, что умею, но из принципа этого не делаю.

— За время вашей карьеры сцена сильно поменялась?
— Больше охраны и света, который бьет отовсюду — рай для фотографа! А люди все те же — новые, старые… одни приходят, чтобы вытеснить других — бесконечная цепь шоу-бизнеса. Лишь действительно талантливым удается вырваться из этого замкнутого круга.

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New Album Speculation

As they head into 2009, LINKIN PARK are hoping the year will produce a new album. But frontman MIKE SHINODA says they want it to be more than a basic record. He explains, somewhat cryptically, "the goal is to do something bigger than just a record, not just release it as an album but release it as an album and some."
Source here. http://93x.com/article.asp?id=1087789&SBID=4444

Thoughts? It's a concept album, but what else? A TV series? A two-part album? A remix album and a regular album combined? An interactive album? Any other ideas?

Edit: A user submitted this from LPZion.org:

"This is the most interesting part of the interview from polish Teraz Rock magazine. Article is called "Linkin Park - Pterodactyl's flight" and it's, interview, about new album. Here are the words of Joe Hahn:"
"It's a new audiovisual experience. We try to use new technology to be the leading player in what will become the music business. Get ready to interactive audiovisual project. This will be the culmination of everything you went through with video clips and so on. This will be happen in some kind of fantasy world." It is not known whether the multimedia project is a concept album which was announced by Chester Bennington."

Source here. http://lpzion.org/news,1968#comments

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Audiowizualne wizje zespołu
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06.01.2009 19:58 - napisał corell
W najnowszym (styczniowym) numerze magazynu Teraz Rock ukazał się artykuł dotyczący Linkin Park o zagadkowym tytule "Linkin Park - Lot Pterodaktyla". Patryś Wesoły Rowerzysta, jeden z naszych użytkowników, przesłał nam najbardziej interesujący fragment:

W promocyjnym wywiadzie udzielonym pod koniec listopada, rąbka tajemnicy na temat zupełnie nowego przedsięwzięcia uchylił Joe Hahn: "Zaczęliśmy pracować między trasami nad nowym projektem. W przyszłym tygodniu wchodzimy do studia by to skończyć. Żeby nie zdradzić za dużo: to nowe doświadczenie audiowizualne. Staramy się wykorzystać nową technologię, być czołowym graczem w tym, czym stanie się muzyczny biznes. Szykujcie się na interaktywny projekt audiowizualny. Będzie to kulminacja wszystkiego, co robiliśmy z wideoklipami i tak dalej. Będzie się to rozgrywać w czymś w rodzaju świata fantasy." Nie wiadomo, czy projekt multimedialny jest tożsamy z concept albumem zespołu, zapowiedzianym przez Chestera Benningtona. Wiadomo, że wokalista szykuje na rok 2009 płytę solową - powstaje pod producencką opieką Howarda Bensona.

Jeśli jesteście ciekawi skąd tytuł artykułu oraz co jeszcze można dowiedzieć się z niego o zespole, kupcie TR (lub przeczytajcie artykuł w Empiku ;).

For english-speaking users:
This is the most interesting part of the interview from Polish Teraz Rock magazine. Article is called "Linkin Park - Pterodactyl's flight" and it's, inter alia, about new album. Here are the words of Joe Hahn:

"It's a new audiovisual experience. We try to use new technology to be the leading player in what will become the music business. Get ready to interactive audiovisual project. This will be the culmination of everything you went through with video clips and so on. Will take place in some kind of fantasy world." It is not known whether the multimedia project is a concept album which was announced by Chester Bennington.

http://lpzion.org/


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