Why did I decide to do Sweet & Lynch? I was approached by Serafino at Frontiers Records to sing and write for what he was referring to as a Supergroup project (one of the first) that Frontiers would be putting together and releasing. I was of course not only intrigued buy the idea but also humbled that he would ask me! Jon Levin (Dokken) was suggested as the possible guitarist and I suggested to Serafino getting the man himself, Mr. Scary (George Lynch) involved. Serafino was of course excited about the idea. Frontiers has told me how happy they are with my production on the new Stryper albums so I immediately suggested producing as well. Serafino also agreed. I contacted George ASAP and he quickly agreed to being a part of this exciting project. It was decided that he and I would co-write everything together and that I would produce. I knew George from a few Stryper/Lynch Mob shows and we seemed to hit it off in terms of personalities. Many of you know that George considers himself to be a freethinker/atheist and Im of course a devote Christian. You may ask how does an atheist and a Christian work together in a band situation? The answer is respect. Although I dont agree with Georges spiritual/religious views (and he doesnt agree with mine assumedly), we respect each other as musicians, friends and human beings. Im free to do many things with the hope that maybe, just maybe my life might have a profound affect on people I come in contact with. Ive spoken with George many times over and he always strikes me as a genuine soul and someone who cares for and loves people. Bottom line? Hes a great guy and Im proud to be a part of this with George. Although we dont see eye to eye in our beliefs, we respect each other enough to not let that come between us. I believe that the uniqueness of each other has created a unique piece of art. Only To Rise could not have turned out any better in my humble opinion and George is equally as thrilled as I am. Now add to this Brian Tichy (drums) and James Lomenzo) bass and together the four of us have painted a masterpiece (in my opinion) and we cannot wait for all of you to hear it in its entirety. A little more history: George write 60-90 second ideas (intro, verse, chorus) guitar oriented riffs/songs and then I arranged, wrote lyrics and melodies and mapped everything out. I then flew Brian and James out and we tracks the basic tracks (drums, bass, guitars) and then we tracked the background vocals (Robbie LaBlanc & Charles Foley). A funny side note: some people have said that the vocals sound like Stryper? Im not even singing within the background vocal stack, just the lead vocal over the vocal spread/stack. Also, some people have said that some of the songs sound like Stryper? Well, either George Lynch is the biggest Stryper fan on the planet or oddly enough, the guitar/song idea he came up with just so happen to have a little Stryper flare? I think its very different than Stryper and the only common ground is the sound of my voice, which is instantly recognizable. So, the new album is coming out on 1/27 and its available for pre-order now at Amazon & Pledge. If you havent ordered it yet, please do and we will be extremely grateful for your support of this very cool project. Were just trying to keep rock alive, since we all know that its dead:-) Love you guys, God Bless and rock on ~ Michael pledgemusic/projects/sweetlynch … amazon/Only-Rise-Sweet-Lynch/dp/B00P7PKFQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416690765&sr=8-1&keywords=sweet+and+lynch
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:14:14 +0000
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