During the pandemic lockdowns, Neal Schon had his guitars. Cumulatively, those instruments did a lot of talking — enough to comprise an entire 15-track Journey album, called 'Freedom,' its first collection of new material in 11 years.
During the pandemic lockdowns, artists seemed better equipped with coping skills than most. To cathartically document the sadness and the strangeness, photographers had their cameras, novelists had their notebooks and computers, and painters had their brushes, palettes and canvases.
“I’m just very productive in the morning, and I don’t like doing late-night sessions,” said Schon, 68. “Musically, I find the best stuff comes out then when I’m not too awake and not really thinking. When I’m thinking too much? It’s like the old blues saying goes — ‘If you’re thinking, you’re stinking.’”
And as each selection mirrors his shifting moods, he said his notes can sound angry and aggressive, other times ethereal and melodic. It just depends on what's occurring around him at the time. From across the Pacific, Schon was able to take another initial chorus-and-verse vocal concept, multi-layer it with Walden, add an upbeat tempo, lay down a guide bass-line track for Jackson to later record, and arrange a symphonic backdrop to inspire Cain. Then the mix boomeranged from Walden back to Pineda for final tweaks.
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