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Live's new album Songs from Black Mountain in stores now!
THE NEW ALBUM FEATURES "MYSTERY" WHICH YOU PROBABLY SAW CHRIS DAUGHTRY PERFORM ALONG SIDE OF LIVE ON THE SEASON FINALE OF AMERICAN IDOL!!! You can order the album here You can also download/stream the album NOW from: iTunes \| Napster \| Buy.com \| Rhapsody \| Connect \| AOL \| Walmart \| Yahoo After making music together for more than half of their lives, touring their way around the world and selling more than 20 million records, the four members of Live singer, Ed Kowalczyk; guitarist, Chad Taylor; bassist, Patrick Dahlheimer and drummer, Chad Gracey say Songs from Black Mountain marks a new beginning for the band. Before recording the new album, the members of Live all of whom are still only in their early 30s put together a music and video retrospective spanning the quartets six studio albums. Since forming in middle school in York, Pennsylvania in 1988, the band had become a has become an international success with two albums reaching ..1 on Billboards Top 200 album chart (Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi); five ..1 singles, nine Top 10 singles and number ..1 albums in Australia, Holland, South Africa, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand. It was such a cathartic experience putting together our greatest hits because it reminded us of where we came from and gave us a clear idea of what weve grown into as a band, says the bands singer and chief songwriter, Ed Kowalczyk. Now that weve signed with our new label, Epic, it really feels like weve closed a chapter and with this new record are starting over. Two years ago, when Kowalczyk began writing for the quartets seventh studio album, Songs from Black Mountain, he was intrigued by how much of the worlds art has been inspired by the female spirit. Historically, the muse has always been a woman from the muses of Greek mythology to Saraswati in India. And my experience as a songwriter has only reinforced that idea. Im surrounded by women my wife and two daughters especially who spark my creativity, he explains. With that in mind, I started exploring the idea of personifying my creative energy as female in the songs I was writing; basically writing songs to my muse. When people listen to these songs theyll probably hear a love story between a man and a woman, but for me its deeper than that. The first single from Songs from Black Mountain, The River, weaves the albums heady lyrical theme into a contagious pop melody. Bring your burning skin to my river once again, Ill give you life. This song probably has the most memorable melody weve ever recorded, Kowalczyk says. I really like how were using something so catchy to convey these abstract lyrical ideas I have about songwriting. When I sit down to write a song, I always feel like Im wading into a river where a nurturing female presence guides me and pushes me along when I need it. THE ALBUM The band came together with producer Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank) at a studio in Santa Barbara in May 2005 for what became a whirlwind session. In just three weeks, Kowalczyk says, the multi-platinum band recorded all 12 of the albums songs in a frenetic burst of creativity that surprised everyone. We havent recorded that quickly since Throwing Copper, he says. We were like the Chicago Bulls when they won six championships. When we got in the studio, we all slipped into the zone. We were working hard, but we were completely at ease, open to each other and in the flow. Everyone was awestruck by not only how fast we were recording, but also by how good it sounded. The first song the band recorded, Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God), is a song about spirituality Kowalczyk wrote for his young daughters. I have to teach them about God one day and I dont want to take them to some boring church. This is their catechism, he explains. Its a simple lyric about awareness and how its shining all the time. Its something you can take refuge in. No matter what happens in life, its always there. No matter what faith, theres a presence whatever name you give it thats always there as an internal refuge. I thought that was a beautiful message for kids to learn. The albums title, Songs from Black Mountain, is connected, Kowalczyk says, to the song Mystery. Mine eyes have seen the glory of a love that does transcend/Mine eyes have seen the worst inside of man Black Mountain is a place near my house in California where the oak trees are so thick that its dark there all the time. It has this mystical aura that reminds me of what it feels like to write a song. Youre traveling down a path without knowing where youre going, but guided by something unknowable the pushes you along. Theres no linear meaning to this song. Its about using melody to bring people to a place that is beautiful and open to individual interpretation.

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